There was music! There were people! Not forgetting the most important ingredient of all, food! The Singapore Food Festival ended with a blast at the Malay Heritage Centre with sights, sounds and smells.
On the 27th July,
The day was lined up with exciting activities such as food demonstrations by local celebrity chefs, cooking competitions, food bazaar that featured the best Malay foods as well as cultural performances for everyone.
‘This (food festival) is really a good idea. With entertainment going on while enjoying the good food offered here, I really think it is a good activity done for the whole community,’ says Mr Jasmil Osman, a visitor from the event on that day.
It seems like there is nothing but praises for the food festival.
‘I like it that this event is very traditional and the stalls are all selling different types of Malay foods. I think the organizers picked good choices for the stalls,’ says another visitor, Miss Fatimah Juhmat.
The Malay food culture shouldn’t be new to anyone who has lived and grown up in
Heritage Flavours at the Malay Heritage Centre is in fact a great opportunity for people from the other races to understand and learn more about the Malay culture.
‘There is definitely educational value in this event. People can get to learn about the manners, the food, the ingredients and the overall culture of Malay food,’ Miss Fatimah expressed further.
This event also serves as a platform for young talents to showcase their skills and passion. Performing at the event was Lily, 22, a professional dancer that has been dancing for six years.
‘It’s not very often that we get an event such as this to perform. This is really excellent, as we (traditional Malay dancers) get the chance to perform to people who appreciates it, as well as to those who wants to understand the culture too.’
Gracing the event was celebrity Chef Khaled, 29. After his win on the first reality program, Chef Selebriti on Suria, he has been busy cooking for big scale events to doing demonstrations at community centers to a ‘S.O.S Chef’ on Suria.
‘The turn out is surprisingly good! It would be good to make it an annual event, says Chef Khaled.
‘The culture can be learnt from people of different races. After all, this is a multi-racial
The Singapore Food Festival is a yearly event held in the month of July to commemorate the diverse food culture in
By Janice Chen
