Singapore is a food paradise. Here, you will find many iconic Chinese Singaporean dishes. You would have crossed paths with them at hawker centres, restaurants and maybe even tried your hands at making them. However, have you wondered how these dishes came to be?
The dishes in this exhibition are all hiding secret “ingredients”. Unlike food ingredients in a recipe, these are “cultural” ingredients. They have been around for as long as the Chinese have been in Singapore.
We can find traces of these secret ingredients in the stories of our iconic dishes. Begin your mission to uncover these secret ingredients at the Briefing Station.
Hurry, time is running out.
| Venue | Duration |
| Waterway Point B2 The Cove | 1 – 31 March 2022 |
| Eastpoint Mall Atrium (Level 1) | 1 – 17 April 2022 |
| Nanyang Primary School (Not open to public) | 18 – 29 April 2022 |
| OUE Downtown Gallery (Level 1) | 1 – 31 May 2022 |
| Chinatown Point Atrium (Level 1) | 2 – 30 June 2022 |
| The Atrium @ Orchard (Level 1) | 2 – 31 July 2022 |
| SingPost Centre Atrium (Level 1) | 2 – 31 August 2022 |
| Causeway Point (Level 1) | 2 – 11 September 2022 |
| Catholic High (Not open to public) | 13 – 23 September 2022 |
| The Metropolis (Tower 2, Level 1) | 2 – 31 October 2022 |
| Heartbeat@Bedok (Level 1) | 1 – 14 November 2022 |
| Dover Court International School (Not open to public) | 16 November – 18 December 2022 |
| SAFRA Punggol (Level 3) | 20 December 2022 – 8 January 2023 |
| Pasir Ris Crest Secondary School (Not open to public) | 10 – 30 January 2023 |
| North Spring Primary School (Not open to public) | 1 – 24 February 2023 |
| Seng Kang Secondary School (Not open to public) | 28 February – 20 March 2023 |
| Changkat Primary School (Not open to public) | 22 March – 14 April 2023 |
| Anderson Primary School (Not open to public) | 18 – 28 April 2023 |
| Yu Neng Primary School (Not open to public) | 3 – 17 May 2023 |
| Tiong Bahru Community Centre | 18 May – 11 June 2023 |
| KINEX | 12 June – 2 July 2023 |
| Nanyang Primary School | 4 July – 21 July 2023 |
| City Square Mall | 22 July – 22 August 2023 |
| Cineleisure Orchard | 23 August – 10 September 2023 |
| Temasek Junior College (Not open to public) | 19 September – 5 October 2023 |
| Raffles Girls’ School (Not open to public) | 9 – 26 October 2023 |
| Changi Airport Terminal 3 ST3PS | 17 November 2023 – 25 January 2024 |
| Greendale Secondary School (Not open to public) | 29 January – 8 February 2024 |
| Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre Concourse Level 1 | 9 February – 24 May 2024 |
This programme was part of Singapore HeritageFest 2022. For more information, visit https://www.sgheritagefest.gov.sg/.
Mar 01, 2022 - May 24, 2024
Texts in English and Chinese
Free
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