Eating at Restoran Peranakan

The moment I stepped into the Restoran Peranakan, I feeling of deja vu washed over me. No, I probably didn’t live here in an earlier life but I realized I have actually visited this place in my first trip here. I remember a bus brought us all to the restaurant and we all had a nice Peranakan lunch. Now it has been almost a decade since I was there the restaurant is still here. I wonder about the food though.

Actually, I probably encounter Peranakan food quite often in Singapore, I just don’t know it. As I was only eating by myself, I didn’t have much choice here. Most of the entries in the menu were of the seafood type, which in these part of the world means it is expensive. I only ordered simple chicken curry and some classic spicy kangkong.

The chicken curry won’t make you jump for joy but it is still quite decent. After all, how much differently can you prepare chicken curry? The chicken had a bit of bone in it as these parts are supposedly the better tasting ones. My spicy kangkong tasted just as I expected it to be. Again, spicy kangkong can be easily had anywhere in Melaka and Singapore.

Eating here is more of an visual experience rather than of the gastronomic kind. I though the food was quite ordinary but the setting itself more than made up for it. If I wanted really good Peranakan food, I probably would go some other place. This is more for tourists and the tourist in me needs to get a treat once in a while.

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