Come Nov 8 and Nov 9, Cantonese restaurant Man Fu Yuan at InterContinental Singapore will serve a condensed interpretation of China’s most elaborate dining tradition: The Manchu-Han Imperial Feast. Said to have originated in the mid-1700s during the reign of the emperor Kangxi, the feast famously featured 108 dishes served over multiple days. While there are no surviving records to confirm these banquets actually took place on such a grand scale, the legend has long captured the imagination of chefs and diners across generations and, since at least the late 1800s, has been upheld as an example of how the Chinese imperial family ate.