Decanter Best Singapore restaurants and bars for wine lovers
This vibrant city-island-nation can be something of a sensory overload, with the humid climate, multiple languages spoken and a plethora of gastronomic options. Resident Ch’ng Poh Tiong is the ideal local guide
Singapore makes a great base for exploring the rest of southeast Asia.
Our award-winning airport – served by international and budget airlines – will readily patch you on to other exotic destinations in the likes of Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
Whilst buying wine can be expensive here, there are good places to imbibe. Prices in some restaurants can be attractive for European visitors and a wine shop out in the airport will make you want to inaugurate and end your Singapore visit there by popping some Champagne: you won’t believe the prices.
How Sun Yat-sen shaped Penang in Malaysia and influenced the lives of its Chinese residents The Sun Yat-sen Museum at 120 Armenian Street, George Town, Penang. Photo: Thomas Bird
It is the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the Hungry Ghost Festival, and fires blaze on the streets. Some onlookers pray. Many more stand by and watch plumes of black smoke billow above the vintage shopfronts and restaurants.
The pious residents of Penang s state capital, George Town, are burning hell money to appease the ancestors who emerge from the lower realm around this time of year. Deeper into this Unesco Heritage Site neighbourhood, at a temple on King Street dedicated to Bogong - the Elder Lord - an entire braised hog and extravagant fruit platter has been prepared.