Life Weekend Picks

Life Picks Ep 53: What to do in Singapore Oct 10 to Oct 24: Prawn noodle and da:ns festival

7.55 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 at Life Melissa Sim chats with colleagues Wong Ah Yoke about the new Chef Kang Prawn Noodle House in Toa Payoh and da:ns festival at the Esplanade, with highlights such as Acosta Danza (Oct 10 & 11) and Grand Finale (Oct 18 & 19). 

Produced by: Melissa Sim and Ernest Luis

Edited by: Penelope Lee

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Life Picks Ep 52: New Ubin Seafood has $15 nasi lemak - and Eunice Quek thinks you should try it.

8:05 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. 

You know it for its "heart attack" fried rice, "boss" beehoon and charcoal fish head steamboat. But as food writer Eunice Quek says, New Ubin Seafood, famous for its tze char, is trying an exciting new menu at its Tampines location.

Also: Toh Wen Li recommends the Beethoven im Garten concert at the Botanic Gardens, and film writer John Lui picks The Farewell, a drama about a Chinese-American family choosing to keep its matriarch in the dark about her own terminal illness.

Produced by: John Lui

Edited by: Penelope Lee

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Life Picks Ep 51: What to do in Singapore from Sept 27: Satirical musical Urinetown, La Pizzaiola restaurant, and Mandopop concert by 9m88

10:03 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. 

On this episode of Life Picks, food writer Tan Hsueh Yun raves about the four-cheese pizza at La Pizzaiola.

Entertainment writer Boon Chan explains why he is looking forward to Taiwanese singer-songwriter 9m88's Singapore concert in November, and arts writer Olivia Ho thinks that Urinetown: The Musical by Pangdemonium will make a splash.

Produced by: John Lui

Edited by: Penelope Lee

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Life Picks Ep 50: What to do in Singapore Sept 19 to Oct 3: Michelin Guide recommendations

13:26 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, deputy editor of Life Melissa Sim chats with colleagues Tan Hsueh Yun, Wong Ah Yoke and Eunice Quek about some of their favourite Bib Gourmand and Michelin-starred eateries. Also, get some expert tips on off-menu items at these award-winning restaurants. 

Produced by: Melissa Sim and Ernest Luis

Edited by: Adam Azlee

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Life Picks Ep 49: What to do in Singapore Sept 12-26: F1 concerts and Le Petit Chef

9:36 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, host Melissa Sim speaks to colleague Anjali Raguraman about the upcoming F1 concerts including acts such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers. She also discusses with Wong Ah Yoke, a new dining theatre experience called Le Petit Chef at Grand Hyatt Singapore that uses projection mapping.

Produced by: Melissa Sim and Ernest Luis

Edited by: Penelope Lee

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Life Picks Ep 48: What to do in Singapore Sept 5-13: Romantic anime movie, art by young talent

10:17 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, host John Lui  speaks to colleagues Boon Chan, Ong Sor Fern and Eunice Quek, who recommend: Weathering With You, a romantic anime movie from the creator of the hit Your Name; view and buy art at the Young Talent Programme, organised by the Affordable Art Fair; and ramen with uni (sea urchin), at Seizan Uni Ramen, at Wisma Atria's Picnic Food Park.

Produced by: John Lui and Ernest Luis

Edited by: Adam Azlee

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Life Picks Ep 47: What to do in Singapore Aug 29 to Sept 5: Heavenly yuzu cake, opera and new shows to check out

9:30 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, host John Lui speaks to colleagues Olivia Ho and Tan Hsueh Yun to talk about the heavenly yuzu cake at Fredo's Baker at Clement St 11; Bizet's Carmen by the Singapore Lyric Opera; the documentary American Factory on Netflix and the Hong Kong film Three Husbands. 

Produced by: John Lui and Ernest Luis

Edited by: Adam Azlee

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Life Picks Ep 46: What to do in Singapore Aug 22-29: Baybeats, Bossi Ban Mian

11:19 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, host John Lui  speaks to colleagues Hedy Khoo, Anjali Raguraman and Olivia Ho about the Baybeats music festival, a play about death and saying goodbye Eat Duck by Checkpoint Theatre.

They also discuss ban mian noodles prepared with attention to detail at Bossi Ban Mian, as well as UnaUna, a Japanese restaurant that specialises in eel.

Produced by: John Lui and Ernest Luis

Edited by: Adam Azlee

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Life Picks Ep 45: What to do in Singapore Aug 15-29: Dining with a conscience; catching a Hong Kong thriller

6:50 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, John Lui (pictured left) hosts colleagues Boon Chan (centre), who recommends the Hong Kong thriller Bodies At Rest, coming to cinemas, and Eunice Quek, who recommends Kausmo, a restaurant that features conscientious dining, with the help of overstocked, over-ripened and oddly-shaped vegetables. 

Produced by: John Lui and Ernest Luis

Edited by: Adam Azlee

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Life Picks Ep 44: Four plays to catch in Singapore from August to October 

8:17 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, host Melissa Sim speaks to colleague Olivia Ho about four local productions that audiences should not miss. 

Catch Supervision and Merdeka by Wildrice, funny man Hossan Leong's (pictured above) final solo show Hossan-ah 50! Love You Leong Time!, as well as Pangdemonium's Urinetown.

Produced by: Melissa Sim and Ernest Luis

Edited by: Adam Azlee

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