“The Finest Thai” is here! Earlier this week, we saw many people sharing about this upcoming event that is taking place at The Royal Thai Embassy. It’s near to our workplace, so we decided to drop by! Being fans of Thai food, movies and music, we were pretty excited about it!
As with many events in Singapore, one of our major concerns was the crowd. We were glad that the crowd wasn’t too bad at all! We were greeted by food stalls once we entered, and many other stalls with clothing, accessories and different Thai products followed. There are also stations where you can learn silk-weaving.
Food queues were long, but as the place wasn’t too hot, we felt that it was still manageable. The one queue that you will notice will be the queue at “After You”, the very popular cafe in Bangkok that many Singaporeans visit during their trip there.
There is an air-conditioned area within the building, where there are more stalls in there! The stuff are very nicely designed, and the stalls had a makers market kind of feel to them. Some people didn’t notice this part of the market, so do have a look out for it!
One of the other issues will be the lack of proper seats for dining, which resulted in people sitting by the road inside the embassy. They have beanbags and tables, but just not enough for the crowd.
The most important thing to note is that the event closes at 9pm! Most food stalls were already out of food or closing by around 8:15-8:30pm. So in the end, we didn’t get to enjoy much of the food, managing to only buy some spring rolls and Thai Milk Tea. Our friends joined us late and got himself a “Talad Drink”, so we tried that too!
Not sure how the crowd will be for Saturday and Sunday, but if you want shorter queues, go in the day! The music only starts in the evening though, so it depends on what you want to experience. I think it’s worth going in and having a look as the crowd is not off-putting at all! Have fun!
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