Oct 4, 2008 (Sun): This heritage trail on Hill Street is enjoyable. I’d start from the Singapore Philatelic Museum and end at Clark Quay’s Brewerkz (German brewery) or in Fort Canning Hill. The Peranakan Museum is spectacular as well. If you don’t feel like doing anything except to chat and enjoy a drink or have something to eat, Acte d’Amour (in the building) is the place to go.
Its history started in the colonial days and its ambience is British: The dimness of the lights, the architecture, the ornaments and so forth remind me of British pubs, including even the accents of some of its customers … If you're interested in its brief history, here's a piece written by Vernon Cornelius-Takahama:
http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_167_2005-01-17.html
A. loves it; he wonders why he hasn’t known about it after all these years. It’s not advertised in tourist brochures. Does it still preserve the age-old secrets of its chapters? It is now so much easier to ask A. to come to this place for a meal than to ask him to go to the Japanese Association.
I’d not recommend western food at Acte d’Amour, except for its fish and chips.
Indian food is the best, although I didn’t find the mee goreng (stir-fried noodle in Malay style) too bad. Set lunches are at SGD 11.90 each, including a soup and a dessert. Perhaps even having a wine would be great. It’s a peaceful place to chat – and such places are rare in Singapore.
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