Dine Inn Makan-tastic Food Event at Pek Kio CC; By Esso LPG and Dine Inn

11 August 2017 Gwendolyn

Coined as Makan-tastic, this Community Dine Inn Event is a joint collaboration between Esso LPG and Dine Inn. Makan-tastic is a platform that gathers the Dine Inn hosts together to share their homemade dishes, house recipes, savoury food and desserts creations.

Find out more on my Dine Inn experiences here!

Through Makan-tastic, the public can attend the event and savour the different types of cuisine cooked by the various Dine Inn hosts.

Each public member, upon signing up, will receive food coupons that can be redeemed at each booth.

During this year’s National Day, Makan-tastic was held in full-blast at Pek Kio Community Centre from 8:30AM to 12:30PM. People from all walks of life attended this event, dressed in a sea of red and white. The whole place was basked in a festive mood; a great way to start the day all vibrant and happy.

20 Dine Inn Hosts were involved in the event, serving three of their speciality dishes. Their full-time jobs may range from businessman, consultant to director and professionals. But that does not deter them from pursuing a collective passion, i.e. baking and/or cooking.

Annie Yang’s Bentong Ginger Fried Chicken With Spring Onions

Many local favourites could be spotted during the event such as the Herbal Egg, Stir Fried Singapore Egg Noodle, Chicken Kong Ba Pau, Mince Mutton Roti John and Lontong.

Sally Lim’s Steamed Chicken With Black Fungus, Chinese Sausage & Mushrooms

We also discovered homely soups like the Nourishing Fish Maw Soup and Japanese Sweet Potato Green Bean Soup.

Janice Yam’s Durian Pudding, Cous Cous Salad With Greek Yoghurt; Ram Jo’s Cinnamon Rice Pudding; Arti’s Rasmalai

We had a taste of International flavours with the Japanese Rolled Egg Omelet and Spicy Lala.

Judy Bakes’ Mini Egg Tart and Japanese Rolled Egg Omelet

We also learnt about the various dish names from Dine Inn hosts of another race; and a few tips or two on the cooking methods.

Janice Yam’s Succotash With Mixed Herb Chicken

The eye-opener of the day was seeing how each individual host make use of their creativity to create dishes you wouldn’t have the chance to eat anywhere else.

We literally swooned at the Meatloaf Cupcakes topped with broccolli, sweet potato and purple potato mash respectively.

Read more on my dining experience at Jo Ann’s Omakase Dinner.

We also ate some Chilli Chocolate Macaron, Funfetti Macaron and Lavender Coconut Macaron which consisted of flavours that matchmake perfectly.

Not forgetting the colourful tiered Macarons and Cheesecake that feels like afternoon tea?