Your go-to guide on what to eat at Artbox 2024

All-day night festival Artbox Avenue returns to Singapore Expo and will run over two weekends, till Feb 4. 

If you’re worried about the erratic weather conditions, fret not as the event is held indoors at Expo Hall 2 and is touted as Singapore’s largest indoor event with more than 300 F&B and retail vendors. 

Artbox 2024 will run from Jan 26 to Jan 28 and Feb 2 to Feb 4, from 12pm to 11pm on each day. Tickets start from S$7 and can be purchased on Artbox’s website. 

If you happen to be visiting Singapore for the weekend and are wondering what’s the hype about, we hear overseas guests can get 30% off general walk-in tickets and a small gift, just by showing your air ticket and passport!

Aside from a myriad of food and retail options, Artbox 2024 visitors can also enjoy performances from local and overseas acts such as Singaporean violinist Jocelyn Ng, and Thai pop band The Parkinson and even sing their hearts out at Teo Heng’s Karaoke-in-a-Container. 

Other exciting activities include chocolate painting workshops by local chocolatier Janice Wong, Nintendo Switch and arcade games, caricatures by Jelly Caricature, an AI photobooth by Alternate VP, and even larger-than-life chess games by the Aliwal Chess Club. 

With so much to see and do, you might want to first get your stomachs filled up first before embarking on the many free on-site activities. 

We’ve done the literal legwork across the 120 food stalls on-site — here’s a quick look of what you can order at Artbox 2024 so you make the most of your time there:

1. Mala, both soup and dry versions, from Mala Cup (Booth 241)

If you’re a huge mala fan, you wouldn’t want to miss out on Mala Cup’s handy mala-in-a-cup, which comes in both mala tang (soup) or dry versions. 

We opted for its Eat For Fun combination which comes with three ingredients and instant noodles for S$8. If you want to Eat Till Full, it’s seven ingredients with noodles for S$15. 

Those who prefer xiao la (small spice) might prefer to get the soup version — we hear the dry version is closer to a medium spice level! 

2. Pani puri from Chai O’ Clock (Booth 183)

These bite-sized pani puris (five pieces for S$6) from the TikTok-famous Chai O’ Clock are made from halal ingredients and are the perfect finger food for Artbox. 

Each pani puri has just the right amount of potato filling-to-crust ratio and while I personally love my pani puri a little more minty, this was still plenty satiating and highly addictive.

3. Durian bowl and fatcarons from Sweedy Patisserie (Booth 268)

What’s better than a macaron? Fatcarons, that is. Established in 2019, Sweedy Patisserie is known for its picture-worthy fat macarons, or fatcarons as they’re popularly known, that taste just as good as they look. 

Fans of Sweedy’s desserts should also catch its limited-edition mao shan wang durian bowl (S$9.80) that’s only available at Artbox 2024 and is good for two. It comes with a crispy butter-sugar breadstick and a huge dollop of thick and creamy mao shan wang mousse, topped with almond crumbs — perfect for anyone planning to indulge this weekend.

4. Mochi waffles from Sohtt (Booth 254)

Founded by a former hotel pastry chef and her partner, Sohtt serves up innovative desserts such as mochi waffles and panna cotta milk tea (S$6.90). When we walked past Sohtt’s eye-catching menu items, we knew we had to try its mochi waffles (S$13 for three waffles).

No regrets because the warm mochi waffles made our entire evening — we went with plain, nutella and kaya butter. Not only did the toppings go perfectly with the waffle, the mochi filling is also slightly sweet so it’s still a treat even if you opt for a plain one.

5. Toasticles from Milk Bear (Booth 242)

Fans of Bangkok’s Jodd Fairs might be familiar with yummy milk frappes sold at the popular night market. Milk Bear is Singapore’s version of that, selling not just milk frappes, but also a unique snack known as a toasticle, or a toast popsicle (S$6). 

Its toasticles come in four flavours at Artbox 2024: S’mores, chilli crab, milo, and pizza. You can opt to pair it with its frappes or its Artbox-exclusive seafood yum mama (S$10), a dry-tossed seafood and tom yum Mama instant noodle dish. 

6. Creamy Thai omelette rice bowl and mooping from Central Siam Cuisine (Booth 259)

Now we know everyone’s flocking to Jay Fai’s streetside stall for her famous fluffy crab omelette, but if a visit to Bangkok isn’t on the cards yet, then try this rendition from Central Siam Cuisine. The Thai kiosk sells three versions of its creamy omelette rice bowl — mooping (S$12), prawn (S$12) and crab (S$15).

We opted for the creamy omelette mooping as we’re huge fans of pork skewers. Central Siam’s version turned out to be well seasoned but slightly tough, so have it the moment it’s grilled to ensure maximum juiciness. 

The omelette? Not quite Jay Fai’s standard, but it’ll do till our next flight out to +66. 

Once you’re done with the food, remember to maximise your trip there by checking out the complimentary entitlements that your Artbox 2024 entry ticket comes with such as an AI photo booth experience, a Virtual Reality or Switch game, a free karaoke song, or a try at the claw machines.

There truly is something for everyone at Artbox 2024, so make full use of the next two weekends to explore the expansive festival. 

If you’re stuck in a queue for food at Artbox 2024, why not read our recent commentary on the state of hawker culture in Singapore, or some well-loved HungryGoWhere stories over the past year. 

Do explore the new GrabFood Dine-in service for awesome deals. 


You can also book a ride to Artbox 2024 at Expo Hall 2.