The Best Brunch in Singapore, Ranked
A ranked brunch list is only useful if you know what it is ranking. Ours weighs four things: whether the kitchen can actually cook, whether the coffee is worth the trip on its own, whether the room can seat a…
The Habibi-san Team
The Best Bars on Haji Lane for a Night Out
Haji Lane after dark is not a bar street in the Ann Siang or Keong Saik sense. There is no strip of glossy cocktail rooms with door staff. What there is instead: a handful of shophouse bars stacked up a…
Brunch in Singapore: Where to Go Beyond the Usual
Singapore does not have a brunch problem. It has a brunch-choice problem. There are enough cafes doing eggs on sourdough to fill a weekend for the rest of your life, which means the useful question is never “where is brunch…
Haji Lane Food Guide: Where to Eat and Drink
Haji Lane is about 150 metres of shophouses, wide enough for two people to pass each other if one turns sideways. Most guides sell it as a mural backdrop with some cafes attached. That undersells it badly: the eating on…
The Best Izakaya in Singapore: An Honest Shortlist
Every izakaya list on the internet has the same problem: half the venues closed two years ago. Singapore’s izakaya scene turns over brutally — so before writing this, we verified every single name below as open and serving. We also…
The Best Japanese Food in Singapore: A Local’s Honest Shortlist
Most “best Japanese food in Singapore” lists rank restaurants. This one ranks dishes — because nobody actually craves “a Japanese restaurant.” You crave a specific bowl of ramen, a specific cut of unagi, a specific plate you’ve been thinking about…
Izakaya in Singapore: A First-Timer’s Guide to Japanese Pub Dining
The first time most people walk into an izakaya, they do the same thing: sit down, open the menu at page one, and try to build a Western-style three-course meal out of it. Starter, main, dessert. It never quite works,…
Japanese Food in Singapore: The Full Guide
Singapore might be the easiest city outside Japan to eat well in Japanese. The hard part isn’t finding it — there’s a ramen counter, sushi bar or izakaya within walking distance of almost every MRT station — it’s knowing which…