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REMEBERING GERARD BASSET

18 Nov

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Judging at Decanter World Wine Awards in London or Decanter Asia Wine Awards in Hong Kong, whenever I wanted a second opinion on a wine, my go-to choice was Gerard Basset OBE, MS, MW, MBA, OIV MSc.Gerard possessed the qualities that make for the ideal wine judge.

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SATAY • SATE

02 Nov

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Satay is believed to originate from Java, Indonesia, where it is written as Sate. This is the same spelling in Malaysia and in the south of Thailand where there are Malay communities, including in Phuket.

Categories: SINGAPORE 🇸🇬 PAIRINGS

FairPrice Finest 100 AM

27 Oct

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I have been wine consultant to NTUC FairPrice & Finest for 20 years. It is a role I relish tremendously.

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FairPrice Finest MyVillage

13 Oct

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I have been wine consultant to NTUC FairPrice & Finest for 20 years. It is a role I relish tremendously.

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FRIED HOKKIEN PRAWN MEE

12 Oct

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This is a Singapore original. I have never come across Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee in Malaysia, Xiamen, Quanzhou or Hui’an, my ancestral home in Fujian Province. Two types of noodles are used. Yellow Hokkien Mee (Phuket where there is quite a lot of Hokkien Chinese, uses this type of noodle too) and Bee Hoon or Rice Vermicelli.

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Djessa Reyes • The Dempsey Cook House & Bar

07 Oct

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Djessa Reyes was born and raised in Ilocos Sur. The province in the north of Luzon – the largest and most populous island in the Philippines –is about 370 km from Manila.

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