[Event Info] TWO DAYS ONLY, Trendy Thai Festival, This Weekend!

What is it!

The Trendy Thai Festival is a FREE vendor exhibition with an assortment of cultural activities happening throughout this weekend (think, Muay Thai performances, cooking demonstrations, raffle and prize draws, and more).

We had the chance to visit a preview of the "Trendy Thai Festival" in the SuperBrand mall today. Which, if you haven't been yet, it's quite the example of modern Chinese engineering marvels. The mall is HUGE, large cavernous insides, with glass skylights, designed in an open-air fashion.

We ran into some Russian tourists who were marveling at venue selection itself!

If you're in Puxi, this is one good excuse to make the modest trek out to Lujiazui for some Thai products and cultural activities from the land of smiles.

Why Go?

Head down to get some Thai produce and kitchen products for GOOOOD prices...

The Thai Festival is compact, but worthwhile to go to, especially if you enjoy Thai flavors, and tropical produce like mangos (20 yuan), coconuts (15 yuan), and mangosteens (20 yuan per 1/2 kilo).

If you like to chef around your kitchen at home, there are a few Thai vendors slinging sweet chili sauce, lime salad dressings, packets of curries of all colors for 10 yuan each (red, yellow, and green), fish sauce, all at REALLY cheap prices that would absolutely put places like City Super to shame.

We picked up a few direct from Thailand mangos (delicious), mangosteens (also delicious), as well as durian (a unique sensory experience.)

Food Food Food

A few interesting non-food vendors too...

If you have an interest in martial arts, there's a Muay Thai studio there with staff that can talk to you about this sport.

But something that will appeal to a lot of folks are the Thai Massage spas! One of then, aptly named Thai Massage, is giving away 100 yuan vouchers.

The Weekend Schedule

In addition to the vendor booths, there are lineups on Saturday and Sunday with various different cultural activities.

Check out the schedule below:

Saturday, May 11 (10am-8pm)

- 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm: Opening Act

- 10:30am, 12:20pm, 2:20pm, 4:20pm, 6:20pm: Thai Dance Performance

- 10:35am, 12:25pm, 2:25pm, 5:30pm, 6:25pm: Q&A Game

- 10:50am, 12:40pm, 2:40pm, 4:25pm, 6:40pm: Muay Thai Performance

- 10:55am, 12:45pm, 2:45pm: Thai Cuisine Cooking Demonstration

- 11:10am, 1pm, 3pm: Introduction to Thai Fruits / Games

- 11:25am, 1:30pm, 3:30pm, 5:45pm, 7:45pm: Lucky Draw

- 4:45pm: Special Event: Thai Song Karaoke Competition

- 6:45pm: Live Performance by Thai Band

Sunday, May 12 (10am-8pm)

- 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4:15pm, 6pm: Opening Act

- 10:30am, 12:20pm, 2:20pm, 4:20pm, 6:20pm: Thai Dance Performance

- 10:35am, 12:25pm, 2:25pm, 5:30pm, 6:25pm: Q&A Game

- 10:50am, 12:40pm, 2:40pm, 4:25pm, 6:40pm: Muay Thai Performance

- 10:55am, 12:45pm, 2:45pm: Thai Cuisine Cooking Demonstration

- 11:10am, 1pm, 3pm: Introduction to Thai Fruits / Games

- 11:25am, 1:30pm, 3:30pm, 5:45pm, 7:45pm: Lucky Draw

- 4:45pm: Special Event: "Share Trendy Thai Moments"

- 6:45pm: Live Performance by Thai Band