Mr & Mrs Smith

Championing fresh ingredients and simple but sensational Gallic cooking, Gunther’s Modern French Cuisine (+65 (0)63 388 955), at 36 Purvis Street, has become a hot ticket under chef Gunther Hubrechsen. On the second floor of the fashionable Chijmes restaurant complex, an atmospheric former monastery at 30 Victoria Street, Japanese Dining Sun (+65 (0)63 363 166) serves up seasonal Tokyo-inspired treats in a casual contemporary space. Raffles Hotel is a Singapore institution, and its casual New York-style Seah Street Deli (+65 (0)64 121 816) makes a tasty port of call for burgers, sandwiches and salads. Just across the road, the Arch restaurant (+65 (0)68 373 132), at 32 Seah Street, offers local Peranakan (Straits Chinese-influenced) fare in intimate surrounds.