#food

Singapore turns 61 on 9 August, and the tastiest way to celebrate is the wave of SG-flavoured limited menus and number-61 deals landing now. We rounded up 7 currently-live SG61 National Day food specials for 2026, each verified against the brand's channels or a reputable listing: Pizza Maru brings back its Salted Egg Chicago Pizza ($27.90) with a National Day cheese-pull challenge for up to 61% off at Changi T2 (8–9 Aug), plus Chilli Crab Pasta ($13.90) at more outlets; Swensen's has a Singapore Laksa Pizza and Jumbo Blue Prawn Hokkien Mee at $18.61 each and a $61 Family Set for three (till 9 Sep); Springleaf Prata Place discounts a different prata about 61% off every week till 4 Aug (the $0.61 plain prata week has ended — it's Chicken Floss Prata at $2.46 from 22–28 Jul); Tonkatsu ENbiton gives free Truffle Fries and sister brand Tamago-EN a free Soufflé Pancake with a minimum $61 spend (till 31 Aug); Dian Xiao Er drops three new dishes plus a free limited-edition MerDuck keychain with any herbal roast duck dish (till 31 Aug); and Guzman y Gomez brings back its Butter Chicken filling with a six-day app advent calendar (7–12 Aug). Below: the exact dishes, prices, dates and fine print for each.

Matcha is having its biggest moment yet in Singapore — and if you want the real, stone-ground, umami-rich stuff (not the sweet powdery kind), these are the cafés to know in 2026. We rounded up the 6 best matcha cafés in Singapore, each verified as currently open, from whisked-to-order ceremonial-grade specialists to affordable Hokkaido soft serve: Hvala (handcrafted matcha and tea-inspired desserts at 111 Somerset, Odeon Towers and Takashimaya); Matchaya (the local pioneer since 2015, famous for its Uji matcha soft serve at Tiong Bahru and Suntec City); Tsujiri (the Kyoto Uji house dating to 1860, now with a premium flagship at One Holland Village); Kurasu Singapore (a minimalist Kyoto specialty-coffee café at 261 Waterloo Street with an off-menu 'Dirty Matcha'); Nana's Green Tea (the Japanese café chain at Plaza Singapura and DUO Galleria doing matcha lattes, parfaits and savoury sets); and 108 Matcha Saro (Hokkaido matcha soft serve from just $4.90 at Suntec City). Below: what each is best known for, exact outlets, and how to order a proper matcha latte.