Singapore Food Festival 2017 14 July – 30 July Events/Promotion Factsheet
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Singapore Food Festival 2017 14 July – 30 July Events/Promotion Factsheet S/N Event & Venue Description & Schedule Tickets STB-OWNED EVENTS 1. STREAT The signature event of the Singapore Food Festival, STREAT will feature yet another exciting collaboration Free Entry between local culinary talents. Clifford Square Prices of dish or food item vary 80 Collyer Quay Peranakan chef Malcolm Lee of Michelin-starred restaurant Candlenut will team up with chef Willin Low S(049326) – widely recognised as the founder of Mod-Sin cuisine – of Wild Rocket to helm a pop-up restaurant. The Price of pop-up restaurant menu S$50 two chefs will present contemporary interpretations of local classics, through a 3-course mod-sin and nett 14 – 15 July 2017: modern Peranakan Tok Panjang menu, where diners can get to sample a variety of three appetizers and 5pm – 10.30pm three mains served communal style, with the meal capped off with individual desserts for everyone. In addition, the pair will also work together to curate a selection of nine stalls, each helmed by a line-up of young hawkerpreneurs and chefs, each of which will present a unique spin on quintessentially local dishes. Some of the participating vendors include New Ubin Seafood, Peranakan Khek, Whampoa Prawn Noodle, collaborations between Taste Affair and The Masses, as well as between Keng Eng Kee and Good Chance Popiah. The Singapore culinary team which won an Olympic gold medal at the Ika Hoga Culinary Olympics last year will also be helming a stall! 1. Taste Affair x The Masses 2. KEK x Good Chance Popiah 3. New Ubin Seafood 4. Khek (Dessert) S/N Event & Venue Description & Schedule Tickets 5. Whampoa Prawn Noodle 6. Revolution Coffee (TBC) 7. Olympics Team 8. One Kueh at a time (savoury kueh) 9. Native x Sunday Punch (Beverage) www.singaporefoodfestival.com Refer to https://goo.gl/mjVLbD for updates on STREAT. To make a booking at the pop-up restaurant by Chef Willin Low and Malcolm Lee, please do not hesitate to email [email protected]. For those who do not manage to reserve a table, fret not as there is also a takeaway counter of the pop-up restaurant’s menu. 2. Hawker Spotlight Into its third edition, the Hawker Spotlight will once again honour and celebrate Singapore’s distinctive Not applicable 2017 hawker culture through casting the spotlight on one of Singapore’s favourite hawker centres. Maxwell Food Centre This year, in partnership with City Gas and Canon Singapore, the Spotlight is on Maxwell Food Centre, one 1 Kadayanallur Street of Singapore’s pioneer hawker centres which is also home to the Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice stall S(069184) that earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand award in 2016. 16 July: 3pm to There will be an intimate media tour led by local food connoisseur Moses Lim, where select stallholders – 4.30pm some of which are recognised under the City Gas-organised City Hawker Food Hunt contest – will share the stories behind their stalls’ heritage and also provide a behind-the-scenes look at the preparation behind their iconic dishes. Moses Lim will hold an on-site contest for the public prior to the start of the media tour, so that a select group of lucky winners will also get a chance to join this exclusive peek into the life of a hawker at Maxwell Food Centre. If you’re a food photography enthusiast, the pros from Canon Singapore will also be on hand to provide expert tips on how to get that perfect shot of your favourite hawker dish! www.singaporefoodfestival.com CULINARY EVENTS 3. The 50 Cents Fest: Take a sumptuous trip back in time down Chinatown Food Street at the 50 Cents Fest. Themed Those Free Entry Those Years 那些年 Years (那些年), this year’s festival will feature not just hawker favourites from the 1980s, but also by Chinatown Food entertainment that is a throwback to that era such as live Xin Yao performances. $0.50 to multiples of 50 cents for offerings at the Chinatown Food Street Street. Dishes on offer include Abacus Seeds - a Hakka delicacy made with yam - Cantonese Paper-Wrapped Chinatown Food Chicken, Hokkien Rickshaw Noodles, Ah Balling and Ice Balls! Street Smith Street The entire Smith Street will also turn old school, with roving giveaways of old school snacks and toys, S(050335) games like fishing fountain and hopscotch, and roving character mascots from the 1980s. Come dressed in your best 80s fashion to stand a chance to win attractive prizes! 29 July 2017: 12pm – 11pm http://www.chinatownfoodstreet.sg/the-50-cents-fest/ 30 July 2017: 11am – 11pm 4. ION Orchard Culinary The ION Orchard Culinary Creations returns after a successful outing last year, with more offerings and a Free Entry Creations 2017 by stronger focus on celebrating local cuisine and culture. ION Orchard Prices of dish or food item vary Chocoholics will relish visiting the aptly-named Chocolate Wonderland (B4 ION Station, 14 – 16 July 2017), ION Orchard where chocolate infused with local ingredients and flavours will be on offer, as well as activities such as 2 Orchard Turn cook-off competitions, stage games, educational tours, talks and workshops. S(238801) Foodies can also check out the Singapore Cultural Experience (ION Art, 11 – 19 July 2017), a showcase of 9 June – 31 July 2017 Singapore’s rich Peranakan heritage through elements like kueh-making lessons, food tastings and 10am – 10pm handicraft workshops. Special runs of ION Orchard’s favourite Food and Heritage Trail (11 – 31 July 2017) will also allow locals and tourists alike to uncover the popular local food choices available inside the mall (for instance, kueh from Bengawan Solo and barbecued pork from Lim Chee Guan), after which complimentary vouchers will be provided for participants to further indulge in ION Orchard’s myriad food offerings. From 9 June – 31 July 2017, visitors with the ION Holideals mobile app can enjoy 1-for-1 dining deals, while complimentary shopping vouchers are also available for ION+ Rewards members and American Express Cardholders, with a minimum spend of $200. Terms and conditions apply. http://www.ionorchard.com 5. Kueh Appreciation Enjoy a wide selection of Kueh from Singapore’s various ethnic and dialect groups like Teochew, Hokkien, Free Entry Day by Slow Food Hainanese and even Eurasian. Singapore Prices of dish or food item vary This year, attendees can do more than just savour familiar favourites and rarely seen specialties. They can ToTT Store now try their hands at creating the delectable treats through ticketed Kueh master-classes lasting Kueh Demonstration classes $20-$25 896 Dunearn Road between 30 to 45 minutes each. There will also be vendors offering kueh-related lifestyle accessories nett Sime Darby Centre alongside kitchen utensils and equipment. #01-01A S(589472) Participating vendors include: Hainan Xiao Chi (serving Yi Buah and Larp) 23 July 2017: 10am – Ji Xiang Ang Ku Kueh (serving Hokkien Ang Ku Kueh) 4pm Kuehs and Snacks (serving Teochew kueh) Mary's Kafe (serving Eurasian snacks) Old Seng Choong (serving Yam kueh and Radish Cake) Chef Pang's Hakka Snacks (serving Hakka Abacus Seeds) HarriAnn's (serving Peranakan kueh) Kway Guan Huat (serving Kueh Pie Tee and Popiah) Ratu Lemper (serving Lemper Ayam and Lemper Rendang Sapi) Kueh Demonstration classes will also be held! 1) Hakka “Xi Ban” (Traditional and Ispahan flavours) by Chef Then Chui Foong 2) Traditional Hainan Yi Bua from Singapore Hainan Hwee Kuan 3) Peranakan Kueh Dadar and Kueh Durian by Chef Alvin Leong, Baba Chews http://www.slowfood.sg/kueh-appreciation-day-2017 6. A New Taste by At- A New Taste is a series of five workshops aimed at cultivating a deeper understanding and appreciation of $5 nett for Spice Garden Tour Sunrice Globalchef Singapore's far-reaching culinary heritage. workshop Academy The workshops – part of At-Sunrice's recently-launched EasyChefs Labs programme where attendees learn $10 nett for Pot Herbs & Spice Plants At-Sunrice Globalchef cooking in a professional kitchen set-up – cover a wide spectrum of programmes, from learning about workshop Academy various types of spices used in local cuisine, to cooking and plating some of these dishes, and even making 28 Tai Seng Street a mean cocktail. $15 nett for Banana Leaf folding Sakae Building, Level 5 Prominent local chef Aziza Ali will also be launching a new cook book, titled My Heritage Kitchen, on 29 $25 nett for Cook & Plating Heritage S(534106) July 2017. The book is a throwback to the flavours of the past, containing recipes of staples of our Dishes workshop forefathers. Chef Aziza will also conduct a demonstration of one of the recipes featured in her book, sign 22 July 2017 books and have a panel discussion with food connoisseurs and specialists. $20 nett for Mocktail & Cocktail 10.00am – 6.00pm workshop More information on the activities under the A New Taste umbrella can be found here: 29 July 2017 Spice Garden Tour (1 hour) 10.00am – 6.00pm This tour of At-Sunrice’s spice garden will showcase various types of spices which are widely used in local cuisine, with participants being able to better understand how these spices can be used Aziza Ali book launch through sampling food and drinks that are made with them (eg tamarind drink, kueh lapis). 4.00pm – 6.00pm Pot Herbs and Spice Plants (1 hour) Attendees will learn about the soil that various local spices grow in, and how to maintain spice plants by potting a spice seedling and bringing it home to nurture. Banana Leaf folding (1 hour) Open to anyone aged 12 and above, this workshop will teach participants how to prepare a dish of Lemper Udang the traditional way -- wrapped in banana leaves.