Jamie edits Shioklist from Singapore, where he lives. Every listing and guide is researched and drafted with research and writing tools, then edited by Jamie, with the practical details (prices, hours, dates) checked against the official sources linked on each page, and re-checked on a schedule. Pages marked “Visited by the editor” are places Jamie has been; the site does not claim visits it has not made.
Eleven Christmas buffets, set dinners and takeaways for 2026, with prices from each hotel's own page. The first early-bird deadline is 29 November; four of the buffets are halal-certified and three options come in under S$60 a head.
Nine places to see snow in Singapore this Christmas, eight of them free, with exact show times from Jewel, Changi Airport, Orchard Road, CHIJMES, VivoCity and Christmas Wonderland. Snow City closed for good on 30 September 2026.
39 confirmed concerts from November 2026 to April 2027, in date order: BTS, Jay Chou, Bruno Mars, YOASOBI, Stray Kids and more, with venue, price range and the official ticket link for each.
Ten log cakes for Christmas 2026, cheapest first, with prices, sizes and order deadlines from each shop's own page. The cheapest is S$48.80, three are halal-certified and the first early-bird price ends on 20 November.
Eleven New Year's Eve dinners in Singapore for 31 December 2026, from S$108++ to S$598++, with seatings, what each price includes and which operators claim a fireworks view. All have published their price.
Singapore's 11 public holidays in 2027 from MOM's list, the five long weekends they make, the leave days that stretch three more, and MOE's 2027 school terms and holidays.
Chinese New Year 2027 is Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 February; Monday 8 February is a public holiday if Sunday is your rest day. What is confirmed so far, what Chinatown, River Hongbao and Chingay have not announced, and what to book now.
Eleven halal-certified restaurants in Singapore, each checked on MUIS's directory: nasi padang, prata, dim sum, Indonesian, Arabic grills and four hotel buffets, with prices, hours and MRT.
Twelve things to do with children in the 2026 year-end school holidays, 21 November to 31 December: five free, the rest priced, from Jewel's snow and Pokémon trails to Studio Ghibli and a pantomime at Funan.
The last weekend before the school holidays: free Malay dance at the Esplanade, the Defence Collective Festival, dragon boats at Kallang, the Writers Festival's opening, Champagniac and the first Christmas villages. 18 picks.
Twelve Christmas markets and festive villages worth the trip in 2026: two villages on Orchard Road, one-weekend fairs at Sands Expo, the F1 Pit Building and CHIJMES, Christmas Wonderland and a free hilltop market at Fort Canning.
Where to see in 2027: the Marina Bay and Kallang countdowns and when to expect their announcements, the free places to watch, the festive villages open late, New Year's Day plans and the last trains home.
Ten openings worth a booking or a walk-in this month, each checked on the restaurant's own page: Moutai House, OVER, Osteria Da Su, three new Dempsey rooms, Barossa's reopening, BAO at New Bahru and Mr Cheesecake at ION.
Deepavali weekend: Little India's lights and last bazaar nights, a free IHC open house, Pokémon, Borealis at the Supertrees, coffee and clay. 17 picks.
Book Moutai House for the month's big night and Osteria Da Su for a walk-in. Hairy crab runs to 30 November, Deepavali feasts fall on the first weekend, and five of these cost under S$30.
Halloween weekend: Spookology, a dog-festival parade, free trick-or-treats, CC haunted houses, dikir barat and the last of Horror Nights. 19 picks.
Little India’s lights, the festival village, a free concert, festive thalis and buffets, mithai to order and the 7–9 November long weekend.
The once-a-year Kusu pilgrimage, two scare nights, skeleton divers, sunflowers under glass, late fried chicken and lobby jazz: 17 picks for the weekend.
No crystals, no manifesting, no S$300 juice cleanse: ten honest ways to feel better in this city, most of them cheap. Start with a trail before breakfast.
Nowhere Baths for quiet, Plunge Club for company, Joya for a proper Japanese onsen and Hideaway if you'd rather plunge in private.
Twelve places most residents drive past: a Joo Chiat house museum whose curator lives upstairs, a quarry turned lake, a jazz lounge behind an unmarked door.
Fifteen odd corners for a weekday morning: the 1942 surrender in two buildings, a kampong that refused to leave, an airport museum with a jet to race. Most are free.
Six wine bars by mood: natural wine with chicken nuggets, a walk-in cellar, a 600-label book, grand cru by the sip and fizz with a skyline. Tell the staff your budget.
Ten bars for different nights: world-ranked shophouse rooms, a gin tower in Gotham, a hotel rickhouse and the Long Bar, once. If you only book one, book Jigger & Pony.
