NEW RESTAURANT

Province 153 Joo Chiat Road Singapore 427431 Open Tues to Sat: 6:15 pm to 11 pm Reservations: province.com.sg

YOUNG chefs, fresh talent. Joo Chiat seems to be a magnet for them – an eclectic enclave where you can buy designer bakes from an indie patissier, or chicken and beef ‘kari pap’ within steps of each other. Throw in an otak shop down the road and you have an unpretentious yet edgy environment for experimental dining concepts like Province, where two young chefs live out their dream of cooking in their own eight-seater restaurant. And learn harsh truths like how behind every cool conservation shophouse lies some very dodgy toilet plumbing.