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Top 5 dishes – Singapore

SINGAPORE’S CUISINE is a diverse one, spawned over centuries by the various immigrant populations who traded and lived here.

ACCLAIMED AS ONE of the top three bars in the world, Manhattan has become a drinking destination in itself and celebrates the glamorous era of old New York in a magnificent space set within the Regent Singapore.

PURELY DELTA

DEEP DOWN SOUTH, in a lush corner of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, the treasures of Trà Vinh go mostly unannounced.

Asia’s Best Restaurant

FOR MOST OF YOUR Singapore trip you should, of course, be hitting the incredible array of food on offer from hawkers and on the streets.

RESTAURANT REVIEWS

Barberra Restaurant

CHRISTCHURCH. Sitting on the banks of the Avon River, new kid on the block Barberra is a sophisticated addition to the phoenixlike eating scene in the garden city.

Scotch Wine Bar & Wine Shop

I will admit that I was disappointed when I found out the scotch in question at Blenheim’s restaurant and wine bar of that name was not of the fat marbled beef kind.

The Grove

AUCKLAND. Since its inception in 2004, The Grove has been consistently one of our best restaurants.

Hello Beasty

AUCKLAND. Intrigued by the name and whether it hinted at what we might expect on the menu, I Googled.

Sid at the French Café

AUCKLAND. It can’t be easy taking over an institution that is synonymous with excellence in food, service and style.

THE MAKER

A cut above

IN THIS WORLD there are talkers and then there are doers.

IN GOOD FORM

When Kate O'Sullivan put out a call to the members of her club to ‘ bring a plate’ it wasn’t a batch of sausage rolls or a tray of chicken wings that she had in mind.

WEAVE LENGTHS

Long before words like sustainable, low-carbon footprint and environmentally friendly were de rigueur, there were people like Peter Greer, now 68 years old.

THOSE THINGS WE HOLD DEAR

Beloved hand-me-down kitchen objects speak of the past & carry their own stories.

HIDDEN GEM

GRACE & FLAVOUR

TRUST IS SO IMPORTANT in any marriage, ramp that up a notch when husband and wife are also business partners.

DOUGH-GOODERS

On a foggy autumn morning in a church carpark in Auckland’s Pt Chev, a man rocks up holding a giant, empty plastic container. He’s obviously done this before and, wisely, has come prepared.

DOWN MEXICO WAY

Im scanning the shopfronts of Auckland’s Northcote Centre, worried that I won’t be able to find Nanita’s Tamales

Pleasure Island

“Couple wanted to run island retreat in New Zealand” – that was guaranteed to catch the eye of experienced Irish hospitality couple Karina Quinlan and Luke Treanor as they headed to NZ after a spell working in Australia (well, the wording might have been slightly different but no matter, they were hooked). Within three days of getting off the plane they had taken on the job of running the Kawau Beach House.