{"id":71716,"date":"2026-07-26T05:57:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T21:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=71716"},"modified":"2026-07-26T05:57:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T21:57:43","slug":"magdalene-tang-on-30-years-of-singapore-restaurant-mags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=71716","title":{"rendered":"Magdalene Tang on 30 years of Singapore restaurant Mag\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span>Business has improved since Mag\u2019s moved to Neil Road. Tang said \u201cweekends are very busy and weekdays have also been strong, particularly with corporate events\u201d. The second-floor private dining room, which seats 18 or accommodates up to 30 standing guests, receives six to seven bookings a month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tang said: \u201cInterestingly, we seem to be attracting many of the same customers who frequented Mag\u2019s 1.0. During the weekdays, we often see brokers, bankers and lawyers returning, while Fridays and Saturdays tend to bring more families, friends and couples. We also have a counter by the kitchen that we affectionately call \u2018The Friends Table\u2019, where solo diners and regulars can enjoy a meal while catching up with Ian or me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-SG\">While she finds that \u201cwe live in an age that too often rewards the cheap and fleeting over the considered and enduring\u201d, she tries to stay true to her belief of serving diners good ingredients and wines.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt all comes down to honest hospitality, honest food, and being unpretentious,\u201d she said. \u201cWe call it \u2018Mag\u2019s hospitality\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/people\/magdalene-tang-mags-restaurant-singapore-6270196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business has improved since Mag\u2019s moved to Neil Road. Tang said \u201cweekends are very busy and weekdays have also been strong, particularly with corporate events\u201d&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--dhFf2jAa--\/c_crop,h_843,w_1500,x_0,y_141\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/07\/22\/h2-magdelene-tang-photo-kc.jpg?itok=jUbsIzyv","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[27187,27188,476,22,5529,59],"class_list":["post-71716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-magdalene","tag-mags","tag-restaurant","tag-singapore","tag-tang","tag-years","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}