Food by awarding winning Kiasu restaurant

Tiger Beer and Singapore Tourism Board are delighted to be working with Kiasu restaurant for the Tiger Beer Singapore Chilli Crab Festival...

When they¹re not stirring the woks at the Festival, the Kiasu team are busy in the Kiasu restaurant on Queensway, Bayswater. The restaurant serves authentic food from South-East Asia including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines. The dishes on the menu are selected from popular street food from the region and prepared by the talented chefs using original recipes from the respective countries.

Kiasu has been a hit with London¹s food critics, with The Evening Standard awarding it 4 stars, The Guardian scoring it 9/10 and Time Out also thinking it worthy of 4 stars. Make sure you get to the Tiger Beer Singapore Chilli Crab Festival and taste for yourself what the critics have been raving about! www.kiasu.co.uk

Cookery demonstrations by celebrity chef Terry Tan Top

We are thrilled to have Terry Tan as this year¹s celebrity chef. Terry has been tempting the tastebuds of Asian food devotees for 40 years as a chef and author of more than 20 cookbooks.

Equally as adept at whipping up delicacies from Indonesia as he is with spicy Singaporean food, his decades of stirring the wok and globe-trotting have earned him the reputation of being Mr South-East Asian Cuisine in Europe.

A man of many talents (as if cooking the way he does isn't talent enough!), Terry also teaches around the UK, helped HP Foods develop the extremely popular Amoy 'Straight to Wok' sachet sauces as well as working on development for other major food brands, AND wrote the now classic book Culture Shock! Britain. Phew! It¹s tiring just reading about his many ventures!

Well, I know we're looking forward to seeing just how he does it all at the Tiger Beer Singapore Chilli Crab Festival ­ make sure you also head down to catch Terry's cooking demonstrations over the weekend. "I am looking forward to being involved with the Chilli Crab Festival again because it is a great opportunity to serve the British public great Singapore food; perfect to go with the iconic brew of Tiger Beer."

Singaporean music from Leonard Ng Top

Not content with bringing you authentic Singaporean food, cooking, and beer, the Tiger Beer Singapore Chilli Crab Festival is also adding authentic Singaporean music to the mix courtesy of London-based Leonard Ng.

Leonard Ng, or Len as he prefers to be called ("I'm tired of telling people how to pronounce my last name"), will be wowing the crowds in Brick Lane on both days of the festival.

Born in Singapore, Len is a singer/songwriter/guitarist/pianist/bassist and occasional producer. After becoming a regular on the Singapore music scene, he ended up travelling extensively around the world, playing music, writing and teaching to fund his travels. Eventually he found himself in London where he has made music ever since.

Len's music covers a lot of ground, from fluttery beats to all out guitar-based rock, but he readily admits that he is quite obsessed with "that perfect structure" for his songs.

So make sure you catch him at the Tiger Beer Singapore Chilli Crab Festival where he¹ll be performing his unique music throughout the day.

For more information on Leonard Ng visit www.myspace.com/leonardng


Mehndi Madness: Experience the freestyle creativity of henna art Top

Mehndi Art has been practised for five thousand years, throughout Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Painting the body with a paste made from the crushed leaves of the henna plant has always been done with the assumption that henna has the power to protect, bring luck and to provide material, as well as spiritual wealth.

To experience the cooling feeling of henna, in the form of a contemporary or traditional temporary tattoo, visit the Mehndi Madness stall. Tattoos from £3.




Let yourself go with a Heavenly Massage! Top

In between the fabulous music, entertainment and food, check out Relax Chair massage. Relax is London¹s most 'laid back' company and will be celebrating the Tiger Beer Singapore Chilli Crab festival by offering soothing, fully-clothed massages to all those in need of a little relaxation. Qualified Relax therapists will be doing neck, back, head and shoulder massages all without oils. And as well as the huge health benefits massage brings ­ it also feels great!
The festival massage special is only £5 and is an excellent introduction to the wonderful and very powerful world of chair massage. Enjoy! Relax also has spas in Soho W1 & BBC W12. 0207 494 3333 www.relax.org.uk

Singaporean Art Top

The festival will also showcase a number of unique pieces of artwork from up and coming Singaporean artists.

The artwork forms part of a global initiative from Tiger Beer to highlight Asia’s best creative talents in art, design and photography to the world. You will be able to see more of this outstanding artwork at Tiger Translate www.tigertranslate.com






Magic show Top
There is magic everywhere around us... at the Tiger Beer Singapore Chilli Crab Festival!

By pure definition, magic is the art that ostensibly controls or forecasts natural events, effects, or forces by invoking the paranormal. It is also the practice of using known charms, spells, incantations, or rituals to attempt to produce supernatural effects, maybe even control events in nature. Some will say it is the art of producing mysterious effects through illusion and slight of hand in other words ­ abracadabra, it¹s magic!

Beyond Asia, the magic found in our favourite fiction, you will find magic in gaming, the movies, card games, basketball, even in cryptography.

Calligraphy Top
Have you ever heard of Chinese calligraphy? Are you interested in watching a calligrapher doing it? Chinese calligraphy is one part of Chinese traditional art and culture dating back thousands of years. The 'Scholar objects or materials of calligraphy are ink, brush, ink stone and rice paper which are known in China as 'The Four Treasures'.

Apart from the artistic attraction of calligraphy, it is also considered to be a spiritual exercise creating peace and harmony. On the physical side it can help you with 'Qi', which is a specific word in Chinese, similar to 'Tai Chi'. You'll be able to experience all this and more at the Tiger Beer Singapore Chilli Crab Festival where one of our trained calligraphers who can write out your own name, or any sentence you wish. So come and see us at the festival.


Market Stalls Top
 

Mo Kwan
At this year's Tiger Beer Singapore Chilli Crab Festival, Mo Kwan will be selling unique home artefacts including wooden photo frames, chopstick sets with table mats and rests, jewellery boxes and a selection of fashion items.





The Gourmet Puff Company
The Gourmet Puff Company makes gourmet Pan-Asian pastries. Each Gourmet Puff is lovingly prepared by hand using the freshest and finest quality ingredients.

Once baked, Gourmet Puffs are delicious hot snacks or meals for the whole family. Come and try our Gourmet Puffs at the festival - they go perfectly with a glass of Tiger Beer!

For more information, please visit our website at www.gourmetpuff.com

Oriental Merchant
Oriental Merchant (Europe), a leading importer and distributor of authentic Asian cuisine, is delighted to bring you the delectable flavours of Singapore's Prima Taste and Ong's sauces at this year's Tiger Beer Singapore Chilli Crab Festival.

They are a global company and currently supply over 22 European countries, specialising in quality Asian food to distributors, retail chains and independent retailers. For more information you can visit our website at www.oriental.com.au

Come and sample our delicious Prima products or purchase a product at a special show price at the festival this year. We¹ll also be handing out goodie bags which will include a selection of Asian Products. Don't miss out!

Temple Foods
Temple Foods is proud to announce that we will be participating again at this year's festival, bringing My Mum's Cuisines sauces from Singapore to all festival-goers. My Mum's Cuisines is unique Singaporean food using authentic recipes from the founder's mum. For consumers who wish to cook My Mum's Cuisine well-loved dishes at home, there are ready-made sauces including Chilli Crab, Hainanese Chicken Rice Mix, Curry, Sweet & Sour, Sambal, Laksa, Satay, as well as ready-to-eat Bo Bo Cha Cha, Pulot Hitam and Tau Suan desserts. For more information you can go on to our website at www.tf-uk.com or www.mymumscuisine.com

Sunnyfield Veg Limited
Sunnyfield began as a humble small business which imported and sold a range of fruit and vegetables, however after 14 years, the business has developed and we now have a full range of products on our profile.

The primary aim of Sunnyfield is 'Bringing you the best from around the world'. With this goal in mind, we decided to import a mooncake from Singapore 'Tung Lok' to share and enjoy this special Chilli Crab festival with a bottle of tiger beer. Cheers!!! To know more about us please visit our website: www.sunnyfield328.com

Golden Dragon
Based in Liverpool, Golden Dragon Marketing Limited was established over 24 years ago. The company imports food and drink products from the Far East as well as manufactures frozen value-added Chinese products for direct sale to retailers, major wholesalers, food service outlets and established Chinese communities throughout the United Kingdom.

Being the main agent for F&N Drinks in the UK, we will be bringing popular carbonated, isotonic and coffee drinks from Singapore to this year's festival including Sarsi, 100 Plus and icafe.

Yeos
In South East Asia, food and cooking is a melting pot of flavours, ingredients and recipes and here at Yeo's we have captured the diversity of the region for you to enjoy with our range of delicious products ­ from Hot Bean Sauce to Rice Vermicelli, Laksa Paste to Sweet Chilli Sauce, Sesame Oil to Malaysian Curry Powder. This is the world of Yeo¹s ­ fabulous Oriental food at its best. www.yeos-europe.com

Tiger Beer Stall
Back with popular demand, our special, limited edition Tiger merchandise will be available to buy again at the festival at the Tiger Beer tent. We'll have exclusive T-shirts, glassware, key rings as well as other exclusive items.