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Travel + Leisure: In his funky Tiong Bahru shop-house, owner Kenny Leck carries the city’s largest collection of literary tomes. The back of the store is dedicated to oddities such as vintage cameras and typewriters.
#02-16/17/18/19 Orchard Central (181 Orchard Road), Singapore
Restaurant · Orchard Road · 3 tips and reviews
Travel + Leisure: In this cool multi-concept space, you can sample 12-hour pork belly at the restaurant Kilo, check out Americana-inspired threads by local label K.I.N, then stop for a cut at Pact & Lim hair salon.
Art Gallery · Central Region · 29 tips and reviews
Travel + Leisure: This is one of Singapore’s most unusual contemporary art spaces; it spotlights marquee names from around the world (Chinese artist Ai Weiwei; Australian sculptor Sam Leach).
Travel + Leisure: Chef Damian D’Silva’s gastrobar in Joo Chiat has rekindled Singapore’s passion for local heritage food: the tapas-style plates include beef-cheek rendang and some of the city’s best chicken wings.