After a six-month hiatus on baking, I thought I could kick off my cooking gears with a no-frills, low-stress easy cookie recipe. Who doesn't love cookies? It's easy to put the ingredients together, and in a recipe like this, the steps are immensely forgiving, and you can miss a few steps here and there without being too worse for the wear.  That optimism was stretched when my house suffered from an outbreak of equipment malfunction....

I'm always in the mood to hear about zi char stores that have been making a splash in food circles. On one end of the spectrum is the traditional kind of zi char stalls like Por Kee, an established presence serving up orthodox zi char - think plates of perfectly-done beef hor fun and braised tofu. On the other end is the team at New Ubin Seafood, bringing fresh ideas into the mix and pushing the boundaries of what zi char can be.  We...

In a quiet corner of Pandan Loop's industrial estate lies Honest Grill, a homely establishment that carved out a place for itself amongst the locals. It's located in an area with seemingly zero foot traffic, but the affordable food and alcohol makes it a local hot spot for supper. The joint lights the area up like a candle in the dark - the industrial park is hushed in the still of the night, but the bustle of Honest Grill drew us in from the...