Gastrogeography of Singapore

Building connections to place through food and what naturally grows in that place. We create installations, curate experiences and explore the dynamic relationship between land and sustenance.

Would you like to taste a place ?

Most of us, code places with sights, sound and taste, we recollect holidays, the smell and taste of food experiences especially childhood food memories. We remember eating berries from a hedge or trying to pry open a nut to savour what’s inside. And when we recollect these experiences we get transported back to the place where it occurred.

We love creating a sense place through edible plants that thrive in that location by creating recipes, food and multi-sensorial experiences. It is through taste, smell, touch that we build connections to what is around us We invite you to see the world around you through a different lens and build roots to that place by ingesting a bit of that place through the recipes we create

About Us

We started out as an art collective, exploring what’s edible, in our everyday surroundings that we often overlook or are not aware of . Over the last 9 years we have presented botanical installations, curated and created new recipes with uncommon plants and produce, organised Gastrogeography Walks, hosted dining and tasting experiences and have created our own Botanical Teas and Tropical Temptatons sauces under the brand Myristica Hill .

The collective presented Gastrogeography of Singapore at the Singapore Biennale.

Since then, Gastrogeography of Singapore has continued to create and share work across both private and public spaces, including Food is Art Installation at Factory@new Bahru for the Singapore Food Festival, Mise en Place at Dempsey Hill for the SIngapore Food Festival, Conrad SIngapore Orchard, WowHaus, Maison Ikkoku, National Museum of Singapore, National Book Council, ArtScience Museum and Geology Gallery at Sentosa.

Installations

Immersive experiences that tell the story of Singapore’s relationship with food, nature and place through interactive installations

  • Custom installation design

  • Interactive food experiences

  • Educational exhibitions

  • Community engagement products

We create immersive installations that tell the story of Singapore’s relationship with its natural environment and food systems.

Installation with over 40 varieties of edible plants created for the Singapore Food Festival

at Mise en Place at Dempsey Hill

Installation with 84 botanical samples of edible plants and produce from the

orchard road area in singapore (Conrad Orchard Singapore)

Tasting the world around you

We develop new applications for local ingredients, experimenting with traditional and contempoarary flavours and techniques

Recipe Development

We create and curate recipes that celebrate local ingredients and explore new applications for traditional produce

Modern interpretation of traditional recipes

Seasonal menu development

Ingredient innovation workshops

Collaborative recipe curation

Creating something unexpected

Half the fun is in creating interesting ways to elevate tastes, smells and presentation of edible produce that we take for granted

We eat with our eyes first

We explore ways to showcase the beauty and colours that edible plants and flowers present to us

Gastrogeography Walks

We organise walks to explore edible plants and produce, its applications, health benefits and the history or journey specific plants. These walks always have a tasting aspect so that walkers get to connect with the landscape. Join us for guided explorations through Singapore’s neighbourhopds, discovering how food, culture and place interweave into local identities.

Neighbourhood walks highlighting local produce

Private group walk with tasting experiences

Educational workshops

Collaborations

We partner with corporate clients, organisations, local farmers, growers, artists, food artisans and chefs to explore and celebrate Singapore’s evolving landscape

We believe that understanding a place through its food, including what grows naturally and what has been adopted and adapted, creates deeper, more meaningful connections to our environment.

Through exploration, experimentation, and collaboration, we uncover the stories, that make Singapore’s food landscape uniquely dynamic.

  • Garden to Table partnerships

  • Artisan product development

  • Community garden projects

  • Sustainable food initiatives

Experience our own Botanical Teas

Myristica Hill is our own brand of carefully curated tea blends  rooted in the principles of Gastrogeography, each blend highlights specific botanical ingredients that need to be celebrated. It all started with the quest to create a sleep tea that is made of ingredients from this region vs lavender and camomile that do not thrive in our tropical climate. These are pure botanical teas with mostly organic ingredientsas we wanted to create a natural alternative that tastes good and is good for us. 

Our artisanal tea blends are thoughtfully crafted to reflect Singapore’s tropical diversity and cultural heritage.

Try our unique Tropical Temptations sauces

Tropical Temptations Series are made of three distinct sauces that showcase ingredients that are often used as condiments and sometimes overlooked. Made without preservatives, vegetable or palm oils, these suaces are made with clean, simple ingredients.

These sauces can be served as dips with crackers, mixed in with pasta or noodles or added a marinades for meat and seafood.

Our artisanal sauces are made with clena ingredients and tell a story of some of Singapore’s favourite ingredients.