Festival about food

Celebrating and enjoying food is a quintessential Singaporean pastime. And 2018 The Great Food Festival (TGFF) at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) knows exactly that. Which is why for its second edition, TGFF promises the widest array of culinary delights all in one location. Organisers have not only added seven more international culinary heavyweights to an already celebrity-studded line-up at the popular Star Chef Arena, they have brought back the Instagram worthy Rollin' Sweet Times section – the largest consumer dessert and pastry showcase in Asia, alongside masterclasses by some of the world’s trendiest bakers, culinary maestros and wine connoisseurs. Spreading over a whopping 215,000 sq ft (roughly the size of Singapore Padang) at various venues in RWS, TGFF runs till Sep 30. If it is epicurean A-listers you want, then the Star Chef Arena is the culinary segment to be at where you get a chance to taste a multitude of carefully curated dishes from Michelin-starred chefs … [Read more...] about The 2018 Great Food Festival shows how serious Singapore is about dessert

For its 25th anniversary, the annual Singapore Food Festival (SFF) will be dishing out up to 20 events, including a showcase on regional Indian dishes, a spotlight on Eurasian food heritage, some beer yoga, and even a dinner-theatre piece. This year’s edition, which runs from Jul 13 to 29, also includes the festival’s signature event STREAT, which features, among others, a pop-up restaurant helmed by collaborating chefs Emmanuel Stroobant from Saint Pierre and Haikal Johari from Alma by Juan Amador, both one Michelin-starred restaurants. In their first ever partnership, the chefs will be whipping up dishes such as tomato confit, warm Canadian scallop with a laksa-inspired sauce, wild sea shrimps, and a spin on Peranakan favourite buah keluak. A dedicated bar will also be set up for the first time at STREAT. It will be run by Manhattan, which was recently awarded Asia’s Best Bar for 2018. Beers launched exclusively in conjunction with SFF will also be retailed by Singaporean … [Read more...] about Singapore Food Festival turns 25 with some beer yoga, Eurasian heritage food and more

SINGAPORE: Mooncakes might be physically small, but they can have a big impact on your waistline - just one could contain the same number of calories as a full meal. For example, an average-size 192g baked lotus mooncake with two egg yolks has about 890 calories, according to the Health Promotion Board’s (HPB) nutrient analysis. That is equivalent to about four bowls of rice, said Ms Bibi Chia, principal dietitian at Raffles Diabetes and Endocrine Centre. She added that one of these mooncakes has the same amount of sugar as about 1.5 cans of cola. Other types of mooncakes, like those covered in snowskin, do not fare much better. A bite-size portion of an eighth of a snowskin mooncake is worth 93 calories, which works out to about half a bowl of rice. All this spells bad news for people looking to enjoy the tasty treats of the Mid-Autumn Festival while still following a healthy diet. The challenge can be further intensified with more unusual fillings like durian and champagne … [Read more...] about Mooncake madness: Why overindulging on these festive treats could be a health risk

Fact: Singapore is small, which means there are limited options for leisure activities on weekends. Which is why it is always exciting when a novel event or festival hits town. Well, you can now add Urban Polo to your watch list . Happening on Feb 23, 2019, it's like a chi chi polo match meets an urban music festival. To spice things up for audiences, this amped up version of traditional polo combines simplified elements of the game with a line-up of live DJ performances as well as scrumptious food and beverage options. READ: Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike to headline ZoukOut 2018 One key adaptation to the game is that the organisers have reduced the size of the pitch to a third of its regular area, which means there’s a lot less ground for players to cover to score a goal, making the game that much more fast-paced and exciting. “Urban Polo was conceptualised through the acknowledgement that the sport of polo is over 2,000 years old and within that time, it has … [Read more...] about What happens when you cross a polo match with a music festival? You get Urban Polo

FYRE Festival co-founder Billy McFarland in his first jail interview admitted that he lied to investors who pumped millions of dollars into the fraudulent event. McFarland - whose unauthorised interview from behind bars has landed him in solitary confinement - told radio personality Jordan Harbinger about his lies, which he acknowledged were a crime . “I knowingly lied to them to raise money for the festival. Yes. And that’s what the crime was,” McFarland, who is serving six years, said. “The crime was inexcusably lying about the status of the company to get the money I thought I needed for the festival.” However, McFarland put the most blame on “setting an unrealistic time frame” to get the festival up and running in 2017. “Had we given ourselves a year or two and had I obviously not made the terrible decision to lie to my backers, I think we could have been in a bit better place, but regardless of the mistakes that I made or what made things go wrong,” he said. … [Read more...] about Fyre Festival boss Billy McFarland admits he LIED to investors in first jail interview that’s landed him in solitary