Monday, June 27, 2011

Singapore's New Flavor

The playground du jour for global celebrity chefs, Singapore today has more culinary confidence than ever. Yet if boldface-name restaurants have put the Lion City squarely on the fine-dining map, it will be their local counterparts that keep it there.

Perhaps only in Singapore can you eat your way across Asia in a day. Armed with a good appetite, you can start with a flaky Pakistani murtabak, swoop down to Little India for masala dosa, devour a lunchtime bowl of piping-hot Hokkien noodles with a side order of dim sum, and save space for a dinner of Indonesian nasi padang or beef rendang.

But for all the multicultural flavors of this food-mad city-state's hawker centers and coffee shops, it's fine dining that is grabbing all the attention these days. Invigorated by a handful of international star chefs who have opened outposts at Singapore's massive, casino-driven "integrated resorts," and luxury Singapore hotels the culinary landscape here is changing fast, with a lineup of establishments that is nothing less than extraordinary

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