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following that highly expensive dim sum meal at tung lok teahouse, we went hunting around town for a much cheaper alternative. we believe we have found our answer in ah yat seafood restaur …
i shall start this post with a big "awww"! meet memebon, the japanese baby kitten. she's an exotic shorthair and cuts a teeny weeny figure with a humongous amount of cute! i'm usually a sane person but cute animals like this simply render me weak and powerless ...
being a huge fan of ayam penyet (smashed fried chicken), i am always on the prowl for this sinful dish. but now that there are so many places where you can find it these days, it's becoming hard to sift out the really good ones from the rest. the latest gem i have uncovered is sri bistari changi village. don't be misled by the name though ...
besides sparklette.net, another website that i'm involved in is popular community metablog, ping.sg. u-zyn, the brain behind this project, invited me to redesign the website in late '06. besides the revamp, we also thought that as with every great website, it deserves its own customised logos ...
big splash at east coast park is back after a 1.5 year revamp! gone are the towering water slides that gave it its name. taking their place are 11 new eateries that would no doubt be welcomed by the large crowd visiting the popular coastline. this new dining destination is now known as playground ...
the omy singapore blog awards are on and sparklette.net is a finalist in the best design category! if you consider this blog to be of good design, please vote for sparklette. voting is on from now 'til july 31. lucky voters would get to win travel packages to ...
popular sushi restaurant chain sakae sushi has diversified. this time, they are hoping to get a slice of the wafuu (japanese style) pasta market by opening up a new restaurant, simply named the pasta shop. this casual eatery occupies the new area outside tiong bahru plaza ...
a new museum has opened in town! and when it falls under the umbrella of the national heritage board, you know you are in for an eyeopening experience. the result of a two year long renovation, the peranakan museum is the world's largest museum dedicated to the colorful and distinctive culture of the peranakans ...
if you are a fan of marché, the swiss-run restaurant at vivocity, or even its imitator at the heeren, chances are you would love shokudo japanese food bazaar. shokudo shares the similar concept of having several cooking stations under one roof, charge cards and themed dining, but with japanese cuisine instead ...
when you have a craving for nasi lemak, where do you normally go? for me, i head to qi ji, which has ten locations scattered across singapore. the no-frills eatery first became popular for its popiah (spring rolls). nowadays, it has diversified with a much larger offering of local dishes that include laksa, mee siam, and of course, nasi lemak ...View the original article with …
many of us grew up with disney cartoons. some of us even had childhood dreams of visiting a disneyland theme park one day. (i finally did that at age 23!) for me personally, this fondness for disney characters continued even through adulthood. so when i checked out the newly revamped anchorpoint shopping mall, i was ecstatic to find disney naturally ...
a friend once told me that having an indian meal is like a feast for all your senses. not only does it consist of rich flavors that you can both smell and taste, indian cuisine is also a multitude of vibrant colors with the various gravies and curries. and then, you would eat it with your hands while listening ...
some time back, i sent out a tweet (twitter message) proclaiming old town white coffee to be the best 3-in-1 instant coffee ever. despite it being a rather brazen statement, given that i haven't tasted most of the instant coffee out there, some of my followers agreed ...
hooray! ben & jerry's free cone day is back for its 30th year! intrigued? free cone day is an annual tradition of this beloved ice cream maker. around this time of the year, ben & jerry's ice cream parlors around the world would give away free ice cream scoops all day ...
every chinese new year, special events would be held to celebrate this popular festival. besides the chinatown street market, chingay parade or river hong bao, you can also visit the annual flowers festival at sentosa. at sentosa flowers, visitors get to enjoy a kaleidoscope of rare flower species imported ...
we all know how timeshare scams in singapore work. these timeshare companies tend to have a database of potential victims (you). they bait you first, calling you up to inform you that you have won some very attractive prizes (typically holiday packages or electronics). all you have to do is sit through a one or two hour long presentation and you would be able to collect the …
i don’t often come across statues of my favorite animal. so seeing this cute life-like sculpture of a stray cat sure was a pleasant surprise! i feel it certainly deserves a mention here.the sculpture is modeled after a certain stray cat that is home to a very specific place. hence this is also a prelude ...
following my negative review of ayam bakar ojolali in lucky plaza, several readers left comments urging me to visit another indonesian eatery located within the same building — ayam penyet ria.ayam penyet ria is an indonesian restaurant with franchises in jakarta, medan, batam, surabaya and now, singapore. apparently it is so popular, it has opened two outlets in lucky …
you and your partner are on board the singapore flyer. you enjoy a beautiful 360-degree view of the skyline from the comfort of your air-conditioned glass cabin, possibly with a wine in hand. a dedicated butler is at your service, ever ready to serve you a fine 3-course dinner ...This article is the original content of Sparklette.View it here (with readers' …
well, i'm not one to readily resist the temptation of chocolate. and i know i wouldn't be the first to admit this. so it wasn't long before i paid my second visit to max brenner, the wonderland for chocolate lovers! i can still vividly remember the richness of their hot chocolate ...
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