A gardens morning, a starred lunch and a hot soak
A slow day for two on the leafy edge of town: one corner of the Botanic Gardens before the heat, a starred lunch at Candlenut, then hot pools and no phones at Nowhere Baths.
- Where: Botanic Gardens
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Fish head curry, then jazz in a whiskey library
A curried snapper head on Race Course Road from a kitchen that started as a thosai stall, then more than 1,000 whiskies and live jazz inside The Vagabond Club.
- Where: Little India
A river rooftop, then vinyl on North Canal Road
Sundown on a Boat Quay shophouse roof, then vinyl, Pan-Asian plates and a spot on Asia's 50 Best Bars at Offtrack. Two stops, one short walk, Monday to Saturday.
- Where: Boat Quay
A Robertson Quay date: prints, a bridge, Thevar
A print gallery on the quay, a tongkang-shaped footbridge painted in 55 colours, then Michelin-starred modern Indian in a terracotta-walled shophouse. Built for a long evening.
- Where: Robertson Quay
Kampong Glam before lunch: domes, lanes, rendang
The golden domes before the crowds, murals on one lane and silk by the metre on the next, then charcoal rendang from a kitchen that began in a rented room round the corner.
- Where: Kampong Glam
Fort Canning: from the church to inside the hill
Singapore's oldest church, a hill that tried being a royal seat, a garden and a fort, then the bunker where the generals gave up. All free, and the staircase photo is the least of it.
- Where: Civic District
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Dates with something to talk about
The easiest date is one that arrives with its own subject. Choose something to look at or do first, then a table where the conversation can carry on.
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