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~Invited Session~ Costa Coffee has unveiled a brand new concept at Holland Village - Costa269, one with a hot kitchen and a spanking new All-Day Brunch menu. Plus, the café serves as a testbed for their innovations and that makes us first around the world to taste their creations. Who does not love all day brunch? Beats having to deal with Saturday crowds when I can have it anytime of the week. The wholesome menu features a combination of British inspired flavours and classic breakfast favourites. Every order is made fresh-on-demand and designed to complement Costa’s range of handcrafted coffees – all you need for the perfect brunch experience. Their promise to consumers - made fresh, everyday. Enticing bites, if only I had an appetite so good for one of everything. Coffee merchandise lovers rejoice, Costa269 also has a range of collectibles and knick knacks too! Beef Goulash ($7.90) A rare sight for a coffee joint cafe, this beef goulash dishes up a hearty meal with tender beef chu

~Invited Session~ WOK°15 at ONE°15 Marina Sentosa Cove has a menu offering everything from the best of local specialties to contemporary Asian interpretations at affordable prices. Helmed by Executive Chef Chum Kar Ho from Hong Kong, he has created a menu with creative t wists to suit a va r iety of palettes. Japanese Greenhouse Tomato served with Wasabi Infused Sesame Sauce ($ 8) This dish was designed to provide refreshment from Singapore’s warm weather. Intricate cutting skills presented - quite an art piece don't you think? Double Boiled Japanese Chicken Soup with Himematsutake Mushroo ms ( $38) I love my soups and this would be one of those soups I would not mind having all the time. Hearty broth for the rainy day! Delve deep for a medley of Japanese mushrooms, giving the soup an earthier flavour. Grilled Garoupa Fillet with Beancurd Skin served in Stone Pot ($38) Created to feed our love for hotpot dishes - this piping hot dish features garoupa fillets tossed in a delec

Back in 1963, Master Chef Hooi Kok Wai, one of the Singapore's "4 Heavenly Chefs" opened an eating establishment that all would talk about. I was definitely not in the same era but my own mom has a cook book signed off by one of them! Contempo by Dragon Phoenix Restaurant at Civil Service Club is by no means a thing of the past, judging from the number of groupon voucher users who do not mind travelling far east just to utilise the voucher. Grand Lobster Platter Think appetizer in an old school wedding dinner and this came with the lobster shell even. That said, it brought back memories of the past wedding dinners eaten - lobster salad with more canned fruit and mayo, oriental scrambled egg and saucy jellyfish. Double-boiled Chicken Consomme with Ginseng Delicious soup heavy on ginseng - be a fan of herbs and love it. Braised Whole Abalone with Broccoli and Shiitake Mushrooms in Oyster Sauce Ordinary chinese new year fare except for the baby abalone that made it lu

~Invited Session~ Sundays just got better with the launch of the most extensie Borderless Sunday Brunch at Grand Copthorne Waterfront's Integrated Dining Destination featuring interactive buffet restaurant, Food Capital, Italian Grill, Grissini and dynamic bar, Tempo. Diners can also look forward to live entertainment and lovely balloon sculptures by their balloonists as well as face painting by professional face painters.  A diner's passport is placed at every table - easy for familiarizing where has what! Oh, bubbly for a weekend - always a good idea. Tempo A dazzling bar by night is converted into a family friendly beverage bar by day.  Slurpees at a buffet?  You bet and I had a field day guzzling both Fanta Orange and Ribena.  Food Capital Seafood selection that features a number of catches on ice - boston lobsters, prawns, oysters and crab legs.   These mannequins are spotted throughout the buffet area and would be dressed according to various themes throughout the