Life Weekend Picks

Life Picks Ep 63: Highly-anticipated films Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Ip Man 4: The Finale and famous Chindamani prata

16:41 mins

Synopsis: Every Thursday, The Straits Times highlights the best films, concerts, restaurants and arts events you can catch in Singapore over the coming weeks.

This week, Money FM's Claressa Monteiro chats with ST film correspondent John Lui, who recommends the highly-anticipated films Star Wars Rise of Skywalker and Ip Man 4: The Finale, that are out this week.

ST food editor Tan Hsueh Yun shares her thoughts about the famous Chindamani's prata and who the happiest prata maker in Singapore is.

Produced by: Claressa Monteiro & ST Lifestyle desk

Edited by: Jon Silva & Penelope Lee

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Life Picks Ep 62: Get up close with raw dance work and raw aged sashimi

16:45 mins

Synopsis: Every Thursday, The Straits Times highlights the best films, concerts, restaurants and arts events you can catch in Singapore over the coming weeks.

This week, Money FM's Claressa Monteiro chats with ST arts correspondent Olivia Ho about T.H.E. Dance Company's new work PheNoumenon, which disregards the usual boundaries between the performers and the audience as dancers suddenly scream, fling things and pass so close you can see the perspiration on their skin.

STFood Online editor Hedy Khoo also comes on the show to speak about a new restaurant called Kyoten in Yong Siak Street where the owner-chef takes particular pride in his raw food items - sashimi and sushi. 

Chef Anson is Singaporean and has specialised in Japanese cuisine for 19 years. He wants to give customers here a taste of the traditional style of sushi. 

Produced by: Claressa Monteiro & ST Lifestyle desk

Edited by: Jon Silva & Penelope Lee

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Life Picks Ep 61: Catch DJs Tiesto and Don Diablo at Sentosa's Legacy dance music fest and an epicurean market at MBS

12:26 mins

Synopsis: Every Thursday, The Straits Times highlights the best films, concerts, restaurants and arts events you can catch in Singapore over the coming weeks.

This week, Money FM's Claressa Monteiro chats with ST journalist Anjali Raguraman, who shares with her, how juggernaut DJs like Tiesto and Don Diablo are set to headline Legacy, a new two-day dance music festival that will be held on Sentosa's Siloso Beach on Dec 6 and 7.

ST food critic Wong Ah Yoke also comes on the show to talk about the Epicurean Market at Marina Bay Sands happening on Dec 14 and 15. It's a culinary fair with various celebrity restaurants there setting up booths to sell signature dishes in bite sizes and conduct masterclasses.

There are also shops selling meats and vegetables, sakes, caviar and more.

Produced by: Claressa Monteiro & ST Lifestyle desk

Edited by: Jon Silva & Penelope Lee

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Life Picks Ep 60: Dessert versions of ondeh ondeh worth drooling over

12:26 mins

Synopsis: Every Thursday, The Straits Times highlights the best films, concerts, restaurants and arts events you can catch in Singapore over the coming weeks.

This week, Money FM's Claressa Monteiro chats with ST's food editor Tan Hsueh Yun.

They talk about Kenneth Seah, the pastry maestro behind Japanese-inspired bakery Kki Sweets - which closed its doors in 2016. He is selling his version of ondeh ondeh and two other special desserts (pie tee and jagung) as part of a Kki x Roketto collaboration till Dec 4, 2019, at Roketto Izakaya in Frasers Towers.

Roketto, which serves small plates, is chef Willin Low’s latest baby. The izakaya takes over in the evenings from Relish, which serves burgers and pastas during the day.

Produced by: Claressa Monteiro & ST Lifestyle desk

Edited by: Jon Silva & Penelope Lee

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Life Picks Ep 59: Buy art you can actually afford; feast on extra tender and juicy pork loin

16:53 mins

Synopsis: Every Thursday, The Straits Times highlights the best films, concerts, restaurants and arts events you can catch in Singapore over the coming weeks. 

This week, Money FM's Claressa Monteiro chats with ST's arts correspondent Ong Sor Fern about the Affordable Art Fair (Nov 22-24). It is the 10th edition of the fair, and this year, there is a charity component - a workshop on Nov 22 where visitors can pay $30 to decorate a sculpture of a dog called Songsong and the net profits will go to the Singapore Cancer Society. 

ST's food correspondent Eunice Quek gushes over the new Shiokoji Tonkatsu Keisuke concept at Paya Lebar Square. Shiokoji (shio is salt and koji is fermented yeast) is a fermented rice seasoning ingredient which is used to marinate the pork loin and tenderloin - so the meat is extra tender and tasty. 

Produced by: Claressa Monteiro & ST Lifestyle desk

Edited by: Jon Silva & Penelope Lee

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Life Picks Ep 58: Catch French drama-comedy "An Easy Girl" and where to savour fresh, tasty min jiang kueh (pancakes)

15:23 mins

Synopsis: Every Thursday, The Straits Times highlights the best films, concerts, restaurants and arts events you can catch in Singapore over the coming weeks. 

This week, Money FM's Claressa Monteiro chats with ST's film correspondent John Lui about the lighthearted French drama-comedy An Easy Girl, which tells the story of two women, one an awkward teen, the other an older woman who uses her sexuality to get what she wants, and how they spend one memorable summer together in the South of France. 

It will screen this Sunday Nov 17, 8 pm at the Alliance Francaise. Tickets and bookings at http://alliancefrancaise.org.sg/cultural-events/french-film-festival-2019/

ST's food critic Hedy Khoo shares about min jiang kueh (pancakes) from He He Min Jiang Kueh at Hougang Hainanese Village Centre, stuffed with the tasty traditional fillings: red bean, peanut and coconut.

What's special about this stall is the stall owners make the red bean filling from scratch every two days, and the coconut filling is made daily, from fresh grated coconut. They also prepare the batter daily.

Produced by: Claressa Monteiro & ST Lifestyle desk

Edited by: Jon Silva & Penelope Lee

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Life Picks Ep 57: Checking out U2's Singapore concerts and Yun Nans' new Westgate outlet

14:50 mins

Synopsis: Every Thursday, The Straits Times highlights the best films, concerts, restaurants and arts events you can catch in Singapore over the coming weeks. 

This week, Money FM's Claressa Monteiro chats with ST's assistant Life editor Boon Chan about U2's highly-anticipated Joshua Tree Tour on Nov 30 & Dec 1 at the National Stadium, where the Irish rockers will perform for the first time in Singapore.

ST's food critic Wong Ah Yoke shares more about Yun Nans' second outlet opening at Westgate in Jurong. It is bigger than the Jewel outlet and has some new items exclusive to it on top of its signature Yunnan dishes.

Produced by: Claressa Monteiro & ST Lifestyle desk

Edited by: Vrinda Kudaisya & Penelope Lee

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Life Picks Ep 56: What to do in S'pore (Oct 31 to Nov 14): Singapore Writers' Festival and Shabu-Shabu

13:02 mins

Synopsis: Every Thursday, The Straits Times highlights the best films, concerts, restaurants and arts events you can catch in Singapore over the coming weeks. 

This week, Money FM's Claressa Monteiro chats with ST arts correspondent Olivia Ho about what to look out for at the Singapore Writers Festival helmed by poet Pooja Nansi, including talks by big-name authors Marlon James, Min-Jin Lee, Roxane Gay and Pico Iyer as well as a debate on feminism and a dikir barat rap battle. The event runs from Nov 1 to Nov 10.

Food correspondent Eunice Quek also recommends the new Japanese shabu-shabu restaurant Makino at Paya Lebar Quarter mall. Special items on the menu include a unique mentaiko soup as one of the soup bases, as well as “avalanche sushi”, where ingredients such as spicy tuna are piled onto sushi rice. 

Produced by: Claressa Monteiro & ST Lifestyle desk

Edited by: Vrinda Kudaisya & Penelope Lee

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Life Picks Ep 55: What to do in S'pore (Oct 24 to Nov 7): Masala Dosa (food); Halloween drinks (swig)

7:34 mins

Synopsis: Every Thursday, The Straits Times highlights the best films, concerts, restaurants and arts events you can catch in Singapore over the coming weeks. 

This week, deputy editor of Life Melissa Sim chats with colleague Anjali Raguraman about trick or treating at participating bars in Tanjong Pagar Road as part of  Nightmare in Tanjong Pagar from Oct 26 to Nov 2, while Tan Hsueh Yun recommends the Masala Dosa at Como Cuisine in Dempsey Road. 

Produced by: Melissa Sim and Ernest Luis

Edited by: Adam Azlee

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Life Picks Ep 54: What to do in Singapore (Oct 17-31): Cream of mushroom soup (food); On Paper: Singapore Before 1867 (arts); Spaceman (album) 

12:08 mins

Synopsis: Every Thursday, The Straits Times highlights the best films, concerts, restaurants and arts events you can catch in Singapore over the coming weeks. 

This week, deputy editor of Life Melissa Sim chats with colleague Hedy Khoo about Professor Brawn Bistro at Enabling Village in Lengkok Bahru, while Ong Sor Fern recommends the exhibition On Paper: Singapore Before 1867 at the National Library Building.

Also, have a listen to Spaceman, the debut solo album from Sodagreen frontman Wu Ching-feng, recommended by Boon Chan. 

Produced by: Melissa Sim and Ernest Luis

Edited by: Adam Azlee

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