Gastronomic Ruminations

I first visited Strangers’ Reunion in April last year while recuperating from my broken elbow. Coincidentally, my friend and I bumped into a few local coffee loving friends who introduced us to fellow coffee lovers hailing from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea. They were in Singapore to attend Food and Hotel Asia [...]

The Broers Cafe recently celebrated it’s first birthday on 20 June 2012, a good sign for the Specialty Coffee scene in Singapore. The Broers Cafe is located close to a stretch of beautifully restored pre-war shophouses, that were probably built in the 1920s. Showcasing local architecture at its best, these shophouses are worth a visit as they [...]

Henry Congressional, a pop-up cafe of sorts, opened its doors with a soft launch on 13 June 2012. The cafe will only be open for 8 months because the building in which they are located has been sold via a collective sale (more commonly referred to as “en bloc” in Singapore). Henry Congressional seeks to [...]

Almost like a scene out of Alice in Wonderland, the eclectically vintage decor and homeware at Carpenter and Cook offers a retrolicious escape from the hustle and bustle of city living in Singapore. See something you like? You’d be pleased to know that everything (well, I guess almost everything) is for sale here as the [...]

A fairly new entrant into the specialty coffee scene in Singapore, Nylon Coffee Roasters opened on 1 May 2012. Run by Dennis Tang and Jiamin, Nylon’s primary business is to roast and retail beans in addition to selling takeaway coffees thus, the shop space is small. There are only 4 chairs in the reception area. However, [...]

Liberty Coffee’s coffee bar at Rangoon Road is another recent addition to the Specialty Coffee scene in Singapore. As a micro-roastery, their primary focus is on producing artisan-roasted beans for wholesale and retail clients. Thus, their coffee bar does not have regular operating hours and one needs to keep a lookout for updates via their Facebook page and [...]

The past few months has been really exciting for coffee addicts in Singapore! Yet another specialty coffee cafe opens its doors on Friday, 7 October 2011. Located next to the Singapore River at Robertson Quay, coffee lovers in Singapore now have another cafe to while the time away over a cup or two of well-brewed [...]

The specialty coffee scene is heating up in Singapore with the latest addition, Maison Ikkoku which means ‘House of the Moment’, opening its doors over the past weekend at Kandahar Street.  Image courtesy of Maison Ikkoku & Word of Mouth Communications Named after a Mangga comic, Maison Ikkoku is the brainchild of two married couples [...]

“Remember to visit Blue Bottle Coffee Co.”  Pearls of wisdom from my friend and trusted coffee advisor, DH. I’d not heard of Blue Bottle Coffee Co as my crazy work schedule over the past few years meant that I was pretty much living under a rock. I trust DH’s taste in coffee, after all, I’ve [...]

(bedisloyal) When I saw this sign off on a SMS, I thought Erik Posthuma had a strange sense of humour and was sharing a little too much information about his sleeping habits. I thought he meant his bed was loyal (bedisloyal = bed is loyal). I realised when he gave me the poster below, that it [...]