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Singapore Shiok Food Truck & School of Shiok

Singapore Shiok Food Truck

The Singapore Shiok Food Truck is serving a taste of the real Singapore with hawker-style dishes. Running from March 6 to March 12, one of the Eat Art Trucks is preparing a selection of authentic dishes with a menu designed by Singaporean Masterchef finalist, Audra Morrice.

Singapore Shiok Food Truck
Singapore Shiok Food Truck

You’ll find Katong Laksa, Nonya curry chicken, Sambal stingray and Popiah wish dishes ranging from $3 to $7.

Singapore Shiok Food Truck
Singapore Shiok Truck Menu

Shiok (pron shee-ok) is a Singlish expression that conveys extreme pleasure and happiness, often associated with food. Diners are encouraged to use the word to describe their food appreciation.

Follow the food truck via @eatarttruck on Twitter for the location of the Shiok Food Truck or via the hashtag #singaporeshiok and get lost in the real taste of Singapore. Shiok!

School of Shiok

Along with the Singapore Shiok Food Truck, the School of Shiok offered invited guests a tasting of Singaporean delicacies at a pop-up location in Waterloo.

School of Shiok
L-R: Yusof’s Sedap Satay, Chin Mei Chin Koya Toast, Singapore Carrot Cake

Celebrity chef Ed Halmagyi (Fast Ed) led a cooking class where participants cooked three Singaporean dishes in small groups under his instruction.

School of Shiok
School of Shiok

Professional tasters made their way around the kitchen, tasting each of the participants’ dishes and pronouncing the winners of each course who received a silver “Singapore Shiok Special” spoon.

School of Shiok
Katong Laksa

Katong Laksa was declared as the winning dish, prepared by our team with Grant Jones (Telegraph) and Ellie Vernon (Better Homes and Gardens)…

School of Shiok
Nonya Chicken Curry 

School of Shiok
Singapore Shiok Special with Black Rice Mousse

… along with another winner from our team, the Singapore Shiok Special with Black Rice Mousse.

The clever marketing initiative by the Singapore Tourism Board urges Australians to ‘Get lost and find the real Singapore’ by going beyond the Singapore they know and discovering the exciting experiences it has to offer.

About the author

Corinne Mossati

Corinne Mossati is a drinks writer, author of GROW YOUR OWN COCKTAIL GARDEN, SHRUBS & BOTANICAL SODAS and founder/editor of Gourmantic, Cocktails & Bars and The Gourmantic Garden. She has been writing extensively about spirits, cocktails, bars and cocktail gardening in more recent years. She is a spirits and cocktail competition judge, Icons of Whisky Australia nominee, contributor to Diageo Bar Academy, cocktail developer and is named in Australian Bartender Magazine's Top 100 Most Influential List. Her cocktail garden was featured on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia and has won several awards. She is a contributor to Real World Gardener radio program and is featured in several publications including Pip Magazine, Organic Gardener, Australian Bartender and Breathe (UK). Read the full bio here.