obsession with food: Simply Peranakan at Esplanade

Peranakan cuisine is one of my top favorite cuisines. The detailed preparation, strong flavoring and more than just food - the culture, attract me. Anyway, Mum, Sis and me went to try Simply Peranakan for dinner last Saturday.

We ordered Twin Pax Set Meal though there are three of us. 二人世界 sounds pretty romantic eh! haha...

Achar - common food served in a Peranakan restaurant while waiting for order. The sweetest one I ever tasted so far.

Ayam Buah Keluak - combining chicken pieces with nuts from the Pangium edule or kepayang tree to produce a rich sauce. It's a distinctive and MUST try dish in Peranakan cuisine! As I know, the preparation process is very tedious. Nuts have to be soaked in water and boiled for several times in order to get rid of the poison in them. You can simply taste the goodness of the sauce by just eating it with a bowl of rice!

Nyonya Chap Chye which consists of cabbage, black fungus, sliced button mushrooms etc.

The soup, Bakwang Kepiting Soup that we thought they would serve in a big bowl.
As it's a set for two, we had two small bowl with one meatball in each. Quite surprised, haas.

Labelled as a must try in this restaurant, the otak-otak. Indeed it is. It has a firmer texture as compared to the otaks that we usually eat. Think of the texture of a fish cake without the q-ness.