The Expert
Born, bred and educated in Singapore, Evelyn Chen is a food and travel writer and editor with bylines in Telegraph Travel, South China Morning Post and CNN Travel, amongst others. In between dinners and writing assignments, the former Zagat editor blogs about food at bibikgourmand.com and leads food tours to some of her favourite hawkers in Singapore.
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Singapore’s F&B industry is buzzing again, with a bumper crop of new restaurants that bring to the fore the diverse cuisines of Asia.
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