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Neon Pigeon

Our team goes undercover to suss out the latest and most talked about restaurants in town

With an abundance of crystal at its disposal, the Baccarat Hotel & Residences could have easily gone the route of blindingly garish. But when placed in the hands of the French and New Yorkers, the result is a lust-worthy property dripping with elegance and refinement – befitting of its prestigious address.

Dominique Ansel Kitchen

At the new Dominique Ansel Kitchen in New York’s West Village, more than 70 percent of the menu is finished, assembled, or baked upon order – a huge boon for anyone who has tasted the difference between madeleines that are freshly baked and not.

Best tacos in Singapore

Authentic Mexican tacos never come in crispy corn shells (that’s a sure sign of a butchered Tex-Mex variant). They’re always soft – made from corn or wheat flour – and piled high with seasoned meats, piquant salsa and flavour builders like onions and coriander. No wonder this street food is fast coming back into vogue.

Bluer than blue coasts

Thriving with natural beauty and urban reform, the French Riviera has beckoned many to her doorsteps, leading them through the cobbled streets of Nice, the bust ports of Marseilles, and a quiet table atop the hill of Eze Village.

Mediterranean progeny

Family dinners for Jean-Philippe Patruno in Grenoble were 100-person affairs, marked by copious amounts of polenta with porcini.

Best mille-feuilles in Singapore

The mille-feuille has many names: vanilla slice, Napoleon or custard pastry. Its exact origins are a little hazy, but its form is almost always standard, comprising three layers of puff pastry (pâte feuilletée) alternating with two layers of pastry cream (crème pâtissière).