peranakan paradise

went with nuan to this place, Ivins, at 29 Binjai Park to eat dinner.

(29 Binjai Park? where the hell is that??)

it's a peranakan restaurant which serves quite authentic food. at cheap prices (relatively). its located off dunearn road. (hmm all njcians and hcjcians and whatever school-ians that ply that long stretch of road from jalan anak bukit to newton should know that.)

(reallY??? i've never heard of the place before, even after 2 years of my life taking buses there!)

well can't blame either, i've never heard of the place before . t'was till i went online and googled "top ten places to eat in singapore" or something like that when this restaruant came into mind.

anyway, the restaruant was crowded, but it was on a saturday, and it was dinnertime when we went. quite a family place with kids all over and families of all nationalities. business is brisk. but even though i had initially expected some looooooooong waiting like the infamous sharksfin soup restarurants, it turned out fine and the maitre'd just let us in like about 15 minutes.

ala-carte restaruant (there's a nice lunch set for $5.20 though) but portions are small. but sinfully good and authentic. the curry has a smell to it, prob that of coconut milk. everything has a smell, not like the chap chai rice stalls where the curry smells like processed. stale. portions are small. good for her, just enough for me, so it was enough (we ordered about 4 dishes).

total bill: $23 nett for two people.
rating: *** (good enough to impress without burning a hole in your pocket! )
food: ****
ambience: ***1/2

(how do we go there?)

u can take 151 and alight 3 stops after passing KAP macdonalds. then find binjai road and walk along it, you can find the restaruant by the roadside.