Attention whisky lovers! The "World's Premiere Whisky Tasting Show", Whisky Live 2016 will be showcasing at Capella Singapore at Sentosa from the 12-13 November (Sat/Sun). Starting from S$99 per day, you can get to sample all the whiskies available at the stand, 2 portions of food (by Capella Executive chef, David Nicolas Senia) and 1 cocktail per bar at the pop-up bar. There will also be masterclasses available by esteemed whisky experts and mixologists.


This year, Whisky Live Singapore will have its biggest show yet, showcasing close to 300 expressions and over 60 whisky and spirit brands. The Macallan will make its debut, together with three other main brands of single malt whisky, namely Old Pulteney, Balblair and AnCnoc.

Whisky Live last year. Source: Whisky Live

Guests will also see the return of some of the world’s most notable distilleries such as Glenfiddich, Dalmore, Kavalan, Aberlour, Mortlach, Nikka and many more.

What I found of note is - organiser La Maison du Whisky has decided to bottle the last two barrels of Karuizawa they still owned - the Karuizawa 1965 Bourbon Cask and Karuizawa 1965 Sherry Cask, in celebration of their 10th anniversary. I found that the prices for these vintage bourbon and sherry are on par with cars! On this special occasion, whisky writer Dave Broom will be hosting a comparative tasting of these two barrels on Saturday 12th, 1pm.

Well, with loads of food, drink and whiskys what are you waiting for? Book your tickets now!

Here, Guest Chef Mr. Shinbo is telling us to enjoy the food :)

1 Orchard Boulevard, #01-01/02,
Camden Medical Centre, Singapore 248649
6-8pm Thurs and Saturday 27 Oct and 29 Oct 2016

Even though most of you would have seen the numerous cups of latte art coffee on my Instagram, I am actually more of a tea person than a coffee one. If you have been friends/working with me, you'll know that bubble tea is my weakness. I used to get one after lunch almost every week when I was working - either Gong Cha's milk tea at 30% or KOI's green tea macchiato. I don't really like the pearls (too much calories and boring to eat) and I try to cut down on the sugar level, but having a cup of bubble tea is my little indulgence for the week. That's why I was really intrigued when a new bubble tea shop opened up at Bukit Panjang Plaza that is more tea than bubble, called Yuan Cha 源茶 that encourages us to drink good tea.











For example, the grapefruit alishan tea, which uses the grapefruit to bring out the dry, slightly bitter aftertaste of the tea in a smooth manner. The honey osmanthus was also super floral, though a bit too sweet for us (choose the other osmanthus teas if you don't want the honey sweetness).

The owner had warned that once I've tried Yuan Cha, I'll not be able to go back to the other bubble teas. And I suspect there's some truth in that - though the location is really a bit out of the way for me. I wish they will open up more branches soon* in central areas. But for now, I'll definitely recommend West-bound readers and friends to check out Yuan Cha.


Yuan Cha 源茶
#01-29 Bukit Panjang Plaza, 1 Jelebu Road, Singapore 677743
+65 67691153
11am to 9.30pm daily
Facebook Page

*UPDATE: They have a branch at Far East Plaza, #01-39 too! Yay!

I remembered talking about the cheese wheel with a French friend of mine a couple of weeks ago, and I was saying how I kept seeing videos of those happening in Singapore in hotel restaurants and would love to try it. Lo and behold, soon after I received an invite for it at the UE Square's District 10 restaurant (which I blogged about before for their steaks and Italian dishes). Imagine my delight! Of course I had to check it out for myself. The promo is only for a limited time, as I understood till end of October. Hopefully they can extend it, but for now you have 10 days to check it out!

Here's a short vlog on what happened. I didn't manage to speak on camera though so pardon the cheesy music (copyright-free that's why!)



Here's the menu for your perusal. Prices are really reasonable for what you'll get (AN EXPERIENCE).

You guys must have heard of Lucha Loco, the Mexican joint at Duxton Hill opposite Kiosk? Well the guys behind that have just opened their third branch at Customs House after the very successful second branch at Robertson Quay. We went on a #superloco food trail recently to discover each location's F&B because they are actually different from one another depending on the crowd/place!

Check out my vlog of the food trail first, before I talk about some of the items we tried below:



The post-work Mexican dinner and drinks place

We met the Loco Group's founders and found out a bit more about their food and drinks. What I found out was they pride themselves in banning all sugar syrup from its bars, choosing to use only organic agave nectar and their own agave infusions to sweeten their cocktails/drinks. That's really cool since I find syrup rather basic. Here the Blood Orange and Guava Margarita (S$16) I tried was a really refreshing and cold cocktail to be enjoyed at the alfresco patio behind Lucha Loco.











All in all, I had a really good time on the #wearesuperloco food trail thanks to Food News PR team and the lovely founders and staff of the Super Loco Group. What I found cool was that each branch had managed to carve out their own niche and offerings to cater to the audience while maintaining a super chill vibe and Mexican roots. That's worth checking out so be sure to visit them if you can!

It's always been my dream to visit Hokkaido so I can finally see and touch powdery snow for the first time in my life. There's also the food, which is legendary of course. The milk (hence butter), melons and the seafood there are unlike those from down south. But since I can't go this year, I will just have to contend with the amazing annual Hokkaido Harvests dinner buffet by Mandarin Orchard hotel's Triple Three restaurant from 19 to 30 October 2016, 6.30pm to 10pm daily.

Source: Triple Three, Mandarin Orchard

Source: Triple Three, Mandarin Orchard

Thanks to Triple Three for the invite!