New openings and the latest stories from around the city.
Johanne Siy, Asia's Best Female Chef 2023, has left Lolla for 26 seats on Mohamed Sultan Road and a tasting menu that lists only Philippine ingredients. Take the counter and book ahead.
Esora's last head chef now cooks sharing plates in an all-day room you enter through a bakery. Go for Japanese technique without the kappo hush; take friends, not a date.
Amitav Ghosh's Singapore Writers Festival keynote on Saturday 14 November is sold out. The S$30 Festival Pass, the S$15 Youth Pass and the other keynotes, from S$25, are still on sale for the 13 to 22 November festival.
Two weeks dark to install MRT-style ceiling fans, back on 16 October, and talk of a much longer closure in late 2027. For east-siders it's the weekend fallback while other centres are shut.
Esplanade's Indian arts festival turns 25 from 20 to 29 November with Sachin-Jigar's Singapore debut, two Aakash Odedra works, a comedy called Bedok to Bollywood and free shows by the bay.
Seven dessert courses on magnetic plates that hover, in MoVida's old Raffles City space. Go mid-afternoon for the omakase; lunch and dinner are the supporting acts.
Two Employees Only alumni have turned the old No Sleep Club unit on Keong Saik into a brighter bar with one price across eight cocktails and an upsized Indomie. Start the night here.
A 70-plus-work retrospective of the ink painter and teacher who arrived in Singapore in 1956, in the Wu Guanzhong Gallery from 16 October to 31 January. One for an unhurried weekday afternoon.
The East Coast Park Italian has a second beach: a lighter, seafood-led menu off a coastal grill at Tanjong Beach Club, and a focaccina you can only get on Sentosa. Weekends will be the busy slot.
The farmer-owned restaurant from Ah Hua Kelong closed its Jalan Besar room on 13 September with a hint of a new address. The farm carries on; follow the Instagram for where it surfaces next.
Denis Lucchi's cooking without Buona Terra prices, as set menus only. Book dinner weeks ahead and take the Pasta Journey if pasta is why you came.
Three floors of baijiu in the 1919 Waterboat House: a gallery, an Imperial Treasure restaurant and a rooftop bar from the Nutmeg & Clove team. Now open; start on the roof.
