Below are the photos that I took from my balcony of the Chingay Parade Fireworks at the Singapore F1 Track.
What is Chingay? Until researching this post I had no idea either.
Chingay is translated from Mandarin zhuang yi (妆艺), which in Hokkien means “the art of costume and masquerade”. The Singapore Chingay Parade is the largest float and street performance parade in Asia, the first one was held in 1973. The parade is held each year on the first weekend of the Lunar New Year.
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I doubt when you think of Bangkok that your first thought would be to look for the best restaurant in Asia or number ten on the Top 50 Restaurants for 2015 or even Indian Food for that matter, I suggest that you do from now on.
Gaggan was ranked as number 10 on S. Pelligrino the Worlds 50 Best Restaurants list for 2015 and is the number 1 ranked on Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2015 and after being lucky enough to dine there I now know why!
I was lucky enough to receive an invite courtesy of Wine Exchange Asia to an Australian Wine History Masterclass. This was the first time that this Masterclass had been presented in Singapore and was an enjoyable and informative session.
The Masterclass was presented by Wine Australia’s Global Educator, Mark Davidson. Mark’s presentation was on the History, Evolution and Revolution of Australian Wine, to do this he selected 10 wines and divided them into three flights. The first flight contained wines that could be considered to be Historical examples of Australian wines, the second flight was of Evolutionary Australian wines and the third contained Revolutionary Australian wines.
To celebrate a birthday and commiserate a farewell a few of my friends and I got together at Bar-a-Thym Singapore. This would be my second time dinning at Bar-a-Thym, the first was the great Grosset Wines Dinner, so I was looking forward to going a-la-carte this time, but that was not to be.
The birthday girl is a friend of Chef / Owner Francois Mermilliod and he offered to provide us with a special menu, so how can you say no to that. The one problem with this is that I am not sure what each of the dishes were, this did not change the fact that the food was, as always, excellent, so I have guessed what a couple of the dishes were.
Recently my friends and I visited a new restaurant in Singapore called the 5th Quarter. The 5th Quarter has been open for about four months and is a part of the new Vagabond Hotel. Considering how new the restaurant is, Chef Drew and his team have done very well in ironing out most of the kinks associated with setting up a new restaurant. For more
01 January 2016 was the last day of operation of the Intercontinental Manila, I was lucky enough to be able to be a part of the Farewell To A Grand Dame Of Manila, spending the final two nights of the hotel in probably the best suite in the place, if not, it was the best suite I have been lucky enough to have stayed in at the hotel. For more
