Last month, 35 new restaurants opened. But in Sept 2017, only 15 new restaurants and bars are opened. However, the trend of Asian or Asian-inspired restaurants dominating continues. Here, only 2 out of 15 restaurants are non-Asian. It makes much sense to open Asian restaurants in Singapore because ingredients are fresher when imported from nearby countries than from the West. #AsianPride

New Restaurants in Singapore, Sept 2017 

The casual restaurant, co-owned by celebrity Mark Lee, serves chicken rice with different toppings at $8.90, such as samsui chicken, dang gui chicken, mala chicken, etc.

22-year-old Bryan Kishore opens Bee Bee’s, a Tiki cocktail bar with elements of Peranakan fare. The affordable cocktails range from $10 to $15 and Peranakan-inspired grub from $6 to $8.

An all-day Mediterranean restaurant.

Black Wattle is named after a native tree of Australia, and this restaurant serves modern Australian cuisine by Clayton Wells, chef-owner of much-lauded Automata in Sydney. The current sous chef at Automata, Joeri Timmermans, will be stationed at Blackwattle while Wells will drop by Singapore now and then. Opening this month.

A fusion restaurant hidden in the One North campus of NTU. It has an interesting menu such as fresh tiger prawns tossed in Szechuan butter sauce (French/Chinese); miso cured salmon using fresh Norwegian Salmon (Japanese/Western); mango salad rice roll (Vietnamese/Thai).

Junkie-turned-chef/ceramicist/triathlete, Chef Heman has experience with the JP Pepperdine Group and the Soup Restaurant Group. Dining Place is a Chinese restaurant with Western twist; it serves dim sum, roast meats, and French pastries.

Founders Kenichi Ikehata and Kenta Kuribayashi started Fujiyama Dragon Curry, a Japanese Curry restaurant, in Hiroshima, Japan. The curry can be customised according to the level of spiciness and variety of toppings. At the end of the meal, they pour “Paitan Soup” into leftover curry to enjoy it as a porridge!

This is a family-run restaurant selling Penang food. Their signatures are Penang laksa ($7.80), Penang Hokkien mee ($8.80), carrot cake ($8.80) and Penang fried kway teow. Side dishes include lor bak ($3.80), crispy tofu ($5.80), and otah ($3.80).

Sister restaurant of Soi Thai Soi Nice, Jin Ho Mia serves rice bowls in the day and hot pot at night. The hotpots start from $28.80 and go up to $48.80, depending on the ingredients.

K-ju is a soju bar that serves skewers.

Sake bar with small bites.

A kushiyaki (Japanese skewers) bar.

Moippai means “one more please!” They serve grilled skewers ($1-$3) and Japanese beers under $10.

Origin is a progressive Asian fine dining restaurant by young and dynamic chef-owners Ace Tan and David Lee. Bringing the best of Asia, the chef duo brings a new way of natural cooking techniques inspired by Asian flavors and produce.

Tokyo Joe serves chirashi don ($19) and other donburi for lunch, and by night, it turns to a drinking hole offering sumiyaki and yakitori.

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PHOTO CREDIT: Photos without RERG logo are taken from the respective establishements’ facebook pages or websites.

Written by A. Nathanael Ho.