Tiger Beer’s Singapore Chilli Crab Festival is back

The Tiger Beer Singapore Chilli Crab Festival returns to London’s Truman Brewery in Brick Lane for the third consecutive year on Saturday 30th August and Sunday 31st August. Even bigger and better than last year, the festival will transform London’s East End into a Singaporean oasis full to the brim with exotic tastes, smells and sounds of the Far East. With plenty of Singaporean cuisine to sample, including the world famous Chilli Crab, it is the food festival not to be missed.

The festival celebrates the crowning joy of Singapore, the Chilli Crab, which is Singapore’s unofficial national dish. Drenched in a fresh tomato and chilli-based sauce, Chilli Crab is best enjoyed using fingers so you can prize out the succulent meat in the crab claws. There will be plenty of Chilli Crab on offer at the festival along with an array of other traditional Singaporean dishes which will get tastebuds tingling including Chicken satay, Char Kway Teow (a delicious rice noodle dish) and Hainanese Chicken Rice.

All of the food at the festival will be prepared by Bayswater based Singaporean restaurant Kiasu, which since opening in 2006 has received outstanding reviews from many national newspapers and food critics.

2008 will also see the return of celebrity chef, Terry Tan, who will be holding live cooking demonstrations at the festival throughout the weekend. He will be taking visitors through the process of cooking delicious Far Eastern food and giving tips and advice on cooking the dishes at home.

To accompany all the delicious food will be a live entertainment line-up throughout the weekend, including dragon dancing, martial arts displays and skillful musicians from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). There will also be a henna-tattoo artist, massage therapist and calligrapher to keep you entertained. Another first for the festival is a tea-stretching spectacular, where Chinese tea is poured dramatically from great heights to enhance the flavour.

A selection of market stalls will also be at the festival offering authentic food produce and intricate arts and crafts. The products on offer will make the perfect memento for your day out.

Divya Panickar, Singapore Tourism Board, says: “We are pleased to bring to Brick Lane the sights, sounds and tastes of unique Singapore. Year on year, the Tiger Beer Singapore Chilli Crab Festival has become more exciting, and this year will be even better!”

Steven Greaves, Tiger Beer, says: “Last year’s Tiger Beer Singapore Chilli Crab Festival was a huge success and saw thousands of people enjoy a true flavour of the real Singapore. This year it will be even better, with a brand new programme of entertainment and maybe even a few surprises! It’s a great way for people to experience Singapore culture and, of course, take the opportunity to enjoy a perfectly chilled Tiger Beer on a hot summer’s afternoon – an ideal accompaniment to the spicy chilli crab!”

2008 Festival Highlights

– Singaporean chef, author and reviewer, Terry Tan will share his secrets of cooking the ultimate Singaporean cuisine with live cooking demonstrations taking place throughout the weekend

– Entertainment including dragon dancing, martial art displays and skillful musicians from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

– Henna tattooing, oriental calligraphy and the extraordinary sight of tea-stretching where Chinese tea is poured dramatically from great heights to enhance the flavour – you definitely have to see it to believe it!

– And an enchanting Singaporean garden, where people can sit and relax and take in the festival atmosphere

– An after-party which will continue the festival atmosphere into the night will be held at the Vibe Bar, Truman Brewery

Admission to the Tiger Beer Singapore Chilli Crab Festival is free and opens from 11am – 6pm. Further information on the festival can be found at tigerbeer.co.uk/chillicrab/