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By Nadia Issadeen
35 years by marinating the chicken in soy sauce, roasting it and
then cooking the rice with chicken fat prior to serving. The chicken
ingapore’s varied charms, temples and trove of international is tender and delicious. Chef Chan believed that good food should
brands enchants visitors from all over the world. Some travel be made simple and affordable. The World’s first Hawker Michelin-

Sto sightsee and explore, while some love this shopping Starred Meal” is just SGD $3.80 (Rs 500) and no trip to Singapore is

paradise. But Singapore is also home to flavours for every palate complete without a visit to Chinatown. It’s busy, noisy and a riot of
with over 44 Michelin-starred restaurants. A melting pot of cuisines colour.

defined by a wide spectrum of food choices. Some cheap, some
expensive and some offer legendary meals, elevating your dining Another favourite of ours was Shisen Hanten. It was so good, we
experience. Singapore offers foodies a plethora of cuisines and even went there a second time). The highest Michelin-rated Chinese
restaurants to choose from, and we covered some of the best spots restaurant in Singapore for the fourth consecutive year, Shisen
across this tiny island. Hanten is located on the 35th floor of the Mandarin Orchard Hotel.

The cavernous dining room is spacious, boasting high ceilings,
We decided to treat our senses with a few Michelin starred
beautiful chandeliers and warm lighting. This is Singapore’s debut of
experiences during this holiday. We tried one of the World’s
Japan’s best loved chain of Szechwan restaurants of a Japanese chef

cheapest Michelin meals on our first day. Liao Fan’s Hong Kong

who proudly carries on a family tradition that started when the first
Soya Chicken rice was the first on our list. We had to wade through

of the famed Shisen Hanten chain of restaurants opened in Japan in
crowds in the bustling streets of Chinatown and the queues were
1958.
worth it. The Chef works his magic using a recipe that dates back

Savouring

Singapore

A foodie’s paradise

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