Now I have been to three Peranakan restaurants. Last Friday I had the pleasure of a surprise day off from work so I met my husband for lunch in Tiong Bahru, probably almost everyone's favorite neighborhood in Singapore. Lunch followed by a pedicure sounded just about right.
The restaurant is called House of Peranakan - located right next to the monkey temple, down the street from the famous Tiong Bahru market. Although it was not my favorite of the three restaurants of this genre I have tried so far, it did have its charm and all in all we both enjoyed the meal.
I'll go to the highlights - - I have been meaning to try fish head curry for so long, so I decided today is the day. I ordered that and my husband got the ribs in a spicy bbq-esque sauce. The menu at these restaurants tends to be rather porky - not my bag at all but I always find something.
For dessert I was in heaven. I'm a big fan of anything coconut, so Singapore is perfect for me. And I'm a sucker for gula melaka, which is a delicious sweet syrup popular in Malaysia and Singapore. It is made from the sap of a sago, coconut, or date palm tree. It has some of the bitterness of a good brown sugar and is essential to so many desserts here. When I saw a dessert with both coconut ice cream and gula melaka I was sold.
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| the restaurant |
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| Curry Fish Head? Don't mind if I do!! |
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| Does not look like a head but it was. Sauce is amazing and okra and eggplant really good. |
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| according to my husband the carnivore these ribs were delicious and spicy. |
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| see? more meat than you think in the fish head. |
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| I had the second one. Yummy Gula Melaka!!! |
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| the dessert - so so so good. |
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| meal including tip about US $58 |
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| this is the way the charming sidewalks look in Tiong Bahru - cool tiles and protection from the strong sun and rain. |

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| All around Tiong Bahru and other historic areas of Singapore there are heritage tral signs describing significant aspects of the neighborhood. |
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