San Gennaro Festival

Every year, rowdy crowds descended on the narrow streets of Little Italy for carnival games, giant sausages, deep fried oreos (?!). The purpose is to salute the patron saint of Naples - San Gennaro. I happened to pass by the San Gennaro Festival on my way to Chinatown to get my weekly fix of Singapore food. The whole pack is packed to the rafters with Italians and tourists from all around the world.


There were so much food being sold that it is scary. Meat of all kind are being grilled; oysters are being shelled and eaten with tobasco sauce; and Oreos are being coated with flour and fried. Absolutely arteries clogging. I think one deep fried Oreo contained enough cholestrol, fat and sugar to kill any old person above 60.


Classic Italian ring sausages.

These Italians are just throwing meat on rotating grills which are heated over wood fire.

Lots of policeman everywhere making sure nothing gets out of hand.

This clown was damn funny. Basically, his job is to throw insults at people and make them pay money to throw balls at a small hole in the wall; once hit, the clown will drop into a pool of water. He make fun of those who are fat, short and also those with funny hair. Needless to say, many people paid US$10 just to get 5 balls to try to hit him.