SALON SERAI
FOOD FOR THOUGHT, FOOD AS THOUGHT
SALON serai is 52cc’s hosted hospitality programme, centred on food, drink, and conversation. it is a continuation of the globetrotting supper SALON, exploring it means to live well, simply, and together since 2020.
the word serai is many things. it is malay for lemongrass, fragrant and fundamental to southeast asian kitchens. it is also the geylang serai market, amongst the richest larders of singaporean spice, sound, and spirit. perhaps most evocatively, it calls to mind the ancient caravanserais of the old silk road: places of pause and exchange, where diverse peoples once met under one roof to exchange food and thought.
rooted in seasonal produce from the geylang serai market, and spotlighting rare flavours of the singaporean dinner table, SALON serai brings together guests in shared inquiry into the precinct’s singular space in singapore’s culture and history.
tickets to SALON serai events are released online at selected times each month.
THE SALON SERAI ESSENTIALS
NEIGHBOURHOOD FOOD
flavours from the sprawling wet market at geylang serai and the little alleys crisscrossing joo chiat.
nothing too traditional, always kinda funky — just the way singaporeans eat at home.
HEARTY DINING
simple, celebratory home-cooking — more rambling family gathering than elaborate sit-down private dining.
go ahead, leave all tartufo expectations at the front door.
SHOES OFF
you know the drill: it’s a homey, wander around barefoot sort of a space. don’t be a neanderthal.
coming soon
the og SALON serai experience (also its most elaborate one, really). a celebration of the produce and flavours that flow through the joo chiat-geylang serai neighbourhood.
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it’s a quintessential singaporean party: dishes surge out of the kitchen throughout the night.
you’ll start off the evening at one end of the loft, and by the end of the night you’ll have migrated around and across the entire space, drink and food in hand. it’s like hyrox, but delicious.
byob, if you’d like.
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five courses (more or less)
start off by feeling kinda finger-snacky, then get bolder and saucier, then really dive into proper rib-sticking heartiness. we’ll even sweeten the deal with desserty treats.
seasonal drinks
big flavours brewed in small batches, using the best of whatever we can find at the market.
coming soon
sundowners to kickstart the evening — timed precisely for experiencing the best light in the loft, when the treacle sun spills in through the windows at juuust the right angle.
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ninety minutes of a strictly easy time. browse the art, try out all the armchairs, taste new drinks with your buddies — it’s like happy hour without having to yell over the music.
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two seasonal pours
thoroughly contingent on what’s in season at the market, and consequently what’s brewing in the SALON serai cellar
snacky snacks
little bites to go with the drinks, and to pregame your evening with