Loco Local @ PARKROYAL on Pickering (5 Aug – 1 Sept 2019) – Local Hawker Delights Get A Gastronomic Update in Celebration of National Day (Media)

Hawker food gets an upgrade this National Day month at PARKROYAL on Pickering’s Loco Local buffet! Featuring a selection of luxed up dishes inspired by our humble hawker stapled, Loco Local aims to surprise and delight guests during its limited run from 5 August to 1 September 2019.

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[CLOSED] Boon’s Noodles @ Golden Mile Food Centre – Delicious Handmade Mee Hoon Kueh By Ex-Rafflesian For Under $6 (Media)

Update January 2023: Boon’s Noodles has closed. 

Talk about a business born of love. Opened by Raffles Institution alumnus Chan Boon Wee and his wife Florence, Boon’s Noodles is a handmade ban mian specialist operating at Golden Mile Food Centre, one of Singapore’s many meccas for local cuisine.

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5 Brands to Look Out For @ Chillax Asia 2019 (25 – 27 July) – Over 140 F&B Exhibitors at Marina Bay Sands Expo (Media)

Chillax Asia, the largest annual event by the Singapore Bakery & Confectionary Trade Association, returns this year with over 140 food, beverage, and confectionary exhibitors for a weekend showcase at Marina Bay Sands Expo Hall A from 25 to 27 July 2019. 

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Over 80 trade events and competitions will take place over a span of three days, including:

  • Baker 4.0, where 200 top chefs will attempt to embrace technology to transform Singapore’s baking industry
  • Smart Technology Eatery, a fully unmanned mockup cafe
  • Launch of the newly minted Desserts Singapore Association and Singapore Entrepreneur Kit
  • Bi-Centennial Cake Decoration Championship in honour of the year-long commemorations in Singapore
  • Return of the Singapore Bake-A-Star Championship

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[CLOSED] The Affogato Lounge @ Keong Saik Road, Outram Park – Classy Affogato Desserts in a Boutique Hotel (Media)

Update January 2023: The Affogato Lounge has closed. 

Following the success of The Affogato Bar, Singapore’s first standalone coffee bar to specialise in affogato desserts, The Affogato Group has opened its second concept, The Affogato Lounge on the ground floor of boutique hotel KeSa House on Keong Saik Road.

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[CLOSED] IZY FOOK 一起福 @ Club Street, Telok Ayer – Mod Singaporean Izakaya Opened By 987FM DJ Sonia Chew (Media)

Update 19 Jan 2025: IZY FOOK has closed.

These days, it’s not enough to have just one or even two side gigs under your belt if you are a media personality. The latest to join the ranks of celebrity-restaurant owner multi-hyphenates is 987FM Sonia Chew, and her foray into the world of F&B is none other than IZY FOOK on Club Street.

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[CLOSED] Cheeky @ Neil Road, Outram Park – Cafe by Day, Craft Beer Joint by Night (Media)

Update January 2023: Cheeky has closed. 

Every so often, a new entry joins Singapore’s burgeoning scene of self-proclaimed hipster cafes, bistros, and craft beer joints – so much so that it’s impossible to keep up with who’s coming and going.

Taking over the space previously held by Botanist (another cafe from my growing list of places that I never got to visit before they closed) on Neil Road is Cheeky, a cafe-by-day, craft-beer-joint-by-night establishment.

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Like so many of its predecessors that have come and gone in our ever so fickle F&B landscape, Cheeky aims to break the mould by delivering “top-notch cafe fare with a twist or two”.
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