Come down to Chinatown and enjoy exciting street entertainments, ranging from cultural performances to hip hop dancing. Happening at Chinatown Food Street (Smith Street) every Friday and Saturday from 730pm onwards.
1) Singapore Food Festival 2010
A. Cantonese Cuisine Food Expo 广东佳肴大汇集
Enter the world of Cantonese Cuisine, as you explore and rediscover the many
reasons why Singaporeans love Cantonese Food so deeply!
Be sure to pamper yourself with a fascinating mix of exclusive Cantonese tastes from highly renowned restaurants:
Fatty Weng Da Dong Restaurant (Numerous Gourmet Awards Internationally)
Moi Lum Restaurant (Over 80 years of History in Cantonese Cuisine)
Ho Kee (Voted top 10 Best Porridge & Top 5 Best Char Siew Bao in Singapore)
And many more!
Indulge in your favorite dishes from the Cantonese Cuisine including:
Roast Meat Series (Roast Duck, Roast Char Siew, Roast Pork)
Cantonese Congee
Cantonese Dim Sum (siew mai, har gow, char siew bao)
Cantonese Desserts (Sesame Paste, Red Bean Paste)
Date |
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24 & 25 Jul 2010 (Sat & Sun) |
Time |
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11.00am to 9.00pm |
Venue |
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Kreta Ayer Square |
Fee |
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Free Entry |
B. Family’s Cantonese Recipe Cooking Competition 家传秘方烹饪比赛
Chinatown invites all food-loving families to take part in this year’s inaugural
Cantonese Recipe Cooking Competition. Whip up any Cantonese dish (of your
choice) in the given 45mins to impress our chef judges!
The winning family can win up to the 1st prize of $1000 worth of Cash and Hampers!
Attractive prizes as below:
First prize = $300 cash and $700 hamper, total $1000
2nd prize = $200 cash and $500 hamper, total $700
3rd prize =$100 cash and $400 hamper, total $500
Experience and enjoy the fun-filled, adrenaline pumping cooking competition and be
crowned the King of Family Recipe Cooking Competition in this year’s Singapore
Food Festival 2010.
Date |
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24 Jul 2010, Sat |
Time |
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12.00pm to 2.30pm |
Venue |
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Kreta Ayer Square |
Registration Fee |
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$10 |
Registration |
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chinatown@eventions.com.sg |
To register, please click
here for the registration form
C. Singapore’s LONGEST ‘Chee Cheong Fun’ Record 新加坡最长猪肠粉纪录
150 Chefs from Society of Chinese Cuisine Chefs (Singapore) will gather at
Chinatown to challenge this amazing feat for charity! The targeted 80m long Chee
Cheong Fun will write history as it gets recorded in the Singapore Book of Records!
The completed Chee Cheong Fun will be pan-fried immediately on site to be sold at a
nominal price to the public in efforts to raise funds for charity.
Date |
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25 Jul 2010, Sun |
Time |
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3.00pm |
Venue |
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Kreta Ayer Square |
Fee |
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Free Entry |
2) Hungry Ghost Festival Cultural Exhibition (No admission charges)
Date |
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10 Aug to 7 Sep |
Venue |
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Kreta Ayer Square (Sago Street) |
Time |
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10am to 10pm, daily |
Fees |
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Free Entry |
Staged in partnership with the Taoist Federation (Singapore), this month-long exhibition is an indept look at the mysteries of the Hungry Ghost Festival as it is celebrated in Singapore. What is the origin of the festival, what are its do's and don't's, and the significance of its rituals and offerings? Catch the festival in action too through staged demonstrations of rituals by the Federation's priests.
3) Hungry Ghost Festival Walking Tour
Birth, Life & Death in Chinatown
(All about Chinese Beliefs, Myths and Taboos)
Date |
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14, 15, 28, 29 of Aug & 4, 5 of Sep |
Time |
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4.30pm - 8pm (dinner provided) |
Fees |
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$33 per person |
Registration |
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meilian@chinatown.org.sg |
This tour gives you the lowdown on everything you ever wanted to know about Chinese beliefs, myths and taboos. Our guide will walk you through Chinatown to see Chinese beliefs as they are lived, through birth, marriage and death. Consult the Almanac and get your fortune told. Find out what lies behind ‘Dead Man’s Street’ and watch real-life demonstration rituals performed by the Taoist Federation. We’ll answer some burning questions too, like why it’s not safe to point at the moon, when it’s perfectly alright to not wash your hair and of course, how to live the great prosperous life!
Walking With the Good Brothers
(THE Hungry Ghost Festival Walk)
Date |
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21 Aug (Sat) and 22 Aug (Sun) |
Time |
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6pm - 9.30pm (dinner provided) |
Fees |
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21 Aug: $33 per person
22 Aug: $43 per person |
Registration |
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meilian@chinatown.org.sg |
Enter into the world of deities, spirits and beliefs of the Hungry Ghost Festival. Our guide will take participants through a mystical evening of the Hungry Ghost festivities in Chinatown. Find out which deity acts as the festival’s ‘policeman’, what secrets lie in the ‘Fa Cai Ang Bao’ (prosperous red packet), watch the rituals and be immersed in the loud and electrifying action of the Ge Tai and Auction Dinner*. Walk with the ‘good brothers’ (a euphemism for the spirits) as they walk the earth once more.
* Auction dinner is on 22 Aug only.
