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The 50 Cents Fest

When:

Sat Jul 27 2019, 11:00am–11:00pm
Sun Jul 28 2019, 11:00am–11:00pm

Where: Chinatown Food Street, Smith Street, Chinatown, Singapore

Restrictions: All ages

Ticket Information:

  • Admission: Free

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The 50 Cents Fest is bringing the hustle and bustle back to the Chinatown Food Street once again with its 4th edition. Jointly organised by Select Group Pte Ltd and Chinatown Food Street as a part of the annual Singapore Food Festival, which is in its 26th year running, this year’s festival spotlights Hokkien heritage, taking visitors through a multi-sensory, gastronomical experience of all that the largest dialect group in Singapore has to offer.

More than 88,000 people visited last year’s 1930s-themed edition, and The 50 Cents Fest is kicking it up a notch this year with plans to feature over 40 stalls and mobile vendors peddling an assortment of more than 50 different savouries and sweets. Everything at this award-winning festival is priced from a humble S$0.50 to no more than S$3.00, and visitors will get to taste traditional Hokkien dishes—some of which are rare finds these days—ranging from Hokkien-style rice, noodles and nourishing soups, to snacks, small pastries, and ice-cold desserts and drinks.

The 50 Cents Fest 2019 is bringing on board heritage restaurants such as Beng Hiang, an established Hokkien restaurant founded in 1978 well-known for its melt-in-the-mouth kong bak pau (braised pork belly bun). More heritage restaurants that have also been serving up authentic Hokkien fare are in the pipeline for this year’s edition. Tucked away in a corner of Chinatown Food Street will be a hidden Hokkien roadside stall presenting traditional dishes like hei zho (prawn rolls), fried Hokkien mee and ‘buddha jumps over the wall’, a nutritious soup made with a medley of premium ingredients like conpoy, fish maw, abalone and ginseng.

To hype up the crowd during the two-day festival, The 50 Cents Fest will also be hosting interactive and exciting activities, such as a "Jiak Ba Buay?" (have you eaten?) bingo game and nostalgic arcade games. Other festivities that add to the fun, buzzing atmosphere include a Mixed Goods Store retail lane with Hokkien-inspired merchandise from local brand Wetteeshirt and more!

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