Art Events Can Be Sumptuous Affairs
By Ooi Kok Chuen
December 2019 PENANG PALETTE
Food catering at art exhibition openings/launchings and events is an art in itself – that of balancing budget, prestige, expanding clientele-followers base and sheer gastronomic lure.The standard is on the core trinity of “(main) course”, desserts and drinks. Most galleries opt for food caterers who charge “per head”, or based on its menu list, or a combination thereof. Some clients source their own homemade traditional kuih according to individual preferences; and a few take pleasure in the preparation itself, especially...
Ooi Kok Chuen
is an art-writer and journalist, and the author of MAHSURI: A Legend Reborn (Ooi Peeps Publishing), an adult contemporary fantasy “movel” (a novel conceived as a mock movie) spun from a local legend.
