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FoodApril 21, 2014February 20, 2021

Zott’s: Alpine food and amazing personality on Amoy Street

A bathroom with an entire wall dedicated to a blown-up cow. A horizontal TV screen playing a comic sequence with religious undertones. A voodoo do…

FoodMarch 18, 2014July 22, 2024

10 Questions with Darren Chen, Director of Savour Events

This week on Nomad People, we bring you the man who every foodie probably wants a piece of right now: Darren Chen, the brains behind Singapore's large…

FoodMarch 10, 2014May 30, 2016

Gattopardo is back! Bringing flavours of Southern Italy & the sea to Tanjong Pagar

Finally, the Italian cuisine hotshot that has been eluding diners amid the god-forsaken verdure of Fort Canning is now sporting a more mainstream address, at gentrified Tras Street no less. In fac…

FoodFebruary 20, 2014April 17, 2016

Fordham & Grand: One year on & still a great supper spot (CLOSED)

Alright, we've heard everyone wax lyrical about Fordham & Grand's French Toast ($15). A rich, caramelised brioche slice matched with a smoky rum s…

DrinksFebruary 9, 2014May 18, 2020

Longtail: Delicious SE Asian street cuisine swoops in on Customs House

For South East Asian street cuisine to go upmarket, it takes a restaurateur extra effort to pull it off, and much more good faith from customers to be…

Eastern CuisineJanuary 21, 2014May 23, 2017

Shirokiya: Exquisitely tasty & healthy Japanese cuisine

We all know that the Japanese take their food extremely seriously, and so to see humour and bonhomie wrought all over a new restaurant at Cuppage Terrace, is a refreshing one. Don't get me wrong, we'r…

Eastern CuisineDecember 19, 2013April 14, 2016

Reinvented classics and thought-provoking dishes at Bacchanalia

The uninhabited, drunken revelry that Bacchanalia conjures is a misnomer. The latest see-and-to-be-seen hotspot in town brings the founders' notorious…

FoodDecember 16, 2013April 14, 2016

Cicheti: Italian small plates in the heart of Kampong Glam

Another small plates joint. Another Italian pizza place. Another oven-obsessed restaurateur, this time with a mammoth wood-fired oven imported from It…

FoodDecember 5, 2013April 14, 2016

WOLF: Embracing nose-to-tail dining with guts and heart

Liver in your bak chor mee. Intestines in your kuey chap. Brains in your soup. The typical Singaporean palate is certainly not new to the funk of offal, but to centre a whole restaurant concept around…

SingaporeNovember 11, 2013April 14, 2016

Pizzeria Mozza: World famous pizzas that live up to the hype

Haven't we had enough of this whole celebrity chef BS? The likes of Jamie 'lacklustre' Italian and Keong Saik 'snooty' Snacks banging on star power mo…

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