Sun, 03/11/2012 - 23:30 — Anonymous by Evelyn ChenWhen it comes to eating,
Singapore is famous for two things. First and foremost, delicious street
food. Secondly, contention. The city's cuisine has long been the subject of
spicy debates with northern neighbor Malaysia over the ownership of certain
famed dishes. (Don't dare try to tell a Malaysian that chili crab is
Singaporean.) But close followers of Singapore's dining scene might have
noticed this city-state has morphed from a paradise for wallet-friendly
hawker food to a culinary center heaving with award-winning fine dining
restaurants and celebrity chef outposts. A bowl of lobster bisque at Balzac
Brasserie, famed for its rustic take on French fine dining. So has Singapore
finally arrived as an Asian culinary capital? According to research by
Richard Florida, an author and urban studies theorist, the answer is a
resounding yes. In his article on "Geography of Great Restaurants," Florida
analyzed the number of "best restaurants" per capita using data mined from
San Pellegrino's annual ranking of the world's 100 top restaurants.read
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