Singapore Food Festival 2011 Highlights: Singapore Food Festival 2011 Highlights

Singapore Food Festival 2011 Highlights: Singapore Food Festival 2011 Highlights: "Singapore Food Festival 2011 Highlights : Visitors to the Singapore food festival this year can expect fiery feasts, with its theme 'Cur..."

Singapore Food Festival 2011 Highlights

Singapore Food Festival 2011 Highlights: Visitors to the Singapore food festival this year can expect fiery feasts, with its theme "Curry and Spices". The Singapore Food Festival 2011 will be held from 15-24 July. On 23 July, President S R Nathan will launch "Spice Potpourri" - a cookbook featuring his recipes and those of other ministers. There will also be an attempt on that day to set a world record for the longest single dining table. The event will be held along Race Course Road. The festival's food village will be at the Singapore River, with more than 60 stalls and 130 participating outlets from surrounding malls. Visitors can also take a cruise down the Singapore River and have food served to them in tiffin carriers. Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasian fare will be duly represented at the festival to attract both locals and tourists alike. Bubbling curry...freshly-cooked pepper crabs...hot Briyani rice... So, tuck in to your heart's - and your tummy's - content at the Singapore Food Festival! Some 400,000 people are expected to hit the event this year, which will be more than the estimated 370,000 participants in 2010. The festival is into its 18th year. 28 per cent of those who attended the festival last year were tourists, up from 26 per cent in 2009. Visitors to Singapore spent about S$1.9 billion on food and beverage last year, which accounts for roughly 10 per cent of total expenditure. Mr Luke Lee, director of SPOC Solutions, the organiser of the Singapore Food Festival 2011, said: "We'll like to use this particular event to try to educate everyone, regarding our heritage and about how spices, since it was traded in the 19th century, progressed to today and how it has influenced our cuisine." "I cannot imagine a world without spices...because I'll be jobless," joked food consultant Milind Sovani, who has won the "Best Asian Cuisine Chef 2011" title. "But spices definitely add a very distinctive taste element to any dish and if you want to eat tasty dishes, if you want to eat tasty food, you need to have spices."