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Twenty-one new mouth-watering dishes have been awarded the Singapore River (SR) Signatures accolade this year. Out of these entries, 15 dishes came from restaurants that are first-time winners. Restaurants – Limoncello Pizza & Grill, Eight Korean BBQ, Mitsuba Japanese Restaurant, My Little Spanish Place, Pasta Fresca Da Salvatore and The Mad Men Attic Bar take their place on the list again, having won last year’s inaugural awards with a different set of dishes. The selection was made by a panel of 4 celebrated local chefs Anthony Yeoh, Bjorn Shen, Cheryl Koh and Nixon Low after a series of food tasting sessions.  SR Signatures is an annual accolade conferred on restaurants along the Singapore River who serve up gastronomical wonders to their customers. It is organised in conjunction with the Singapore River Festival to connect visitors to the River through food and provide them with the opportunity to tantalise their taste buds while exploring the sights and sounds of th...

This autumn, Man Wah will welcome back the team from Cheng Long Hang Crab Palace Restaurant in Shanghai with their famed Shanghai hairy crab. Using these finest ingredients, Chef Chi-Kwong Hung, Chef de Cuisine of Man Wah, will create a Shanghainese hairy crab feast available between 28 October and 30 November 2016. Due to the popularity from previous years’ visits, two colleagues from Cheng Long Hang will be on hand to showcase the skill of de-shelling whole crabs in less than three minutes. The new seasonal menu will feature 20 Shanghai hairy crab dishes, including the aromatic fresh steamed whole hairy crab (six taels); stir fried king prawn with rice cake and crabmeat; braised pork ball with crabmeat in brown sauce; deep fried boneless chicken wing with crabmeat; and pan fried scallop with shrimp paste and crabmeat. In addition to the chef’s speciality menu which changes weekly, two six-course lunch menus priced at HKD768* and HKD1,088* respectively, and a six-course di...

Chef Gilles Marchal, the current custodian of a veritable treasure trove of savoir-faire, will set up Maison Chaudun from Paris for the first time in Hong Kong and exclusively at The Mandarin Cake Shop beginning 15 November until 15 January 2017. The perfect indulgence or gift this holiday season, Chef Marchal will bring his selection of the world’s greatest cult classic chocolates including dark, milk and pavés. Maison Chaudun and all its wonders have long been a closely guarded secret, reserved for passionate insiders and discerning connoisseurs. Under the tutelage of Michel Chaudun’s shop in Paris, a generation of chocolate makers have been inspired by Chef Chaudun including his talented successor Chef Marchal. “Chocolate is an art form that is all about the balance,” shares Chef Marchal. “Our chocolates are about finding subtle, more elegant notes where the flavours complement each other and linger on the palate. I am honoured to have been invited by the legendary Mand...

Leading lifestyle and travel channel TLC has partnered with Hong Kong Tourism Board for the third consecutive year to present A TASTE OF HONG KONG 3 . The three-part series sees the return of Ian Wright – one of TLC’s most renowned hosts – to the channel.  Ian, a professional globetrotter who has seen (and eaten) practically anything and everything across Asia and the world explores Hong Kong’s exciting food scene with local chef Christian Yang. Foodie extraordinaire Christian Yang loves everything about his city, especially its one-of-a-kind food culture. Its gastronomic landscape is like no other in the world and Christian wants to create a pop-up food event as an ode to his hometown’s delicious sights and smells.  In each episode, Ian and Christian will travel around Hong Kong to uncover the very best of a particular type of food – from star eats to street eats and style eats. Each person will pick out a place they envision will fit the pop up event, with...