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With no specific public holiday in September, most buffet restaurants are rolling out their own thematic buffets for the month of September 2024. Others are reverting to their generic buffets.
You can also join our newly-launched telegram channel here and receive updates on NEW buffet offerings, exclusive promotions not found anywhere else as well as other F&B flash deals.
Without further ado, here are some noteworthy hotel buffet dining promotions to check out for the month of September2024:
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Few other things are as evocative of the leisurely life as spending the afternoon socializing with friends and family over scones, cakes and finger sandwiches laid out nicely on a three-tier stand. Afternoon teas have only increased in popularity following the new normal as more folks take it slow and focus more on personal wellness.
In this article, I try to show all the updated afternoon tea offerings at the moment. Afternoon tea sets tend to get refreshed every few months so without further ado, these are the promotions you can check out this month.
As WFH becomes less common, afternoon teas are reverting to their original place as mainly weekend affairs so it is advisable to book ahead if you wish to come on a Saturday or Sunday.
You can also join our telegram channel here and receive updates on NEW afternoon tea offerings, exclusive promotions not found anywhere else as well as other F&B flash deals.
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The mid-autumn or mooncake festival 2024 (中秋节) will fall on 17th September 2024, a Tuesday. In the lunar calendar, the mid-autumn festival is celebrated every 15th of the eight month.
With inflation easing somewhat, this looks to be another year filled with noteworthy and even some unusual flavors. This guide will be regularly updated with 2024’s catalog of the best mooncakes in Singapore as well as ongoing promotions and mooncake delivery options. The most common types of mooncakes include:
I will also aim to show what the containers look like, so that you’ll know which hotels, Chinese restaurants and bakeries have the best and most beautiful mooncake boxes for 2024.
Mooncake Fairs in 2024
While you can expect mooncake fairs to occur in places such as Takashimaya in 2024, online mooncake fairs are expected to persist and even become the preferred method of purchase for many due to lower prices stemming from vendors’ lower overheads and ability to hold flash deals. The list below contains some exclusive mooncake promotions and deals not found elsewhere so check them out.
You can also join our newly-launched telegram channel here and receive updates on mooncake flash sales, exclusive promotions not found anywhere else as well as other F&B and travel flash deals.
Without further ado, check out these mooncakes for the 2024 season. All the brands listed below direct to their official online stores or their designated authorized e-commerce marketplaces. With the rise in mooncake scams, it is not advisable to purchase from Facebook or WhatsApp.
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There seems to be great interest from chefs overseas to leave their imprints in Singapore. I am not just referring to those large franchises of well-known names. Even the independent ones are eager to set up an outlet here due to the strong foodie culture of the Lion City.
Recently, I got to try Sushi Zen which is located along the Keong Saik area, in Teck Lim Road to be precise. Sushi Zen is founded by Chef E Ran who has developed a loyal following over the years.
Sushi Zen is actually the offshoot of a popular sushi restaurant in Beijing which has the same name. In the 8-seater Singapore outlet, ingredients are sourced fresh from Toyosu Market, four times a week.
Sushi Zen offers both a lunch and dinner omakase. The lunch omakase starts from S$150 which comes with 10 pieces of sushi, miso soup and dessert while the higher-tier S$258 lunch omakase comes with additional appetizers. For dinner, one can order between the same S$258 omakase or higher-tier S$388 and S$588 which more premium sushi.
For this occasion, I tried the S$258 omakase which featured a combination of cooked items and sushi.
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Singapore has pretty high standards when it comes to Chinese cuisine and it is the most frequently patronized cuisine in the Lion City. This is no surprise as roughly 3/4 of the population here have Chinese ancestry. Chinese cuisine is also quite diverse – with regional subspecialties such as Teochew, Cantonese, Shanghainese and in the local context, even the Singaporean Chinese culinary style.
Chinese food is so much more than your sweet and sour pork, dimsum or Peking duck. Thus, it is difficult to pinpoint exactly which is the best Chinese restaurant in Singapore. That being said, if you expand it to a list of about a dozen or so establishments – you will find some commonly cited names and that is what I aim to show here. This list is not ranked in order but you will find establishments which are usually regarded as among the outstanding Chinese restaurants in Singapore, catering to all sorts of budgets. This will also be a dynamic list – with restaurants added and even removed, depending on ever-changing menus as well as other deserving establishments that pop up in the scene.
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I walked into Omakase @ Stevens on a midweek evening and was surprised to find the dining counters facing the chef’s area almost full. It is no secret that many omakase places have been hit hard by the runaway inflation of recent years, with many local diners opting for that omakase experience in Japan or elsewhere. Omakase @ Stevens seemed unperturbed by this and remains as well-received as ever.
The restaurant is helmed by Executive Chef Kazuki Arimoto who hails from Osaka and has 12 years of culinary experience. The menus in Omakase @ Stevens are defined by the seasons and at the time of my visit, they were offering their summer menu. This is served in 6 or 8 courses, priced at S$280++ and S$333+ respectively.
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As a working professional in the CBD, Amoy Street Food Centre is one of my go-to lunch places whenever I am looking for authentic hawker fare. Other food centres such as Lau Pa Sat are actually nearer to my office but that eatery is more of a food court nowadays rather than a bona fide hawker while my other favorites such as Maxwell Food Centre and Chinatown Complex Food Centre are a bit farther for me.
The 2-storey Amoy Street Food Centre was built in 1983, around the same era as nearby Maxwell Food Centre. This period coincided with Singapore’s “cleanliness drive” and many hawkers who originally peddled on the streets near Chinatown were moved to proper “food centres” with this hawker centre being one of them.
Today, Amoy Street Food Centre is one of Singapore’s most prominent. It has the most number of Michelin-listed stalls in one place and establishments here comprise a mix of decades-old stalls to outlets opened by enterprising youngsters.
Tip: If you don’t work in the CBD and intend to come here outside of a weekday lunch timing, do note that most stalls are shut on Saturdays and Sundays and at night. For weekends, your best bet is up to noon on Saturdays when at least half of the stalls are open.
In this list, I present some of my favorite stalls in Amoy Street Food Centre. I have been here dozens of times and have tried most outlets. These are not arranged in any particular order.
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I did not know what to make of Kun when I first heard that this Sichuan omakase opened in Amoy Street in Singapore. This regional variety of Chinese cuisine is not by any means new here but its manifestations abound mostly in mala venues that the thought of it being offered as an omakase – a domain I typically relegate to Japanese cooking – seemed unusual at first.
kun restaurant
Indeed, Kun’s dining space does make it seem Japanese at first glance. Entering the Amoy street shophouse that accommodates it, I was transported into a sense of zen. The wooden sliding doors, counter seating with the chef preparing dishes in front of diners and smartly-dressed staff members waiting on us all serve to remind that this is very much an omakase venue.
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