♥Monday, January 19, 2009

food blog

wahaha..long time no blog liao..but since the production of Little Nonya, there has been a steep increase in the interest of anything peranakan. Although I have always been meaning to visit the peranakan musuem, the show kind of nudged me to go for it. So I went with my sec sch friend one sunny day and there I was immersed in the peranakan culture. Honestly, I think the show did a very good job of glamouring the culture. At the museum, there seemed to be a distance from the culture. There are many multimedia activities and videos available to allow u to understand the culture in creative ways, but the standstill of all the exhibitions lack the special touch. Still it was interesting to see all that was shown in the show itself. A pity, there was no mention of the dishes that set my salivary glands flowing.

Out of the blue, I had a craving for this particular place in Bukit Timah that my parents used to bring me to. I didn't realise it was a peranakan restaurant until I went to check out the menu online. Yum yum..the food there was sedap. I finally got to eat authentic Babbi Ponteh. It was really nice. I tried Ayam ponteh in Malacca during the holidays but the taste is totally different.
As only the 2 of us was there, we only ordered 3 dishes Sambal Kangkung, Babbi Ponteh and Udang Sambal. The first 2 was really worth the value. I polished my rice up very quickly. All I needed was the gravy from the babbi ponteh and my eyes never left my plate thereafter. Udang Sambal was not bad too but the prawns given was rather little and it was a really small dish. All the prices there cost abt 5 bucks per dish, reasonable portions for their meat dishes. The only exceptions are their seafood which cost slightly more but ranges abt 6~15 bucks. Their dessert was really good too..We tried Gula Melaka, Chendol and the fav of the night Penyet Pisang( Hot dessert of bananas) Mmmm...it is a small bowl but only cost $1.20 each.

Ivins Ivins is the place to go if you crave or wanna try authentic peranakan food. It has been around for a rather long time. Several branches to date but the one I went to was Binjai Park along Bukit Timah road. Interested parties can make there way there by bus as well as as it is quite near the main road. Be prepared to wait for a long time on weekends and dinner. Closed on Thursdays.

Charlene

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