Fresh F&B faces
Three young entrepreneurs talk about crossing over from the fashion, music and design industries to make their mark as restaurateurs. By Debbie Yong
A whole new roll
Frederick Yap
Pince and Pints
32-33 Duxton Road
Tel: 6225 7558
Opens Monday
WHEN'S the last time you had lobster on a casual dress-down dinner with friends? Or have you ever?
Ponder no longer, when Frederick Yap's lobster specialist Pince and Pints unrolls its shutters next week. For the 46-seater will serve only three dishes uniformly priced at $48: a whole lobster either steamed or grilled with a side of fries and salad; a lobster roll that encases hearty chunks of mayonnaise-coated lobster flesh in a butter-fried white bun; and chilli lobster, a take on the classic Singaporean chilli crab dish served with golden-crusted mantous.
"Not many people get to eat lobsters on a regular basis in Singapore as they are typically very pricey and only found in fine dining restaurants. But we wanted to make it accessible to the masses and serve lobsters only, which hasn't yet been done in Singapore," says the 27-year-old co-founder of fashion e-tailer Love, …
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