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Sharing that 2019 marks InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts 200 th  property with the launch of InterContinental® Shanghai Wonderland. As part of the  200 InterContinentals  landmark celebrations, InterContinental Singapore – the brand’s flagship luxury hotel in Southeast Asia, Mrupupup went to an  evening of celebration  at Hotel InterContinental Singapore in Bugis area. As part of the celebrations, InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts partnered with London-based contemporary artist ALEXANDER HILL to create an inspired masterpiece of 200 hand-painted champagne bottles. Each champagne bottle was designed to reflect each InterContinental® property’s unique personality, design and location. Check out Mrupupup's video of the evening at the PRESIDENTIAL SUITE in the hotel hosted by the lovely Yasmin from Class 95 Radio.

SINGAPORE (07 June 2018)  – From  9 June 2018 ,  Marvel Studios: Ten Years of Heroes  exhibition   will be transporting  visitors into the dynamic Marvel Cinematic Universe as they re-live a decade of epic  Marvel Studios moments.  Visitors can look forward to experiencing Marvel Studios’ storytelling as they wander through the inner sanctums of Iron Man’s Stark Tower, witness the spectacular sights of Wakanda, traverse Doctor Strange’s light portal, see the world through the eyes of Ant-Man and the Wasp, and more. Marvel Studios: Ten Years of Heroes  exhibition is part of a three-year collaboration between Singapore Tourism Board and The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia to bring unique and fun thematic events to Singapore. With ten   themed sections,  Marvel Studios: Ten Years of Heroes  begins at the first gallery space by presenting MARVEL films that have been released over the last decade. Visitors will have the opportunity to relive key moments from all 19 MARVEL movi

Just want to share that the Swiss Butchery has Chinese New Year items at their Tanglin outlet, which is located at 56 Tanglin Rd. It’s the same building as the Tanglin Post Office.  Their  popular delicacies like: Bestselling  Jumbo Roast Golden Chickens ($20)  are back with flavours such as Honey Glazed, Black Pepper and our latest – Teriyaki! Famous Roast Pork Belly ($28.80)  also makes a return with explosive flavours and succulent juicy meat that just melts in your mouth. If you prefer something more traditional, get the  Braised Whole Duck with Chestnut Filling ($68)  or Special Braised Pork Rib with Naga Chili ($48) . Toss in the New Year with their  Properity Yusheng Platter  ($48.80) which serves 10-12 people, and comes with either tuna or salmon. Mrupupup went to their Tanglin Post Office store and saw so many food items to try. The store even sells Chinese New Year cookies! Check out the pictures! Huat Arh!

Karneval is a traditional German festival that dates back hundreds of years to mark the beginning of Lent. It is a time of eating, drinking and merriment, usually accompanied by a huge parade combining elements of a circus, masks and social satire. As part of the festivities, street vendors selling simple German fare such as pretzels and bratwursts, as well Karneval’s specialty beers, can be found on every corner to satisfy any hunger pangs. Come 16 January to 25 February 2018, Brotzeit Singapore is bringing the flavours and Gemütlichkeit (a feeling of warmth, friendliness, and good cheer) of Karneval to Singapore. In lieu of a parade, Brotzeit will be launching a specially-curated Karneval menu, featuring festival favourites and traditional beer from the land of Karneval, Cologne. Brotzeit is also introducing their We Dare You! Brotzeit Challenge, a “Man Vs Food” sausage-eating challenge for a pair of friends to finish eating a half-meter sausage baguette together. Brotzeit dares

Behold a fortuitous feast by Amara Singapore’s team of dedicated Chinese chefs, all prepped to serve you dishes symbolic of prosperity, fortune and happiness to your family and relatives. On the 15 February 2018 from 6pm at the Grand Ballroom, the one-time reunion dinner is opened to all guests celebrating this Lunar New Year’s 2018 Earth Dog. Guests can look forward to the tossing of salmon yu sheng, where the ingredients are exquisitely arranged in the shape of a dog. The reunion dinner is followed by a sumptuous line-up of culinary haven with affordable 8-course menus which guests can choose from. The Golden Prosperity at S$68++ or Joyous Abundance at S$88 per person with a minimum of six persons per table. For that extra posh and private dining experience, guests can take up the Imperial Fortune reunion package at S$1,888++ for a table of 10 persons. Each room comes with a fully equipped family karaoke system. The menu comes with dishes like sea urchin, black chic

IZA a new restaurant opened recently in the trendy Siglap area. Iza your locaal Izakaya Bar is located at 695 East Coast Road. The people behind The Skewer Bar in Geylang works in collaboration with this new place to come up with a trendy and new menu. Mrupupup went to Iza to try out the food and was pretty yummy. Loved small bites Japanese skewers. This place sells Singapore infused menus with things like Hai Bee Hiam (kind of local spicy shrimp). Another example of fusion way of coming up with dish like putting salted egg into the chawamunsi (Japanese steam egg dish). Another dish would be a the Tomago Otah which had egg rolls wrapping otah pieces (yummy)! The place and food was nice and Mrupupup enjoyed the relaxing nature with cold Asahi beer and Japanese skewer sticks made it a nice evening spent with friends. The menu prices are pretty ok, except for the sea bass fish dish which costs $28. The skewer prices range from $3 to $5. The staff was attentive and the chefs making t

Caffe Vergnano 1882 is a cool Italian coffee joint. The Italian coffess are simply superb! Mrupupup had two cups of latte from this place. Do try the coffee. The coffee come sin various styles and made by a super coffee machine. Anyway, Mrupupup went to see the barista contest whereby the people came to compete in coffee art on the cup. Pretty nice designs on the coffee cup. Learnt that one need to be good, you have to consistent in your coffee art design on the cuppa. Love the latte! Caffè Vergnano 1882 Singapore  located #B1-17, South Beach Avenue, 26 Beach Rd, 6385-5579. Mon-Fri 8am-9pm, Sat & Sun 9am-6pm. 

All thanks to the Science Centre. Got to experience Science Centre Singapore - Marvel's Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N new exhibition show, Snow City and Omni Theatre. Pretty fun thing to do on a weekend, Bring the kids, they would love the Science Centre! The Marvel exhibition is a great show. It has an interactive component, you can see many figures from Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America's movie stuff and much more. I totally enjoyed the exhibition and I got to fight the evil guys using the app. I was totally fascinated by the HULK show whereby he would get really angry and become a huge beast! The Iron Man interactive experience was cool whereby kids (and also adults) get to wear the Iron Man suite (interactive fun) and fight the bad guys! Shoot them down! Haha ! Other stuff Mrupupup went were the Snow City and the Omni Theatre, which were fun too! Marvel Avengers exhibtion till 30 March 2017, 10am to 6pm. Singapore Science Centre. $30 (Adult), $25 (for Singaporean and PRs

Mrupupup joined in the new opening of the Yakiniku-Oh Goen, a new yakiniku Japanese restaurant in Telok Ayer Street. Mrupupup tried various cuts of beef meat, cow tongue, beef brisket and various yummy stuff! The beef was yummy and wonderfully marinated. Once the meat touched fire and grill, the taste was succulent! Mrupupup tried the beef cuts in the food tasting session. Check out the restaurant at 122 Telok Ayer Street.  Ganbatte! Cheers! (burp had some nice Sapporo beer!)

Asus launched new products - the product launch in Suntec Singapore.  Check out these new stuff from Asus! ASUS ZenBook 3  Check out the pretty notebook -the ASUS ZenBook 3 and will be available from 22 October 2016 costs $1988! Small and light (slightly less than 1kg), packed with many features and nice colours! ASUS Transformer 3 Pro  The ASUS Transformer 3 Pro will be in Singapore from 22 October 2016 and costs from $1898! Looks nice and good design! ASUS ZenWatch 3  The ASUS ZenWatch 3 which will be in Singapore from November 2016 and costs about $369. Very nice watch on the wrist! Asus Zenwatch is well designed with good features and it has 3-buttons design! Your watch face can be customized also; very interesting!