Food&Hotel Asia 2008

I jumped at the chance to go for this tradefair when presented a complimentary ticket. As it is a tradefair, you need to be in a F&B industry to get invited or informed of this event. Besides, even if you want to purchase a ticket to enter, it'll cost $80/pax and still have to whip out yr company business card!


While I do not hv a F&B business card or a valid ownership of a F&B registered business, I filled in as online baking. :) No regrets at all for travelling from one end of the island to the other end (from office to expo grounds) with Elyn and K. Only pity is that there's not enough time for me to explore the 7 halls. We zoomed in the baking section (hall 6) and the rest were just a walk-thru'.However along the way to Hall 6, there's many things which distracted caught our attention... not to mention the many food samples everywhere.


At the baking section, there were many baking equipment on display. Of course it's not for homebakers but commercial uses. The companies were looking for distributors and franchises and also creating product and brand awareness. Very often when we tried enquiring abt certain products, they would refer us to the distributors in sg.While others dream of walk-in wardrobes, I want a walk-in oven! *giggles*OK... maybe that's not gonna happen... what abt a cool looking oven like this! Love the brass rings design at the thermometer... so vintage!Many stylo looking cakes too! This is actually a chiler/fridge that's rotating.... and look at all the yummies in it!

More cakes and stuff....One of the companies that sells silicon molds. CHOCOLATES!!! LOLIce-cream!!!

We went on the last day of the fair, and it happened to end earlier than the usual hours for the 1st 3 days. Some companies were then trying to sell off their molds and equipments at a lower price, so that less cost would be incurred if they were to ship their sutff back home. We made use of this opportunity to buy some silicon molds! I ended up with 3 small silicon molds and a 10-in cake mold. I would consider it a very good buy since it's abt $5 off the usual retail price if I were to purchase the same mold at the local baking supply shops.

Happy with the purchases we made and the many sinful food we sampled, we ended off the day reminding each other to try the molds out this weekends! LOL....