Celebrity Life

is reserved demeanour and tattooed arms make Sebastian Kwek quite a mystery. As he sits huddled over a round white table at the coffee shop below Block 59 New Upper Changi Road, with the rain coming down in sheets, Kwek quietly contemplates the questions put forward to him. Why did he choose to take over […]

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here’s little to no chance of getting lost in the spanking new Bukit Panjang Hawker Centre, the second of 20 new hawker centres the Government pledged to build by 2027. Here, colourful directional arrows hang overhead, some bearing a cheeky scrawl of local slang like “sedap (delicious)” corner. It’s how we find our way easily […]

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NE KOPI-C KOSONG! Who ordered one kopi-c kosong, takeaway?” She might be just 29 years old, but Faye Sai has the traits you’ll expect of a seasoned hawker. The feisty marketing graduate joined her brother, Jack, 32, to take over a family business that dates back 81 years ago, when their grandfather started San Hai […]

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ew would imagine the lanky, shaggy-haired guy working the curry rice stall at an industrial-building canteen as having been a sharp-suited foreign exchange trader working “short and sweet” hours at a local bank. Joel Chia would rather you see him as a dead ringer for Hong Kong actor Stephen Chow anyway. “The physicality of the […]

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n an unassuming corner of a neighbourhood coffee shop, Almalic Faisal faces a snaking queue. Unfazed, he patiently turns his hands expertly to flip and twirl a piece of dough: left to right and right to left, until it is stretched thin and nearly four times its original size. This art of making a good […]

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ot many first-time hawkers would dare to enter the market with a premium rendition of a local staple, but that’s just what Gwern Khoo, 35, and Ben Tham, 34, did. Serving wonton noodles from $5 a bowl, their stall, A Noodle Story, has since gone from just a novelty to one of 17 hawker stalls […]

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This is part of Julien Royer’s The Stories of Odette.   travelled to Tokyo with my wife, Agnes, for the first time in January 2014 and was blown away by the incredible country. Whether you spend $5 or $5,000, the attention to detail is the same. It’s unbelievable. Tokyo is, without a doubt, the world capital of […]

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Anybody who has met Odette's Julien Royer knows that he adores his wife Agnes. She's his trusted food taster, inspiration and life partner. The couple sit down to talk about what makes them tick.

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What ran through Julien Royer's mind when conceptualising Odette, his first restaurant?

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Chef shares prep tips for his favourite seasonal goods.

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This is part of Julien Royer’s The Stories of Odette.   ingapore has been home for the last few years and I really love the vibe. The city offers a perfect balance. It is a model of integration where people of different nationalities and religions live peacefully and harmoniously. Food-wise, Singapore is an interesting meeting point in […]

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Top chef also shares tips to reduce food wastage.

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