“Artistic temperament sometimes seems a battleground, a dark angel of destruction and a bright angel of creativity wrestling.” ∞ “You are the most dangerous kind of female the world can ever know. You carry the seeds for your own destruction […]
Located at the lobby level, 10 at Claymore is Pan Pacific Orchard’s signature restaurant – a modern bistro grill offering a sumptuous collection of contemporary European cuisine, accentuated by signature Pacific Touch. The restaurant serves Plates of Pleasure à la […]
“Almost all words do have color and nothing is more pleasant than to utter a pink word and see someone’s eyes light up and know it is a pink word for him or her too.” — Gladys Taber
It’s been over two months now since pastry chef Dominique Ansel introduced his trademarked and now-famous Cronut at his Soho bakery in New York City. For those who’s not aware of the hype, this croissant-donut hybrid pastry gained a lot […]
I have a gazillion things on my mind lately, work-related, project-related, blog-related and other bits and bobs of things that I need to do. While I think I’m relatively safe from the FOMO syndrome (FOMO = Fear Of Missing Out) […]
Ten years ago in July 2003, I threw a summer BBQ shindig at my backyard that featured 37 lbs of live crayfish / crawfish from a fresh seafood supplier out in Long Island, NY. Yep, all 37 lbs of these […]
To be perfectly honest, I never quite get the chilled soy/beancurd pudding fad that’s hit Singapore in the last couple years. I have tasted these before but still don’t get what’s the big deal about them that’s gotten people standing […]
Nothing screams summer as loudly as watermelons and I like to fill a large tupperware with cubed watermelon, chill them in the fridge and snack on them throughout the day. A splash of vodka optional. ;) I recently made Watermelon […]
Back in 1992, my professor in design school freshman year Typography 101, said to the class: “The Power of Ten†.” It was in the context of looking at typography from both a microscopic point of view as well as a […]
