Take a wander down the quiet, cobbled, tree lined enclave of the city's prettiest and most historically protected shop houses, overlooking famous Chinatown in central Singapore, and you'll find The Universal atop Duxton Hill. Upon entering you're greeted with wood, leather and white linen. Casual, yet, with an air of formality. Here you can relax and enjoy a glass or bottle of wine and graze on the "wine friendly" tapas menu. The wines by the glass are dispensed from a machine that protects the wine from oxidation and delivers this nectar in the form intended by the maker in the most beautiful glassware. Upstairs boasts a wine list of 300 labels back to a Chateau Haut Brion 1961. Chef Ben Kuang will tailor a menu to suit or let ...