SINGAPORE – French fine-dining restaurant Odette at the National Gallery Singapore has dropped 10 spots to No. 24 on the 2024 World’s 50 Best Restaurants list.
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['Dragon Boat Festival, or ', ' in Chinese, falls on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese calendar every year. This year, the festival is celebrated on Jun 10, and eateries are abuzz with making ', ', or its Hokkien name ', '\xa0as it’s commonly known in Singapore.', '\nThese ', ' were traditionally made to commemorate Chinese poet Qu Yuan, who was said to have thrown himself into a river to protest against bureaucratic corruption. To prevent his body from being scavenged by wildlife, his supporters tossed\xa0', ' into the water as a food substitute.', 'No part of this story or photos can be reproduced without permission from ', '8days.sg', '.']