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Mark your calendar for Sunday, August 8th -- the arrival of the first NYC Tiger Beer Singapore Chili Crab Festival in Dumbo.
In the spirit of bringing the essence and excitement of Singapore to the New York area, the festival will be a day filled with art, entertainment, and delicious ethnic cuisine.There will be bands, dragon dancing, and kickboxing demonstrations, but best of all, spicy chili crabs, the national dish of Singapore. Get ready for some major finger-lickin'! You can get there free via the water taxi -- details on the website. Water Street between Dock and Main, 12-6 pm, rain or shine.
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Awww yeah. I saw the poster for this at the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory. mMMmm, chili crabs.
Chili crabs? What are they exactly? I know about hairy crabs...
Here's a recipe: http://www.makantime.com/malay2.htm - sounds messy and delicious. I'm hella gonna be there.
This event was a travesty, a sham, and a mockery. If you thought the bbq block party was disorganized, you have no idea.
David -- you're the second person I've heard from who had a frustrating day there. Hmmm. Perhaps they had more people than expected?
I'm guessing they expected about 20 people. Seriously. To begin with, this was not a "Festival" or even a "Block Party". It was more like a couple of folding tables and an stage for the band.
We arrived at around 1pm to a massively long line for the chili crab. The reason for the line? There was only one wok serving the food. Oh sure, you could get burgers and hot dogs at the other stand, but wasn't it supposed to be about chili crab? There should've been at least three table serving food spread out on the block. Didn't seem worth waiting 15 minutes for a small paper bowl of chili crab. we bailed for food elsewhare.
Then again, just like Gus Van Sant films, I always hope the next street festival I venture to won't suck, but somehow it always does.