2014-02-18

A new generation of food and beverage entrepreneurs is expanding and venturing overseas Platypus Gourmet2Go + Lobster Shack Where: China Square Central, 3 Pickering Street, 01-31 Nankin Row Tel: 6438-7961 Open: 10.30am till late (weekdays), lunch from 11am to 4pm, lobster rolls are available after 6pm, closed on weekends There are currently six outlets under the Platypus brand, including Platypus Test Kitchen at Clifford Centre in Raffles Place, Platypus Family Kitchen at Bukit Timah Plaza and Platypus Dessert Bar in MacPherson Road. Next week, a Platypus Gourmet2Go outlet will open at International Plaza in Tanjong Pagar. A cafe and a hotdog stand are also slated to open at a local university campus soon. At Platypus Gourmet2Go, a month-old, 37-seat eatery at China Square Central, a queue begins to form at about 11.30am. It sells what owner Nicholas Lin, 29, calls "Wester...

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