'dear santa,' christmas market by east coast commune @ marine cove
🗓️ December 2024 📍East Coast Commune
“Dear Santa, here’s our wishlist! 🎁✨”
Last holiday season, Hwe curated two special holiday bundles with a mix of sweet and savoury pastries for all our market visitors and friends to enjoy during the Christmas holidays.
Hosted by East Coast Commune and also joined by other local makers, Hwe prepared a variety of tea cakes, tarts, scones, cake rolls, choux puff, bread, slow-cooked jam and biscotti for our guests to take home to share with their loved ones 🎄💚 Thank you to Shermein & Khim for inviting us to be a part of your market and to all our friends at a summer in hwe who came by to say hi & bring back a box or two! 🥰
moriawase market by issho labo @ prosper house
🗓️ October 2024 📍Prosper House
As previously featured on TimeOut: “A gathering of food, craft & big little things in life.”
Last October, Hwe did a pop-up at the Moriawase market hosted by Issho Labo, a maker studio of ceramic and wood craft. Along with other local makers equally passionate in their craft, Hwe curated a beautiful variety of pastries for guests to take home in her signature handcrafted boxes packaged with fresh herbs 📦🌿 As what Issho Labo said: “Whether it’s craft, food or big little things that make your heart sing, we’re here for it. 🫶🏻 Thank you to Xinnie & Chiyong – founders at Issho Labo for inviting us to be a part of such a cosy market, and to all our friends at a summer in hwe who came by and took home our pastries! 🥰
media launch for asahi super dry nama jokki @ a summer in t.br
🗓️ December 2023 📍a summer in t.br
Last December, a summer in t.br was invited by Third Space Asia to create an exclusive tasting experience for the launch of the new Asahi Super Dry Nama Jokki. Fueled by creativity, Hwe & Gerald curated a 10-course menu to bring out and complement the flavours of the new Asahi Super Dry Nama Jokki.
Hosted at a summer in t.br’s intimate space, Hwe & Gerald welcomed Asahi and their guests over two sessions – from artists and athletes, to food editors and content creators. Distinctive dishes were uniquely concocted for the media launch as a first-of-its-kind, including Asahi beer-compressed muscat grapes as part of the appetizer, an Asahi beer jelly in the pre-dessert of blood orange sorbet, and an Asahi beer gelato in a choux puff served in the sweets platter.
Huge appreciation to Denise and team from Third Space Asia for the trust and collaboration, as well as to Hannah from Asahi and their invited guests for being an absolute pleasure to host! 🙂 #BeyondExpected
friday's & friends christmas market @ friday's garden
🗓️ November 2023 📍Friday’s Garden studio
Last November, Hwe joined Clare – founder at Friday’s Garden, as well as many other local creatives at Friday’s & Friends Christmas Market, an annual Christmas pop-up hosted by Friday’s Garden. Hwe brought along some of her signature tea cakes and handcrafted jam to share with guests who came to bask in the gifting season 🎄🎁✨ Thank you also to all our friends at a summer in hwe who swung by to say hi and took home some pastries! ☺️
four hands at lerouy @ amoy street
🗓️ August 2023 📍Lerouy @ Amoy Street
Last August, Gerald from a summer in t.br joined a long-time friend and ex-colleague, Lee – head chef at Lerouy for a one-night only four hands collaboration at the beautiful Modern French restaurant of Lerouy. The dinner welcomed over 24 guests in full seating, taking our guests through a 9-course Modern European menu with Asian influences.
A massive thank you to chef Christophe Lerouy – chef owner at Lerouy for sharing your space so graciously with us, and to all our friends and new friends who came by to spend the evening together 🙂
pop-up at bar stories @ haji lane
🗓️ August-November 2020 📍Bar Stories @ Haji Lane
In her first ever pop-up, Hwe joined friend and ex-colleague, JT for a three months dinner collaboration with Bar Stories – Singapore’s original artisanal cocktail bar at the eclectic Haji Lane. Named InsideOut, the pop-up showcased two different menus curated by each chef, with the first being a contemporary and refined izakaya concept – brainchild of JT; and the second being an 8-course omakase menu inspired by Hwe’s journey when she backpacked around Southeast Asia and across other continents.
Hwe’s menu took her guests on a delectable trip across Sicily, Laos, Hanoi and more – presenting dishes like arancini “fried rice balls, sicilian-style”, lemongrass chicken skewer “fun times in laos”, and charred pork patty, a reinvented bun cha “memories of hanoi” – amongst many other dishes.
Her time at Bar Stories was unforgettable, with the wonderful opportunity to meet and mingle with many bar guests and friends of a summer in hwe. An immense gratitude to Dave – co-founder & head mixologist at Bar Stories for the partnership and friendship, as well as to the entire Bar Stories team for the incredible support ❤️🔥