Author: Ian Lim

Gardens By The Bay Brings A Slice Of Japan To You This March With Sakuras And Cosplay

Have you been to Japan in Sakura season? If you haven’t, then we’ve got some good news for you.

No, we’re not sponsoring any flights to Japan in Sakura season. Gardens By The Bay is bringing Sakura season to Singapore!

For the Pokemon fans, there will be Pokemon game booths and even a Pikachu parade (OMG!?!?!?).

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If You Love Muah Chee, You’ll Love This New Bubble Tea By Playmade

If you’re not familiar with Playmade by 丸作, they previously caused a stir in the local bubble tea community with their interesting pearl flavours.

From Burnt Caramel to Pink Cactus and Black Sesame, Playmade has certainly carved a niche in the existing bubble tea market.

Nutty Sensation

Playmade has come up with a brand new drink for those of you who love your traditional desserts.

That’s right, from now till 21 March 2018, the Peanut Milk Tea With Muah Chee Pearls ($1.90) will be available at both Playmade outlets.

No prizes for guessing what local dessert inspired this particular milk tea flavour. While the Muah Chee pearls have been around since January as a limited time pearl flavour, the accompanying Peanut Milk Tea is new.

The Peanut Milk Tea with Muah Chee Pearls will only be around for another 2 weeks, so head down to any Playmade outlet and get yours today!

Playmade
Address: 108 Depot Road #01-03, Singapore, 100108
Opening Hours: Daily: 11am – 8pm
Contact no.: 9067 7297
Website

Address: 10 Tampines Central 1, #01-59, Singapore, 529536
Opening Hours: Daily: 10.30am – 10pm
Contact no.: 9067 7297

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Ditch The Macs Queue For Chocolate Pie And Go For Legit Ones At Windowsill Pies

Singaporeans appear to have a sweet tooth. Or sweet teeth, in this case. The point is, with so many dessert franchises available in Singapore, we have so many options to choose from should a craving hit us at any time.

However, one particular type of dessert that doesn’t get enough love from us (in our opinion) is Pie. The dessert is traditionally more popular in Western culture but it offers so much versatility in the filling that goes into it.

Enter Windowsill Pies. These lovely pie-makers are making pie “hip” again with their interesting flavour combinations, using classic pie flavours as the base.

Pie, Anyone?

Windowsill Pies has 2 branches, though they recently closed the Suntec City branch and moved to Haji Lane.

Since you’re already here, why stop at 1 slice? Go for the incredibly photogenic Strawberry Lemon Pie ($7.50 per slice) next.

This pie is perfect for those who love their Lemon Meringue Pie. Made with tangy and refreshing lemon curd, pockets of strawberry jam and sweet meringue, this Strawberry Lemon Pie is surprisingly easy on the palate, without being too jelak.

There are 3 flavours that contain alcohol. The Banana Cognac Pie ($7 per slice), Rum And Apple Pie ($7.50 per slice), and the Coconut Lime Vodka Pie ($8 per slice).

The Banana Cognac Pie is inspired by the classic Banoffee Pie, made with banana parfait, almond brittle, and cognac cream. No coffee here.

No prizes for guessing what the Rum And Apple Pie is based on. A Christmas special that ended up being a permanent menu item, this Apple pie is made with poached apples, rum-soaked raisins and baked almond custard.

And finally, the tropical Coconut Lime Vodka. Lime curd, cubes of vodka jelly (OMG????) and coconut cream makes this pie. The only thing that’s missing is pineapple, else it’ll be a Pina Colada Pie.

If these don’t make you want to eat pie, feel free to live a pie-less existence, in gloom and misery. We’ll be here eating our pies, living life with clear skin and full 8 hours of rest.

Just kidding, we just really love pies okay?

Windowsill Pies
Address: 17 Haji Lane, Singapore, 189210
Opening Hours: Sun – Thu: 11am – 8pm, Fri – Sat: 11am – 10pm
Contact no.: 9004 7827
Let The Beat Guide Your Feet To The Finish Line At This Year’s Music Run

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Let The Beat Guide Your Feet To The Finish Line At This Year’s Music Run

If you find running without music to be an arduous task, you’re not alone.

But why contend with an earpiece when you can have music blasting all along your running route?

Happening on 21 April 2018, The Music Run is back again!

That’s not all, this will be the first year that The Music Run will include timed runs.

The Ultimate Running Event

There are 3 different categories in The Music Run that participants can choose from, with 2 timed courses and 1 for the casual runners.

The 5K Fun Run is best suited for those who prefer to run at their own pace and soak in the electric atmosphere of The Music Run.

If you’re looking for a bit of a challenge, go for the 5K or 10K courses. But with music blasting from speakers every metres to keep you going and the adrenaline pumping, you’ll finish the course before you know it!

So ditch those headphones and let the music fuel your beat!

Of course, that’s not all that The Music Run has to offer. After the run, head to the Main Stage where there will be a music festival for all participants to party through the night!

Last year’s Main Stage featured DJ Sam Withers and Nathan Hartono, rocking the crowd with their music.

Finally, what’s a run without the race pack? This year’s race pack includes The Music Run race t-shirt, a drawstring bag, stickers and temporary tattoos.

Whether you’re a first-timer, a casual runner, a fitness or competitive runner, The Music Run has something for everyone.

Ticket prices are $65, $70 and $75 for the 5K Fun Run, 5K Timed Run and 10K Timed Run respectively. Children under 5 years of age get to run for free!

Hurry and purchase your tickets from Hapz here!

The Music Run
Venue: Sentosa Island
Date: 21 Apr 2018
Price: $65 – $75*
Website

*Discounted prices available only on Hapz.

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OCBC Lets You Earn Triple The Amount Of Flyer Miles When You Shop At IKEA This Week

We all love going to IKEA.

Let us break it down for you.

Usually, every dollar you spend on your OCBC Titanium Rewards card, earns you 10 OCBC$. And every 10 OCBC$ is worth 4 miles.

Normal rate:
1 SGD = 10 OCBC$ = 4 miles

But during this promotion period, every dollar spent at IKEA from 1 March to 11 March 2018, you will earn 30 OCBC$, which gives you 12 miles per dollar.

Promotion rate:
1 SGD = 30 OCBC$ = 12 miles

You can earn a maximum of SGD$1000 worth of OCBC$ with this promotion. Meaning you get up to 12,000 miles on your OCBC Titanium Rewards card!

That’s not all, because we’re all Singaporean and we love free stuff, for every $150 spent in a single receipt, you will be able to receive a $10 IKEA gift card! (Limited to the first 2,088 redemptions)

What are you waiting for? It’s time to head back to IKEA with your OCBC Titanium Rewards card!

Who knows? You could’ve already paid for the air tickets for your next vacation with your IKEA purchase!

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Not Just Chocolate Pie – McDonald’s Introduces 4 New Thai Milk Tea Desserts

A few days ago, we were blindsided by the sudden news of the arrival of the Rich Chocolate Pie, Fish And Fries, and the Sweet Chilli Fish Burger.

Today, 4 new desserts show up in McDonald’s dessert kiosks islandwide.

First up is the Thai Milk Tea Hot Fudge Sundae.

There’s also the Thai Milk Tea Cone, Thai Milk Tea Twist Cone, and the Thai Milk Tea ChocoCone.

At the moment, these 4 new items are not available on the McDelivery portal. However, you can still get yours at any McDonald’s Singapore dessert kiosk.

Locate your nearest dessert kiosk here.

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This Affordable Korean Army Stew In A Hawker Centre Will Leave You Feeling Seoul Shiok

Korean food has seen a surge of popularity ever since the rise of KPOP nearly a decade ago. With multiple Korean food chains popping up all over Singapore, it’s easy to satisfy any Korean food cravings.

From fried chicken to Korean BBQ, we’re really spoilt for choice. However, most Korean restaurants are pricey. What we need, is good and affordable Korean food.

Located at Fareground, on the 2nd level of the Pasir Ris Central Hawker Centre, this humble hawker stall serves up authentic Korean food at affordable prices.

Meet Seoul Shiok.

Seoul Good, Seoul Shiok

Having opened their first stall in Sengkang, Seoul Shiok now brings their affordable Korean fare to Pasir Ris.

We’re all familiar with those days when we’re craving Korean food but the coffeeshop downstairs only sells the cheap, overly salty “Korean” kimchi ramyeon and hotplates. (Is it just us or does every coffeeshop nowadays have a stall like that?)

Seoul Shiok aims to bridge that gap and provide authentic and affordable Korean fare.

Seoul Shiok serves up 3 different sizes of Korean Army Stew. There’s the Mini Army Stew ($7.90 without cheese, $9.40 with cheese), the Army Stew ($24.90), and the Army Stew with Cheese Dip ($29.90).

The Mini Army Stew is perfect for 1 person and comes with a generous portion of ramyeon, luncheon meat, hot dog, artificial crab stick, kimchi, and pork belly slices.

The broth, while not overly spicy, does still work up a sweat on our foreheads. Maybe it was just a really warm day. Either way, the Mini Army Stew is satisfying and filling.

If you’re coming with a group of friends or family, Seoul Shiok also allows you to completely customise your Army Stew With Cheese Dip from a list of ingredients.

For sides, we highly recommend their Korean Fried Chicken Wings (2 pieces for $3.90, 6 pieces for $11.50, 12 pieces for $22.90) which come in 3 flavours, Original, Spicy, and Soy Garlic.

Our favourite is the Soy Garlic-flavoured chicken wings which are twice-fried to perfection in a chunky, crispy batter, before being dunked in a sweet soy sauce and garlic marinade. Each bite is Seoul Shiok!

The chicken wings are fried twice. First to cook the chicken wings, and the second time to crisp up the batter, so your chicken wings stays crispy.

Other items on the menu include various rice bowls, kimchi soup, soy bean soup, ramen, and even tteokbokki with cheese!

If you’re ever in the area, drop by Seoul Shiok at Fareground, on the 2nd level of Pasir Ris Central Hawker Centre!

UPDATE

Now if you’re craving for Korean Army Stew, you can order your own and Seoul Shiok will deliver it straight to you!

No, this isn’t part of any food delivery service, it’s the Seoul Shiok team that’s offering to deliver their food to you. Talk about DEDICATION.

What’s more, it’s islandwide delivery, with free delivery for orders over $100.

There are 3 different sets that you can choose from, depending on the number of people you’re ordering for – the Buddy Meal ($29.90), the Mahjong Khakis ($55.90), or the largest, House Party ($88.90).

You can even order their signature Korean Fried Chicken Wings to go with your Army Stew!

For delivery + set up, the delivery fee is $50. For delivery of orders without set up, the delivery fee is $25.

Order your Army Stew from Seoul Shiok today by calling 8685 2025 or 9028 3925!

So….anyone craving for Army Stew?

Seoul Shiok
Address: Pasir Ris Central Hawker Centre, #02-20, Singapore, 519641
Opening Hours: Thu – Tue: 11.30am – 10pm, Wed: Closed

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Sam Smith Set To Perform His First Concert In Singapore This October

If you’re a fan of Sam Smith, just know you’re not the only one.

But that’s not the point.

The point is, Sam Smith will be coming to Singapore on 2 October 2018 for a ONE NIGHT ONLY performance!

The Thrill Of It All Tour

While ticketing details have not been released at the moment, we do know that he will be performing at the Singapore Indoor Stadium!

The tour announcement follows the release of his latest album ‘The Thrill Of It All’ back in November 2017.

Fans will be able to watch Sam Smith perform hits from the album, such as the emotional “Too Good At Goodbyes”, “One Last Song” and “Burning”.

Who knows? He might even sing some of his older songs that we’re all familiar with.

Ticket prices go from $128 to $348, excluding ticketing fee.

General public sales will begin on 3 May 2018 on all Sportshub ticketing channels.

In the meantime, we’re just going to spam Sam Smith songs in the office.

Sam Smith ‘The Thrill Of It All’ Tour Live In Singapore
Venue: Singapore Indoor Stadium
Date: 2 October 2018
Price: $128 – $348

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Picnic In The Park? Too #basic. How About Concert In The Park This March?

The image of a family having a picnic in the park on a sunny weekend is always pleasant and wholesome.

Good food, great company, lively environment, surrounded by nature and all its wonders – it’s almost perfect. Almost.

What if we took picnics to another level by throwing in a concert for as well?

Now how’s that for a picnic?

That’s right, the NAC-ExxonMobil Concert In The Park is back again on 11^th March 2018 at the Singapore Botanic Gardens!

Entertainment For The Whole Family

This year’s concert will see local musicians Charlie Lim and M1LDL1FE take the stage.

You might have seen them perform on The Great Singapore Replay, which featured 10 emerging artists and 10 established artists working together to reimagine Singapore’s greatest hits of the yesteryears.

While Charlie Lim’s music is a little more acoustic and mellow, it’s heartfelt and emotional and it’s perfect for setting the picnic mood.

If you prefer more upbeat music, get up and groove to the indie pop tunes of M1LDL1FE.

That’s not all. To ensure your little ones get a piece of the action too, there will be fringe activities by Bubblelogist (yes that’s a thing) CJ Bubble, as well as a pre-show dance performance by Legacy Dance Co.

One last thing, there will be fans (limited to 250 pieces) and picnic mats (limited to 50 pieces) up for grabs, so get your friends and family and come early and pick a good spot!

Admission is free!

See you at the NAC-ExxonMobil Concert In The Park!

NAC-ExxonMobil Concert In The Park 2018
Venue: Singapore Botanic Gardens, Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage
Date: 11 Mar 2018
Time: 4.30pm – 6.30pm
Website

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McDonald’s Expands Its Menu With Chocolate Pie And Fish & Fries – And We’re Lovin’ It

McDonald’s has always been a constant in our lives. Introducing seasonal flavours and menus, some hits, some misses.

But ever since people discovered that the McDonald’s in South Korea, Japan and Bangkok sell a sinful AF Chocolate Pie, we’ve all been a little (actually, very) salty that we don’t have it in Singapore.

But that’s not going to be true for long. YAS GURL, McDonald’s Singapore is fighting the good fight and they’re bringing the Chocolate Pie to Singapore!

Going Loco For Cocoa

It’s about time the Chocolate Pie made its way to Singapore.

After all, we’ve been just contending with the signature Apple Pie (which is our favourite to be honest) and its other seasonal variants which are a little more lacklustre and don’t really leave much of an impression.

McDonald’s announced on their Facebook page that the Chocolate Pie will be included on McDonald’s Singapore menus starting on 1 March 2018.

https://www.facebook.com/mcdsg/videos/1724404504272782/

Check out that molten lava chocolate filling. OH MY GOD. McDonald’s better deliver because the disappointment is going to be massive if the filling is minimal.

That’s not all, they also introduced a new main, The Fish And Fries that was previously available in McDonald’s Philippines and Malaysia. Because Fish and Chips is too common a name.

https://www.facebook.com/mcdsg/videos/1724403704272862/

Listen to that crunch though.

We anticipate that the queues at McDonald’s islandwide are going to be insane.

Are you ready for the decadence of the chocolate pie?

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