Elijah Lim
I almost walked past it. Cuppage Plaza does that. You take the lift up, the corridor’s a bit dim, and you start wondering if you’ve got the wrong floor. Then a door slides open, charcoal smoke drifts out, and you know you’re in the right place. I visited on a Tuesday, around 7pm. Quiet night.…
Choosing where to eat alone is usually simple. You decide what you feel like eating, check what is nearby, and make a choice. But add a few more people into the conversation, and suddenly a simple meal becomes a group discussion. “Anything is fine.” “Maybe somewhere not too crowded.” “I don’t mind, you choose.” After…
I didn’t set out to become the guy who maps Korean food and Korean restaurants across every mall in Singapore. It just happened, one meal at a time. Over the past couple of years, I’ve eaten my way through most of what ION Orchard offers from the food court downstairs to the spots scattered across…
Weekend mall visits often begin with a simple plan. Meet friends. Bring the family out. Have a nice meal before heading home. But when lunchtime or dinner arrives, that simple plan can quickly become more complicated. Restaurants that feel easy to enter on a weekday may suddenly have long queues. Food courts that usually offer…
The first thing I did was take off my shoes. I hadn’t expected that. You climb the steps into Shinjuku Restaurant, and a staff member gestures, politely but clearly, toward the rack by the entrance. Shoes off. And something about that small act made me slow down before I’d even looked at the menu. Cuppage…
When deciding where to eat in a mall, price is often one of the first things people consider. A lower bill feels like the safer choice. It leaves more room in the budget and seems like the practical option, especially during a quick lunch break or a casual meal. But the cheapest option is not…
I wasn’t planning to dine here. It was a regular weekday in Singapore, hot and sticky, and I was killing time along Orchard Road. Then I spotted the balcony on the fourth floor of Orchard Central: a few tables, a decent breeze, people eating what looked like very good bowls. I went up. That was…
Lunch sounds like the simplest meal of the day. You have a limited amount of time, a clear goal, and usually a few familiar options nearby. Yet when lunchtime arrives, many people still find themselves standing in a mall corridor, scrolling through menus or walking past restaurants trying to decide. The challenge is not finding…
You know the moment. You enter a mall feeling hungry, maybe with friends or family, and the plan seems simple: find somewhere to eat. But ten minutes later, you are still walking. You pass a restaurant that looks decent. Then another one catches your attention. Someone suggests checking the next floor. Suddenly, choosing a meal…
I almost walked past it. Fortune Centre isn’t the kind of building that makes things easy. The corridors are narrow, the lift is slow, and half the units look like they haven’t changed since the nineties. I took it up to the third floor, turned left, and found Izakaya Hikari tucked behind an unassuming door.…