Comeback chefs, fresh new faces

Shen Tan

Ujong

#01-10 Raffles Hotel Arcade

1 Beach Road

Opens end April

A YEAR after her modern-Singaporean restaurant Wok and Barrel closed on Duxton Hill, Shen Tan is back - and she's more passionate about Singaporean flavours than ever.

Her latest restaurant project Ujong will open by month's end in the 90-seater (alfresco tables seat 60) space previously occupied by Empire Cafe in the Raffles Hotel.

Pulau Ujong was the name for Singapore in the third century. Ujong means "the end" or "the corner", quite aptly, as the restaurant is snuggled away in the corner of the hotel facing Raffles City Shopping Centre. According to Ms Tan, Ujong is a return to her roots - in more ways than one. The Raffles Hotel was a place the 41-year-old…