The farm-to-table Southeast Asian chefs on a mission to make dining more sustainable

The farm-to-table Southeast Asian chefs on a mission to make dining more sustainable

Their vision is significant in Singapore, which imports more than 90 per cent of its food. The city state’s breakneck urbanisation, achieved in just one generation, makes it easy to forget that this was once an island dotted with kampongs (traditional villages), where agriculture was a way of life. Air, the restaurant opened by Orlando … Read more

How Singapore’s main shopping street Orchard Road is seeing the rise of its more tranquil western end with new hotels and rejuvenated malls

How Singapore’s main shopping street Orchard Road is seeing the rise of its more tranquil western end with new hotels and rejuvenated malls

Next come the huge white iron wrought gates of the Botanic Gardens, at the junction of Cluny and Holland roads, across from the British High Commission, on the tree-lined boulevard of Tanglin Road. Singapore’s Istana Woodneuk palace. Photo: Instagram/mandameus The iron gates of the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Photo: Shutterstock Off Tanglin Road, smaller roads lead … Read more

Orchard no-smoking zone expanded to include skate park outside Somerset MRT station

Orchard no-smoking zone expanded to include skate park outside Somerset MRT station

“To facilitate a smooth implementation, NEA will take an advisory approach in the first two months where those caught smoking in the adjusted area along Exeter Road and Killiney Road will receive verbal warnings,” the agency said in an advisory on its website. “However, smokers who repeatedly flout the law in spite of prior warnings … Read more