Singapore’s fine dining rooms have spent a decade sorting themselves into ever narrower categories. French-Japanese cuisine is one of the few to have expanded instead, encompassing restaurants with distinctly different philosophies and intentions. The pairing...
Loca Niru has quickly become a name that stands out in conversations around Singapore’s tasting menu scene. The restaurant blends Japanese technique with French sensibility, and that combination has now been recognised with a recently awarded Michelin star in 2026, a...
Great meals rarely happen by accident. Behind every plate that lingers in your memory is someone who has spent years chasing precision and flavour in equal measure. Chef Shusuke Kubota is one of those people, and within a year of leading his own kitchen he had already...
Singapore has no shortage of striking restaurant openings, but few come wrapped in as much history as Loca Niru. Tucked on the second storey of the House of Tan Yeok Nee, this new fine-dining concept sits inside a mansion that predates most of the buildings around it,...
Inside the House of Tan Yeok Nee, where French technique has been meeting Japanese sensibility since the doors opened in November last year, Chef Shu has kept to one clear idea: let the ingredients lead, and build every dish with sincerity rather than spectacle. That...
