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Singapore celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival on Thursday, 1 October. Here are some ideas for joining in the festivities!

Aussie Ben Lee created Sarnies – a bustling café located in the heart of hip Telok Ayer – because he couldn’t find a decent sandwich in Singapore’s CBD.

After opening speakeasy bar, Stockton in Hong Kong, Andrew Yap relocated back to Singapore in 2015 to join Neon Pigeon, before opening a Singapore outpost of Hong Kong bar The Old Man, with partners Agung, Roman and James.

Got a cracking story to tell? The ANZA Writing group is launching a new online writing course, ‘Writing Gripping Fiction’, a 6-part series starting on 6 October at 7.30 pm.

Thousands of Australians have been stranded overseas during the pandemic, unable to get home to family and loved ones. The reasons include the strict cap on international arrivals into all capital cities, scarcity of airline flights and seats, soaring ticket prices, and the high cost of mandatory hotel quarantine.

Joann Finlayson, the talented baker behind customised cake business, Jo Takes the Cake was first featured in ANZA magazine in a kid’s party feature in 2012 when her business was starting out. “It was so exciting because it was the first local magazine to share my creations,” says Jo. We catch up with Singapore’s queen of baking, whose stunning cakes have been the centrepiece for hundreds of celebrations and special moments.

ANZA Cycling's youngest and keenest recruit Abbey follows in her parents’ pedal strokes!

Food & Drink Issue * Singapore's Best Bars & Restaurants * How Chefs are coping with COVID * Cult Foods & Where to Eat Them * 9 Island Hikes * Top Staycation Deals

ANZA Action has been hard at work, collecting toiletries and other items in  a donation drive for ItsRainingRaincoats (IRR), a charity founded in 2015 by Dipa Swaminathan to improve the lives of some 300,000 migrant workers in Singapore.

This month, ANZA is celebrating Singapore's incredible food industry. Meet Aussie Chef Drew Nocente from contemporary Australian restaurant, Salted & Hung.