There’s a new food festival in town and the theme is eco-centric, so if you like eating (who doesn’t?) and keeping up sustainable practices (shouldn’t we all?), we recommend checking out the first-ever Singha Food Festival, slated for November 11 to 13. 

Booths from 30 of Bangkok’s hottest restaurants will be dishing out a variety of food from Thai to Western to Japanese to seafood and more during these three days at the Morakot Parking Lot in Central Chidlom from 4pm to midnight. Three alcohol selling points will be scattered throughout the fair. 

In line with the festival’s theme of sustainability and zero waste, all booths will be serving up their delights in food-grade biodegradable packaging as a way to say no to single-use packaging that clogs up landfills and pollutes our seas, and each participating restaurant will be playing with the eco theme in their own way.

Music will also feature heavily at the festival, with full line-ups of vinyl play by DJs and live music sets all three days. DJs will kick off and finish the music each day, with two live acts in between, from 8-9pm and then 9:30-10:30pm. Day one’s live music on Nov. 11, will start with Scrubb playing the first set, followed by Burin Boonvisut. For day two, Nov. 12, The Parkinson will play, followed by Joey Boy in the second slot. And to close things out on day three, Nov. 13, Tom Isara will play, followed by T-Bone. 

As for the food – the reason we’re all here for the Singha Food Festival – let’s talk about some of the Thai options first. Viral sensation Khoad Yum will have a booth, as well as experimental Thai cuisine restaurant, Baan Progressive.

Khoad Yum

Japan will be well represented at the festival, with Chim Ramen and Diner present, plus Tokki Izakaya, and the viral Japanese rice cracker seller (aka sembe), Teyaki, open for business too. One booth we’re especially keen for is Croissant Taiyaki, which puts a fusion spin on Japanese taiyaki by changing up the traditional cake batter for flaky croissant batter. 

Teyaki

Chinese food will be in the mix too, with Chef Pom – the one and only of Iron Chef. 

And there will be even more food from Thai celeb chefs, with a booth from Katok Katak, the fried chicken restaurant of some Master Chef contestants. 

Shrimp lovers, look no further than Shrimp Shrimp and Friend for shrimp prepared in more ways than you could ever imagine. 

And we’d be remiss if we didn’t highlight some of the Western food that will be at the festival. As a special menu item, Fishmonger will be churning out beer-battered fish & chips; Wanghinghoi will be putting out burgers and curly fries; and Eat Me Cheese will have all sorts of cheese on the menu, from nachos to fries smothered in cheese. Mickey’s Diner will have all-American diner favorites on offer, while Smoked by Chef Pam will be cooking up hearty, bbq classics, like Philly Smoked Cheese and Smoked Beef Nuggets. Ketotarians, there’s a booth just for you: Lowcarber will be serving a special keto menu.

Fishmonger

Smoked by Chef Pam

For something sweet, Moodaeng's Amphawa will have special custom flavors for sale like Singha Reserve and Singha Lemon Soda. 

Moodaeng's Amphawa

Well, while that was a pretty appetizing rundown of what to expect at the Singha Food Festival – if we may say so ourselves – like we mentioned at the jump, there will be a whopping 30 restaurants serving up their stuff at the event, so best check for yourself all the other food that’s on offer over the course of the festival!