Singapore National Day Reception in London 2014

National Day Reception in London - Sep 2014.  This was organized by the Overseas Singapore Unit (OSU).  Thanks for the invite! It was a standing event held at a hotel in central london, near High Street Kensington tube station. Looking around, there were approximately 300 guests, mostly Singaporeans.

Singing the national anthem - Majulah Singapura


The Singapore High Commissioner to London, a nice lady, addressing the event.

Some performances by Singaporean talent, before the dinner started.

This young lady sang pretty well, with an accent.  I can't remember her name though.

This lady sang soprano.  Quite exotic.

Dinner starts.  This was the laksa station.  Pretty authentic.

Chicken laksa.

This was my portion.  Good taste.

Oh yes, the event was held at The Royal Garden Hotel.  This was the table for the main course.

Quite messy, but in there was some chicken rice, char kway teow and other local delicacies.

The National Day cake, quite popular so it seems.  I didn't like the cake though.

The dessert section.  Hot dessert was Bo Bo-Cha Cha, which was pretty good.

The cold dessert was fantastic - Ice Kachang! The servers would give you a bowl of crushed ice and you help yourself to the various condiments.  Very yummy.

This was my dessert - Ice Kachang in London.

Oh, more cake rolled out!

Another look at the hot food selection.  The food ran out quite quickly.

Another look at my dessert.

Singaporeans mingling around, catching up.

It was a very pleasant evening and I certainly caught up with a few friends.

Safe travels!

Majulah Singapura!