Aayyaa Teahouse Pub Event markes the concept of a permanent floating Teahouse pub to be built in the Docklands at Canary Wharf. It will be the main focus of Chinese food and drink in the Docklands uniquely blending the two popular British and Chinese traditions. The Teahouse is a result of the immensely successful and well attended Yan Huang International Chinese Arts Festival at Canary Wharf. This Festival is a partnership between Continuuuum Arts and Canary Wharf Ltd. The event is funded by TH2000 (Tower Hamlets) and is linked with the British Waterways Festival. The Artistic Director is Hi Ching from Continuuuum Arts.

The Aayyaa Teahouse Pub will be located on a 42m x 9m floating pontoon moored at dockside level. On it will be a Tea Pub Stall, drinks, snacks, mooncakes, feng shui, arts and crafts, traditional medicine, fortune telling, face painting and a cyberteahouse creating poems. The digital component will be an important one as a website is being developed and dedicated to the Aayyaa concept. Behind the pontoon will be a large barge reserved for the exclusive use of Chinese artists who will be performing Teahouse songs, poems and musical solos.

There will also be Dragon Boat rides. In the evening, a display of fireworks will be accompanied by Forbidden City, a Chinese band performing their brand of electrical spirituality called Chinese Neon. They will be joined by the youth of the Chinese Association of Tower Hamlets and Alpha Grove Community Centre who will be celebrating their 25th Anniversary. The Event promises to be an excitng and eclectic one targeted at the general public. CHEF AAYYAA is a contemporary, inventive, mad chef who subverts the traditional image of Chinese chefs. Dressed in revolutionary Red Guard gear, he presents the Aayyaa Teahouse Pub concept.