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Best Sports Bars for Football Foodies

TEXT: YASMEEN HAMEED-CHAN
PHOTOS: NICKELDIME DRAFTHOUSE/ THE BANK BAR/ BAR BAR BLACK SHEEP/ TWO PIGS FLY/ LOWER EAST SIDE

There’s a spring in your step, your heart is racing, and late nights are a new norm. It’s English Premier League (EPL) season! You may not want to pay to watch it at home, though. Or maybe you just prefer the convivial vibes at a bar. Either way, here are four sports bars around Singapore for you to get your EPL fix.

EAST

Two Pigs Fly/Lower East Side

These side-by-side outlets have screens showing EPL matches. If you don’t see a game being shown, just ask. Choose to sit kerb-side or inside, and enjoy $10 pints of beer during Happy Hour. Menu must-tries include the Signature Trio Tacos (from $15) at Lower East Side, and the pastas at Two Pigs Fly. The best part about watching football matches here? The huge projector screen at Two Pigs Fly.

WHERE: 19 East Coast Road
www.hiddendoorconcepts.com/pigsfly-kitchen-bar
www.hiddendoorconcepts.com/lower-east-side

WEST

Bar Bar Black Sheep

This popular chain gets into a football frenzy every season. Its biggest outlet (Cluny Courtyard) features outdoor and indoor screens. It’s made a name for itself with casual North Indian cuisine, and house favourites include the Butter Chicken ($12.50) and Tandoori Platter ($26), which features fish, prawns, chicken and lamb cooked in a traditional tandoor oven. Draft beer start at $7 a glass, and one-for-one housepour jugs at $59.

WHERE: #01-05C Cluny Court, 501 Bukit Timah Road
www.bbbs.com.sg

SOUTH

The Bank Bar

This gastrobar is the official venue and sponsor of the Manchester United Supporters Club Singapore. It offers Happy Hour promotions all night and monthly food deals, but it is certainly no dive bar. We’re talking marble-topped bar counters and a ceiling adorned with chandeliers. Try the popular Fish & Chips ($22) and Seared Seabass Clam Chowder ($25) on regular weeknights. Come match time, you can put all the glitz behind you as the crowd swells and the atmosphere takes on a stadium vibe – especially if Man U is on!

WHERE: #01-01 One Shenton,1 Shenton Way
www.thebankbar.com

CENTRAL

Nickeldime Drafthouse

These folks take their brewing so seriously, they have an in-house certified technician to ensure their beer is as fresh and cold as can be. With over 19 craft beers on tap and a selection that changes seasonally, there will always be something new to try. Food here is handcrafted from scratch (even the breads and sauces). Unsurprisingly, beer features in the food: Try the Stout Meatballs ($11), or munch on the I Wanna Hold Your Ham Pizza ($17) while watching a game with your buddies.

WHERE: #01-01 Novena Regency, 275 Thomson Road
www.nickeldimedrafthouse.com

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Hello there, The Living Space

TEXT: LOW SHI PING

You’re organising your next gathering with your family or best buddies and you’re probably thinking: “My home is too small” or “To clean up aft er is such a turn-off !” Well, that doesn’t have to be the case anymore. Welcome to The Living Space – a concept venue that looks just like a home, minus the bedrooms. It’s cosy, comfortable and, most of all, configurable!

Over 150 NSmen, members and families attended the launch of The Living Space at HomeTeamNS Sembawang on 9 September. The new facility was unveiled by LTC (NS) Sim Meng San, Chairman, and members of the Sembawang Executive Committee. Invited guests and participants were treated to movie screenings, coffee appreciation workshops,terrarium building sessions, story-telling sessions and a furniture-building challenge. The Living Space is bigger than a five-room HDB flat, and is fi tted with gaming consoles, KTV and sound entertainment systems, modular furniture and multi-angled projection systems. It even has its own kitchenette and an island bar counter! This makes it perfect for parties, gatherings, celebrations, team building workshops and even informal meetings, for 40 to 50 people. PTE (NS) Muhd Firdaus said: “It’s going to be another reason to hang out more often at HomeTeamNS Sembawang. Besides coming to makan, work out, go prawning and swim, I can now book this space to lepak [relax] with my NS buddies!”

Chope (book) a slot from now till 31 December 2017 and get two hours free! Quote “Frontline x TLS” to enjoy this promotion. Rates start from $640 for a four-hour block. E-mail events_sb@hometeamns.sg for more information. Terms and conditions apply.

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Ho Jiak Food Festival

TEXT: AJ LEOW
TEXT: HOMETEAMNS/ 123RF.COM

HomeTeamNS Bukit Batok celebrated Singapore’s 52nd birthday with Ho Jiak Food Festival, lucky draws and a Gold Class live screening of the National Parade at its 236-seat auditorium. Members at the screening bagged the NS50 goodie bag, fried chicken, corn-in-a-cup, popcorn, ice cream and beverages while watching the show.

Said SGT (NS) Kan Teck San: “My wife and I had such an enjoyable day. We enjoyed the food, which added to the wonderful celebratory atmosphere.” MAJ (NS) Toh Lim Kai was glad to celebrate the nation’s birthday at HomeTeamNS. “The emcee did a fantastic job hosting the games, and creating opportunities for us to find out more about HomeTeamNS and NS50,” he said. CPL (NS) Tan Soo Hiang added enthusiastically: “We took home two of the 10 lucky draw prizes.”

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Colours aplenty at National Gallery

TEXT: AJ LEOW
TEXT: HOMETEAMNS/ ©YAYOI KUSAMA COURTESY OF OTA FINE ARTS

A riot of colours featuring 120 paintings, sculptures, videos and installations by iconic Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama greeted HomeTeamNS members and their families at the National Gallery on National Day.

“Kusama’s exhibits were expressive, full of vibrant colours and appealing to all ages,” said LTC (NS) Sim Meng San. Wendy Toh, wife of DSP (NS) Tan Pheng Soon, said their kids enjoyed Kusama’s art exhibits tremendously. She added: “The buffet dinner was also awesome. It was so thoughtful of HomeTeamNS to think of filling up our bellies before the big fireworks show!”

SUPT (NS) Nicholas Phua enjoyed catching up with long-lost NS buddies. “We reminisced about old times while our children took part in the fringe activities. Watching the fireworks display up close was definitely the highlight for us,” he said.

SUPT (NS) Nicholas Phua enjoyed catching up with long-lost NS buddies. “We reminisced about old times while our children took part in the fringe activities. Watching the fireworks display up close was definitely the highlight for us,” he said.

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Police Coast Guards Rule the Pool

TEXT: SOL E SOLOMON

Swimming powerhouses from SPF and SCDF made their marks at the third successful edition of the HomeTeamNS REAL®Swim. The REAL® Swim 2017 was one of the first swimming races to be held at the newly opened Our Tampines Hub Swimming Complex.

The race attracted over 300 Home Team NSmen, members, families and friends on 12 August. As part of the NS50 commemorative activities, which celebrate 50 years of National Service in Singapore, a new 50-lap category was introduced this year. While it surprised no one that the top awards went to the Police Coast Guard and Marine Command, AC Lee Chin Ek, Assistant General Secretary, HomeTeamNS, noted that Pro-Com finished strong this year by clinching the 2nd Runner-Up spot in the REAL® Swim Team Challenge. The Police Coast Guards were clearly dominant – Team 1 and Team 2 were awarded Champion and 3rd Runner-Up respectively.

Apart from the main swimming races, the event also saw fringe activities such as Aqua Zumba, Aqua Tabata, Stand-up Paddle Trials, and a Flippaball Challenge, in which everyone could participate and have fun together.

One participant, SSSGT (NS) Archer Wee, 40, raced in the morning and then went on to swim with his two daughters in the 20-lap Fun Swim. “The best thing about this event was that there was time for me to be competitive, and there was also time for me to just relax and spend time with my family.

I am so proud that my daughters and I managed to complete the fun swim together,” he shared. For more information on HomeTeamNS healthy lifestyle events, log on to www.HomeTeamNS.sg.

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Champion

DAC (NS) Chan Soon Chee from Singapore Police Force
Champion

CPL (NS) Syed Ilyas Aljunied from Singapore Civil Defence Force
Champion

NSF NSI Tang Lingxi from Police Coast Guard
1st runner-up

ASP (NS) Chen Kuoh Sheung John from Singapore Police Force
1st runner-up

NSI (NS) Sufiyan Hadi Bin Armita from Singapore Polcie Coast Guard
1st runner-up

CPL (NS) Mekal Ziad El Heluo from Singapore Civil Defence Force
2nd runner-up

CPL (NS) Tan Zhen Wei from Singapore Police Force
2nd runner-up

SSG (NS) Teo Wei Yang Kenneth from Singapore Police Force
2nd runner-up

SGT (NS) Chu Bay Min Ben from Singapore Civil Defence Force

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