Editor’s Note: Updated September 2026. This review is based on our original visit, while opening hours, contact details and the current cocktail menu have been checked again. Our 28 HongKong Street review began with a recommendation from our friend Goga, […]
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The Sarkies brothers helped turn a handful of hotels in Penang, Singapore and Rangoon into names that travelers still recognize. Martin, Tigran, Aviet and Arshak came from an Armenian family in New Julfa, Isfahan, and built a hospitality business across […]
Singapore has no shortage of impressive places to drink, but few make an entrance quite like Atlas. Behind the monumental façade of Parkview Square lies an Art Deco room of soaring ceilings, polished brass and a gin collection so extensive […]
Editor’s Note: Updated October 22, 2026. This account and the photographs come from our earlier visit, before Hell’s Museum opened in 2021. The wider park is now partly closed for maintenance; museum access, prices, and closure dates were checked separately. […]
Editor’s Note: Updated September 2026. This review is based on our visit in 2018, so the food, presentation, service and price described below reflect that experience. Arteastiq still operates at Mandarin Gallery and continues to advertise afternoon high-tea sets, but […]
Ordering a gin and tonic sounds simple until you sit down at ATLAS Bar in Singapore. With more than 1,000 gins in the collection when I visited, choosing the spirit took more thought than choosing the drink. I settled on […]
Editor’s Note: Updated September 2026. We visited Anti:dote in 2018, so the dishes, teas, presentation and value assessment below reflect that experience. Anti:dote still serves afternoon tea at Fairmont Singapore, although its themed menu and price change seasonally. We have […]
Michelin stars can make a reservation seem like a promise. Vivi and I have enjoyed meals where the cooking gave us plenty to think about long after we left the table. Then we visited Hawker Chan in Singapore and had […]
A BBQ by the pool in Singapore gave us good food, new friends and a much longer list of things to eat in Malaysia. We had been spending time with our friend Goga, who lived there with her husband and […]