Photo by Raisa Kanareva / Shutterstock.com I am not a chef. I have never owned a restaurant, and yet, some of my favorite kitchen purchases have been from restaurant supply stores. Before I had braved one of these stores, I assumed shoppers needed some kind of food-industry ID to be …
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Ex-banker LG Han hustled hard to launch his own business. With no formal training in the culinary arts, the local chef has launched one of Singapore’s most iconic restaurants. Founded in 2014, Labyrinth is an outlet for “self-expression” that pays homage to a life growing up among Singapore’s verdant food …
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Singapore Airlines (SIA) has dropped its widely-publicised idea to launch “flights to nowhere” after the idea attracted criticism from people concerned about the environmental impact created by such flights. The airline conducted a market study and review, considering both environmental and financial viability before declaring that they had “no plans” …
Read More »Here’s what you need to know: Florida lifts state restrictions for restaurants and many other businesses, the governor said. The former leaders of a Massachusetts veterans’ home have been charged after 76 residents died in an outbreak. N.Y.C. warns some Orthodox Jewish areas that they could face a lockdown without …
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By now, you can find mala grilled fish at literally almost any coffee shop in Singapore. You might also recall watching mouthwatering grilled fish advertisements playing on SMRT trains. Contrary to popular belief, Tan Yu, the erstwhile owner of these advertisements, is not the first to start the grilled fish …
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What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to summaries of five or fewer words. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question.1. Afraid of 401(k) losses2. Too much retirement savings dangerous?3. Bar soap or body wash?4. Online wills5. Coworker lunch gift …
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