Sweet dreams are made of these...
Sitting pretty at the heart of Singapore’s haute-cuisine scene is Restaurant ANDRÉ, a three-story 1920s shophouse that houses chef’s tables, main dining room, private atelier and wine cellar. Man of the moment André Chiang turns out dégustation lunches and dinners following a self-developed “octaphilosophy,” meaning that each meal revolves around eight key characteristics: unique, texture, memory, pure, terroir, salt, south and artisan. If that tells you nothing, picture dishes like rabbit loin with pancetta and mustard seeds (terroir) and chef staple foie gras jelly with black truffle coulis (memory). It’ll cost a pretty penny and something like a month’s wait to get in, but you just can’t resist, can you?
41 Bukit Pasoh Road, Singapore. T: +65 6534 8880 W: restaurantandre.com
For the complete guide to what’s sweet in Singapore, check out the LUXE Singapore guide or download the handy mobile app with maps.
LUXE Link Roundup: optical illusions in New York, floating beds in Singapore, and hidden treasures in Hong Kong
BY The LUXE Editors
Panda-monium
Welcome back to our weekly LUXE Links, in which we source some of the week’s best reads from around the web and around the world. This week, optical illusions in New York, Dover Street Market hits Tokyo, and floating beds in Singapore. Get clickin’, chickens!
Now you see him, now you don’t–finding human chameleon Liu Bolin at this must-hit exhib in NYC [We Jet Set]
Inside Singapore’s New Majestic Hotel, featuring floating beds and outdoor tubs [Hotel Chatter]
Eight hidden dining and retail treasures to seek out in hectic Hong Kong [Coolhunting]
Hello, hotel room: behind the “Do Not Disturb” sign at two new European photo exhibs [Tablet Talk]
Kawakubo brings Dover Street Market to Tokyo, causes a fashion Commes-motion, sets sight on New York next [T Magazine]
Baubles galore in ANA's window display
If you’re in Singapore and have a weak spot for Aussie labels, but don’t have the time, or means to regularly jet off Down Under, then you’re going to love ANA Boutique. The store stocks established and emerging brands like flirty, feminine Fleur Wood, cult favourite Zimmermann, and in-house label Ana Vu, along with baubles and home ware from the likes of resin wizards Dinosaur Designs. What you won’t find in this two-level shop on Club Street is winter-wear—the boutique “caters for the country that has no seasons,” and we say hear, hear to endless summers. Not sure what suits you? Make an appointment with an on-site stylist, who’ll have you sashaying out the door like a Bondi babe.
Ana Boutique. 86 Club Street, Singapore. T: +65 6221 2897. W: anaboutiques.com
Find more of our Singapore favourites in the LUXE Singapore guide or in our handy mobile app.
Cheeky brekky moment
Happy new year, dear globetrotting hearts! We at LUXE are kicking off 2012 with our regular travel column for Singapore Airlines’ new website silverkris.com. This month, it’s all about keeping chipper on hols with the wee nippers in tow, and no one in Asia does family as well as Singapore. Blessed with lots of verdant public space and parkland, wide pram-friendly footpaths, an extensive and easy-to-use public transport network, high levels of safety and cleanliness, fantastically eclectic food everywhere you turn and a ton of indoor and outdoor activities, the Lion City is almost purpose-built for children. Only stopping for a layover? Not to worry, we’ve packed all our faves into a short and sweet one-day itinerary, so all you need do is round up the kids, and go. Easy peasy.
Don’t forget, silverkris.com readers get an exclusive promo code to score 15% off Little LUXE Singapore, and all other LUXE guides and boxsets. Parents, rejoice!
You're invited!
Calling all Singaporean Leggy Lovelies! We are launching the brand new Little LUXE Singapore guide this Friday, December 2 from 3-5pm at Motherswork in Great World City. Bring your little ones for pics with Santa, tree lighting ceremony, craft corner, baby manis and much more!
Come on in
Hello, young and old lovers, wherever you are! Valentine’s Day is barely days (practically hours) away, and if you still haven’t made plans, then you’re going to need all the help you can get because frankly, you’re rubbish. What are you like? Luckily for you naughty poppets, we’ve done a quicksticks whip round the world for luxey ways to give and celebrate. Whether it’s getting serious, just for fun or even if you’re all on your lonesome, we’ve got you covered. Lucky knicks on, kitten…
One of the stops on the Midtown CultureNOW tour – Grand Central Station, choc-a-block with archi n’ art wonders [photo by Nataraj Metz/Flickr]
Art and culture apps are popping up like dots on a teeny weeny bikini, but as always, caveat emptor, some are far better than others. Here’s our pick of the very best to get you front of the queue, ahead of the pack looking sleek not slack, and at the cutting edge of ‘in the know’. Sm-art!
Hello good lookin'
Hotelier and restaurateur Yenn Wong, founder of highly-styley JIA Boutique Hotels in Hong Kong and Shanghai, and hot-right-now Italian stallion 208 Duecento Otto in Hong Kong, and Graze and Kha restaurants in Singapore, shares some tidbits on travel and hospitality.
White nights at Wanderlust
Singapore’s hot right now. Not its usual year round wretchedly hot and humid, or humid and raining hot, but in-the-spotlight hot. Gone are the doldrums of 2008-2009 as the Lion City roars back as an Asian Tiger, with a slew of noteworthy celeb chef and hotel openings and the F1 Singtel Singapore Grand Prix just around the corner. Here’s our pick of the most head turning new beds for you to lay your head. Go on then, pop yourself into the lion’s jaws, you’ll be glad you did.
In the red [Photo by chooyutshing/Flickr]
Lanterns, lai see (red packets) and lions, oh my! In case you missed the memo, lunar or Chinese New Year is this Sunday and while it’s V-day for many, it’s fam time for others. Each family has their own traditions, but if there’s one thing everyone does, it’s eating. We’ve picked one iconic dish from cities that celebrate the festival, from Ho Chi Minh City to Hong Kong, via Toronto (yep, Toronto), so you’d better get those stretch slacks ready, Tiger.
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