COFFEE TALK
Singapore coffee festival is an event for all coffee lovers and more. I went to this year’s coffee fest held at the Marina Bay Cruise Centre and was greeted with beautiful quotes along the way. Enticing me of course!
The first stop that caught my eye was organic coffee!. Had to try. Drank 2 cups of Peruvian coffee. Loved it. Especially the coffee named fiesta. My must buy to bring home!
I was looking around for breakfast but there was nothing much. While looking for a bite I was intrigued by 3 vendors, selling pie tee buah kluak, chilli crab croissant and vegan burger made totally with soya. Wasn’t keen on soya and chilli crab croissant was more like lunch so settled for the pie tee. Good choice, spicy with generous filling of chicken and buah kluak paste. It was definitely a ‘wow’. Should have reduced the salt though.
Pie tee full of buah kluak flavor!
Headed down to learn to make flat white which is what I normally order when I am in a cafe.
So it is 30% expresso with 60% steamed milk and 10% milk froth. So I can do it at home for my daily caffeine fix..
I had always liked and have followed Sumiko Tan’s writings in the Sunday times for many years, so participated in Coffee with the columnists with Sr writer, Mr WongKH together with another best known columnist Ignatius Low in the forum. Realized that they write their hearts out and not something they were told to write on. Great! Mr Ignatius Low was honest so will follow his column too.
This drink caught my eye at the wharf area. But I loved the bottle more than the lychee tea that was inside it!
Walked around several vendors, surprised that Shiseido is not only a cosmetic house but a cafe as well. They had collagen drinks and cheese cake – couldn’t control my amusement.. They were promoting their skin care range at the same time. Yes good idea!
I had time to listen to a talk on flat lay photography who is a blogger himself. Delivery could have been better.
Some ST staff at the entrance of the activity corner at the flat lay photography were not very helpful. Maybe the organizers could do it better next time.
Nevertheless there was more than just coffee, there was wine, books, magazines, coffee in ice cream, and many cafes showing off their wares. There were interesting forums, talks, learning to brew coffee, tasting like an expert and home roasting demonstrations. Of course there were chocolates and those from Nicaragua and Belize were worth a try.
Loved the ambience and the space to move around. Happy to note recycling was a part of the festival to save the earth. Great Move! The crowd was basically young, from 20s to 40s, very hip and adventurous!
Yes I will join again next year.
