Singha 75

Last night Tim and I attended Singha Beer's 75th anniversary party. Tim's business has an exclusive contract with Singha, so she and her brother got VIP invitations.

The party was nice. I ended up drinking a bit of Scotch before we went, so by the time we arrived I was feeling pretty good. The party was at the Exposition Center, which is a pretty big convention center that hosts a lot of trade shows. Singha rented out two halls, which they had decorated with Singha related trappings. Among the highlights of the decor included a few race cars and boats sponsored by Singha as well as a chandelier made out of beer bottles. The chandelier was probably fifty or so feet wide, and had to be comprised of thousands of bottles.

There were probably a few thousand guests at the party. Most were Thai, but there were a few other falangs there as well. They had a food station set up in each of the corner and waiters and waitresses walking around with hor dourves. My favorite things were some really tasty shrimp tempura and some Thai nut that I had never tried before. Tim laughed and told me that the nuts were really cheap. That is a good thing.

Initially we had difficulty getting something to drink. Kind of ironic to be thirsty at a party hosted by the biggest Thai beverage company. We finally figured out the problem. The drinks were coming out of another corner, and the servers never maid it over to where we were. Finally Tim I headed over to the other part of the hall, where we found beer, wine, and company-made soft drinks a plenty. We actually sat down at a table for a bit and relaxed.

Singha had some famous Thai singers entertain guests. Well, Tim said that they were famous and as she had no reason to lie about it, I believe her. A few of the songs were in English, but I cannot remember the titles.

We ended up leaving after a couple of hours, as Top and Tham were ready to go. When we left, we each received this nice looking book chronicling the history of Singha. I had Tim tell her contact that I was going to put my on eBay. I think that he might have laughed politely, but I'm not sure that he got my joke.