Was it by Nick Lander? If so, it was the same one that appeared in the FT fairly recently (Lander is the FT's restaurant critic).
A taste of Singapore’s melting pot
By Nicholas Lander
On the trail of the most authentic pork noodle soup in Singapore, via Japan and Vietnam...
Singapore
Of all the people around the world who have helped me seek out the most fascinating food, no one has been more assiduous than wine importer Alan Wong in Singapore. First he met us at Changi airport and then, en route to our hotel, he explained that he had spent the previous week trying out hawker stalls in search of the most authentic bak chor mee, or pork noodle soup, to show me....
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/c2d25...44feab49a.html
The restaurants he reviews are:
Quentin’s
www.quentins.com.sg
Hong Lim Centre
531 A Upper Cross Street
Aoki
www.aoki-restaurant.com.sg
Annam
www.annam.com.sg
Wild Rocket
www.wildrocket.com.sg
I have been to Wild Rocker, and it is excellent.