'Fast' food that's as exciting as the Formula 1 race

SEBASTIAN Vettel may have taken the Formula 1 trophy home with him last night, but for a good proportion of visitors to the Grand Prix over the last three days, the real excitement wasn't so much the race per se, but all the action going on around it.

Lineup of music acts aside, Singapore GP has upped its food and beverage game over the years. Although much of the attention has been on the celebrity dining lineup at the Paddock Club, other hotspots have sprouted up around the track that offer some serious dining and lifestyle options as well. The most notable would be Twenty3 - now in its second year and shaping up as a destination of its own, with a special ferry service from Marina Bay Sands and a string of Michelin-starred menus at its purpose-built restaurant spaces.

At the Paddock, no doubt the star attraction was Heston Blumenthal's Hind's Head, the gastropub in Bray, England, run by the chef-owner of The Fat Duck. As usual, queues formed outside its door, as well as Nobu with its free-flow sushi, and the Aussie cuisine at Rockpool.