Things to do this month: September 2018

Credit: Sake Matsuri’s Facebook

Sake Matsuri Singapore 2018
On 29 September, join fellow sake addicts at UE Square for Sake Matsuri Singapore 2018. It’s hailed as the largest craft sake festival in Singapore. There, you will get to taste over 200 sakes from 50 sake breweries; seven varieties are currently not available here.

Purchase your ticket at $45 per person. The admission price includes tasting flights organised by brewmsters and brewery owners as well as entry to masterclasses by two sake experts. Be a Sake Expert in 45 minutes is conducted by Micky Chan, a sake sommelier and the second non-Japanese to be conferred the title of Sake Samurai. Kenji Ichishima, who is the chairperson of Japan Brewery Junior Council, will helm a session on Regionality of Niigata – The Burgundy of Japan.

Get your tickets here: www.sakematsuri.sg

Skylight Atrium, UE Square, 81 Clemenceau Avenue.

SG Farmers’ Market
Hosted by myVillage @ Serangoon Garden and co-organised by the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore and Singapore Agro-Food Enterprises Federation, SG Farners’ Market is back for the second year. Taking place on 22 and 23 September, shoppers can expect some of best locally-grown produce, including fruits, veggies, fish and brown rice, from 20 local farms. Apart from more familiar names like Sustenir Agriculture (strawberries and kale) and Kühlbarra (barramundi), there are other interesting products that will make it a worthwhile trip.

Allegro Aqua will offer Temasek Organic Fragrant Brown Rice Shop, which is said to contain higher dietary fibre and is softer in texture, as well as the omega-3 enriched St John’s sea bass. Shop for the first pesticide-free Brazilian spinach from Nippon Koi Farm. The Fish Farmer’s will introduce a new species of Taiwanese sea perch alongside its existing range of seabass, pomfret and red snapper.

While you’re there, join Marc Wee, founder and chef of popular café, Arbite, and chef Jimmy Chok for live cooking demos using the local produce.

The SG Farmers’ Market will open from 9am to 2pm on both days.

myVillage @ Serangoon Garden, 1 Maju Avenue. myvillage.sg