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WINE&DINE
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Here’s a rooftop bar that may have slipped under your radar –
Graffiti in the new Carlton City Hotel is a relaxing watering-hole
29 floors above Tanjong Pagar. True to its name, a SIA Singapore
Girl and other national icons are spray-painted by the bar, yet the
grassy green space is much more om than inner city. Asahi, Tiger and
Heineken beers are $9 and cocktails like Singapore Slings are $12
during Happy Hour (6pm to 8pm daily), which makes this one of the
most affordable rooftops around. 1 Gopeng Road.
SIN WIN
For top-notch comfort food with a view,
head to the newly opened Spuds &
Aprons. Scoff succulent crispy pork
belly with homemade pineapple pickle
($26) and chilli crab stuffed in potato
skins ($12) while taking in the stunning
vista of Mount Faber and beyond. It
would be a sin not to finish off with
chempedak bread-and-butter pudding
($10, below). Set menu options start
from $48 for a three-course meal. The
Jewel Box, 109 Mount Faber Road. Call
6377 9688 or visit
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SI, SEÑOR
If you’ve had trouble getting a table at Señor Taco’s Clarke Quay
outlet, you may want to try your luck again. This simple taquería that
once sat 20 has expanded into a fully fledged restaurant that seats
140. To celebrate, they’ve introduced a slew of new tacos – like the
100-day grain-fed rib-eye taco ($9) and the beer-battered Baja fish taco
($8) – and the gravity-defying Corona-rita ($24): a frozen margarita with
an overturned bottle of Corona that’s slowly dispensed as you drink.
Block 3D Clarke Quay, #01-12.
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If the Chinese New Year holiday caught you off-guard
this year, it’s not too late to make plans to celebrate
Singapore-style. To book a traditional meal and toss the
yu sheng high for good luck in 2014, see our picks for
the best CNY restaurant and dishes – such as Majestic
Restaurant’s festive durian nian gao (shown here) – at
SAY OM