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55,000 fans enjoyed Singapore Rugby 7s - Family Sevens [SINGAPORE,  29 APRIL 2018 ]:   Fiji won its third HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series tournament in a row with a thrilling  28-22 win over Australia, who reached their first Cup final since winning their home event in Sydney earlier this year - on new coach Tim Walsh’s first outing with the team. The four-time titlists this season also climbed into first place on the Series ladder on 145 points, four ahead of South Africa, who ran England close in the Bronze medal match, losing 26-24. Fiji won in gripping fashion after close-run affairs over New Zealand (third on the series) in the quarterfinal and South Africa (series leaders heading into this weekend) in the semis. Coach Gareth Baber’s squad needed last-minute tries all afternoon with Josua Vakurunabili’s tally in the last seconds sealing the win over the Kiwis and Eroni Sau’s score off of an attacking scrum putting them home over an injury-hit South Africa, 12-

Mrupupup went to Seoul, South Korea. It was a great trip. I loved Seoul after since the K-wave swept through our TV screens. Many things to see in South Korea. Here goes the trip day 1. Landed in Seoul transit via Kuala Lumpur. The airport in Seoul is pretty clean place. You can check out the eating place 'Food on Air' that serves decent Korean food at good prices. Go to the basement level of the arrival hall of the airport. The basement food court of Incheon Airport served a nice set of dumplings and bibimbap for late breakfast or lunch. Pretty nice and hot food after a long flight.

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

Yoaz! Fullerton Hotel facade in Singapore would be showing a nice bear video from 25 Dec to 31 Dec 2017. Do go check it out! Marina Bay Singapore countdown 2018 would be a fun day out for families with lots of activities on 31 Dec 2017. Activities like hourly fireworks display till midnight, zumba dance at the lawn area, picnic on the floating platform, music and movies screening at the Esplanade area. Pretty nice for families and friends to gather on 31 Dec 2017 at Marina Day area! Do check out the below Fullerton Hotel video with lots of nice moving graphics!

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