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Chilli Crab Festival
Gets Bigger And Better

The Tiger Beer Singapore Chilli Crab Festival will take place on Saturday 1 September & Sunday 2 September 2007 at a number of venues in Brick Lane, East London, including the Vibe bar and the Boiler Room

Visitors will be able to feast on Singapore's unofficial national dish, Singapore Chilli Crab, which has a delicious sauce made from fresh chillies, tomato sauce, eggs and spring onions (best eaten with your fingers despite the mess you are bound to make). Also on offer will be other traditional fare including Singapore Hainanese Chicken Rice, Singapore Char Kway Teow and Singapore Laksa, delicious noodles with tasty coconut milk based soup.

Entertaining visitors will be henna artists, a Lion Dance and ethnic market stalls.

The festival will be a great day out for people wanting a truly gastronomic experience and also interested in finding out how Singapore's diverse cultural tapestry has woven together a rich medley of flavours which has create a varied and mouth-watering cuisine unique to the island-state.

The inaugural Tiger Beer Singapore Chilli Crab Festival was held in the Vibe Bar, Brick Lane, in 2006 and attracted almost 7,000 people.