['If the name ', 'New Station Rice Bar', ' rings a bell, you may have been reminded of New Station ', 'Snack ', 'Bar, the perpetually packed ', ' at Far East Plaza with long dinner queues. You’re not far off though — New Station Rice Bar is a new zi char shop opened by Chloe Tan, 30, the daughter of New Station’s boss. And yes, it also sells the joint’s famous salted egg pork rice.\xa0', 'No part of this story or photos can be reproduced without permission from ', '8days.sg', 'New Station Rice Bar opened at Fortune Centre in March 2024, taking over the space that used to be Japanese Curry Express (another popular stall that was known for its mentaiko salmon dons). Prior to opening this shop, Chloe had been working at her parents’ Far East Plaza diner for seven years as their front-of-house (though she occasionally cooked there whenever the chefs were on MC), before deciding to branch out on her own.\xa0', "“I just wanted to try a new and different concept, and I think I have a lot of good recipes that I wasn’t able to do at my parents’ place ’cos their menu was already very extensive,'' she tells ", '.\xa0']
['After three years of being a fixture in the Joo Chiat neighbourhood', ', ', 'Tigerlily Patisserie', ' announced that it will be closing its doors on 30 April 2024. The popular bakery-cafe is known for its elegant mod French pastries. It first started out as an online bakery in 2020, before upgrading to a pretty botanical-themed space on Joo Chiat Road in 2021.\xa0', 'What’s next for award-winning chef Maxine?', 'In Tigerlily’s official announcement on Instagram, Maxine simply states that “the world has evolved since we started and I feel that it’s time to retire Tigerlily to personally reset and explore new culinary adventures”. She also confirms that it is a “permanent closure”.\xa0', 'Speaking to ', ', Maxine says “it was very sad news to share”, adding that “the two main reasons [for the closure] are the exponentially increasing costs of operations, and that our rental lease [expiry] is coming up”.\xa0', 'A friend who frequents the Joo Chiat neighbourhood tells\xa0', '\xa0that the patisserie was “usually quite quiet” in recent months.']
is a small and humble 28-year-old bakery nestled within the basement of Katong Shopping Centre. Co-founded by friends back in 1992, Dona Manis Cake Shop has received much love for their banana pie over the years and there is no indication that this is going to change any time soon.
Lao San Kway Chap is a famous stall in Ang Mo Kio I’ll say this right off the bat: Lao San Kway Chap is my favourite kway chap stall in Singapore. I’ve attempted to…