English Premier League club Crystal Palace were in Singapore recently for the Standard Chartered Singapore Trophy 2022, a one-off match against fellow top-flight side Liverpool. The 26-man squad, which included former Liverpool defender Nathaniel Clyne, new signing Malcolm Ebiowei, star forward Jordan Ayew and manager Patrick Vieira, stayed at JW Marriott Singapore South Beach while in town.

Although big names Zaha, Cheikhou Kouyate and Christian Benteke were not among the players in Singapore, fans turned up at the hotel and waited over two hours for the team to arrive. One fan refused to let a broken leg prevent him from meeting his heroes and turned up on a wheelchair.

The match against Liverpool took place on 15 July, where Crystal Palace lost 0-2.

Apart from playing the game at Singapore National Stadium, some of the Crystal Palace players also squeezed in time to meet their fans during their trip. Joel Ward, Jack Butland, Jes Rak-Sakyi and Ademola Ola-Adebomi went to Assumption English School to take part in a Futsal session, while Luka Milivojevic, Joachim Andersen, Mark Bright and Andre Moritz attended a fan meet-and-greet session at a local restaurant.

Some of them even took time out to savour the local cuisine, such as defender Jake O'Brien and midfielder Scott Banks. They were treated to quintessential Singapore dishes - Chicken Rice and Laksa Soup, by the chef at JW Marriott South Beach. In a video challenge titled Singapore Side Dish Shoot-out, the pair had to accurately guess the ingredients in the two Singaporean dishes to win.

But who had the best taste buds? Find out in the Singapore Side Dish Shoot-out.