Dinner at Guan Hoe Soon + Lunch at Zok Noodle House
Both Baby and I went to Guan Hoe Soon to have our Peranakan fix on a random 'Fridate'. It is located at Joo Chiat - one of Singapore's first heritage shophouse areas. It has a long history and is considered Singapore's oldest Peranakan Restaurant since 1953.
The appetizer gave us a great start and it was really quite special. Initially, Baby thought it was achar, but when we brought the food closer to us, we realized that it was actually chicken gizzard, cucumber, and pineapple topped with shaved cuttlefish in a sweet and sour yet spicy sambal taste.
We ordered the Otak Otak and it tasted pretty normal, nothing to shout about!
We enjoyed the Nyonya Chap Chye very much. It's one of the good ones among other places we've tried before.
These complimentary kuehs were served at the end of our meal.
With a long history in Peranakan food, I was expecting more from them. Overall, I find that the food was pretty normal, which cannot be justified with the damage we paid!
We ordered Curry Fishballs, and the taste was pretty good.
Baby ordered the Classic Soup Pork Noodles which contains generous ingredients such as pork belly, liver, meat ball and minced meat. The broth was surprisingly tasty with no gamey smell of pork taste.
The damage was pretty affordable, and we will come again to try out the other items in the menu.
I end my post with a lovely gift received from Korea! I love it so much, thanks J!
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