Thursday, March 28, 2024 | Ramadan 17, 1445 H
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EDITOR IN CHIEF- ABDULLAH BIN SALIM AL SHUEILI

Taste of Singapore from today

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A week-long Singapore Food Festival begins today at the Sheraton Hotel offering true, authentic and traditional dishes. The event is supported by the Consulate General of the Republic of Singapore in Oman. The official opening was held at the courtyard with several top officials from both Oman ministries and Singapore Consulate General and other diplomat fraternity in the Sultanate.


From 7 pm to 11 pm, the festival will offer guests the chance to travel along the Southeast Asia with a culinary treat to the senses at Sheraton’s courtyard.


“Food has always been an integral part of the Singaporean identity, and it is wonderful that Sheraton has given us this opportunity to share our Singaporean food culture with everyone,” said Dr Edmund Chia, Consul-General of Singapore in Oman.


The week-long celebration will also welcome Marriott International’s Guest Chef Tan Cheng Chwee, who hails from the Award-Winning Marriott Tang Plaza Café in Singapore. With a passion for culinary arts, Cheng Chwee believes in simplicity, comfort food and the use of fundamental ingredients to bring out the natural flavours and textures of his dishes.


Chef Chwee would be introducing a range of dishes using fresh Omani produce with Singaporean recipes according to the menu for the food festival the dishes of which will be rotated over the course of the week.


Guests can sample Mod-Sin cuisine, Singaporean Rojak, Classic Laksa, Grilled Seafood, Traditional Satay and Stir-fried Specialties; to name but a few in the background of some Asian music.


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