Singapore Food Festival returns with in-person virtual virtual reality

For the first time since the Pandemic, the Singapore Food Festival SFF is back with in-person experiences, including a festival village with 25 food establishments and a special nine-course dinner. There will be heritage tours and culinary workshops hosted by experts and chefs, as well as a new virtual marketplace from Aug 24 to Sep 11. The festival village will run from Aug 31 to Sep 11 at the Bayfront Event Space.

There is something for those who are residing outside Singapore who might feel like they are missing out. There is a chance to learn more about the lives of local chefs and brands through the festival site, through SFF activations in select countries and virtual masterclasses. The Singapore Food Festival is a celebration of our multi-cultural local cuisine, and a global platform for our chefs, bartenders and food personalities. Teyi Guo, director of retail and dining at the Singapore Tourism Board, said as international travel resumes, "We are excited to bring back SFF to its usual format, with engaging in-person programming, so visitors can fully experience the international palate of our city." We encourage everyone to come and experience Singapore cuisine in a new way through our exciting line-up of in-person and virtual experiences. There are some interesting collaborations. The Golden Chili crab burger is a plant-based burger from the popular food truck, The Goodburger, in collaboration with Blue Lotus Eating House. And the newly minted Michelin Bib Gourmand stall One Prawn Co will collaborate with heritage brand Hock Lian Huat to present a thick, silky prawn bisque with shrimps, mussels and clams alongside a ngoh hiang five-spiced meat rolls platter. Another major draw is the Kurobuta wanton mee by Aaron Wong and former TV actor Thomas Ong.

Two Men Bagel House will present a bagelwich packed with the aromatic flavours of Chinese, Indian and Malay curries in an ode to the melting pot of cultures in Singapore. Italian flavours meet Malay at the Italian restaurant and bar Dopo Teatro with its sambal goreng pizza. Deli - veteran Steeple's Deli will collaborate with new-school Park Bench Deli for a one-day pop-up at Steeple's Deli, featuring sandwiches that include the former's mouth-watering corned beef and the latter's pastrami. And for those craving something sweet, there is Teh Halia-flavoured ice cream or the guava sorbet with sour plum powder by Singapore s Made With Passion brands The Ice Cream Cookie Co and Creamier.

Atlas Aquaculture and Blue Aqua are organising trips to land-based urban fish and shrimp farms to learn more about where their food comes from and how they can harvest their own shrimp at home. Foodies can also sign up for a plant-based cheese and gin pairing workshop with Nut Culture and Brass Lion Distillery, for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the distillery and an introduction to the botanicals that make up their Singapore Dry Gin.

For those who are overseas or prefer their culinary adventures from the comfort of home, there are nine free-to-view virtual masterclasses to choose from, offering avid foodies the chance to cook-along live with some of the best culinary talents in Asia. These include four-hands collaborations between Asia's Best Pastry Chef 2022 Maira Yeo from two-Michelin star Cloudstreet and Chef Justin Lee of JL Dessert Bar in Seoul and Chef Will Goldfarb of Room 4 Dessert in Bali and Chef Genevieve Lee of Sourbombe Bakery. Food kits are available on the SFF website to enrich the masterclass experience.