| The Finer Things: Singapore’s World Gourmet Summit Since it was founded as a major South-East Asian trade route in 1819, by colonial expander Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, modern Singapore has been a meeting place of different cultures, of East and West, and – as the movement of the increasingly popular spice along these trade routes attested – diffe ... 33 days ago · Find Free Articles. Submit ... · earnticle.com by asingleton 3 references |