IVINS Peranakan Restaurant

Address: 19/21 Binjai Park Bukit Timah Singapore 589827
Telephone: 6468 3060
Hours: 11:00 - 15:00; 17:00 - 21:00 (closed on Thursday)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IvinsPteLtd

Visited on 4 Apr 2016.

I have known this place since I was a little girl, and surprisingly, I have never eaten here till I met my hubby some 10+ years later. I was having piano lessons at Binjai Park and one day we noticed this restaurant had opened below my teacher's house. Somehow, my dad never brought me there to eat, despite us passing by every Saturday and seeing the long queues... I think my piano lessons were till 6pm, which was dinner time.

The food here is value for money... affordable, small portion and will not burn a hole in your pocket. Hubby and I always order their Ayam Buah Keluak, Bakwan Kepiting and Sambal Kangkong... remember to ask the waitress for their belachan chilli as they only serve it if you ask. We also always order their nasi kuning (yellow rice)... which has a faint coconut fragrance.

Today we tried something new, assam pedas... the red snapper fillet they used was very fresh, and on first taste... I was shocked cos the sauce tasted exactly like the ayam buah keluak sauce! How is that even possible? So weird right?

Try not to visit this place during the weekends as the queue is horrible and service will be super bad. Also we have tried the Heartland Mall branch... somehow it tastes different from the Binjai Park one... not too sure why though. Our preference is still the Binjai Park branch.

Carnivore

Address: 200 Turf Club Road, #01-16, The Grandstand, Singapore 287994
Hours:
Sat & Sun only: 11.00am to 3.00pm (Last Order: 2.30pm)
Tues – Thurs: 5.00pm to 10.00pm (Last Order: 9.30pm)
Fri – Sun & PH: 6.00pm to 11.00pm (Last Order: 10.30pm)
Closed on Mondays
Telephone: 6466 9418
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carnivore.sg/

It's been a while since we had Carnivore... this is a  Brazilian Churrascaria. I think it's been what, one to two years since we last ate there. The thing about this place is that before you go, you want to eat a lot of meat (sorry it's really not for the non meat lovers)... and when you leave, you swear that you cannot eat meat ever again.

Hubby has been craving for the buffet at Carnivore for at least a month already. When I saw the redemption rewards for Starhub - 500 points to exchange a 1-for-1 buffet dinner... it's a case of die-die-must-grab.

So here we are. They had a 1-for-1 Woodchuck cider promotion... so we ordered one. I still prefer Somersby over Woodchuck.

He Zhong Carrot Cake 合众菜头果

Address: Bukit Timah Market & Food Centre, 116 Upper Bukit Timah Road, #02-185, Singapore 588172
Hours: Daily 7am to 10pm

Visited on 11 Mar 2016.

Finally found the carrot cake that hubby has been talking about. The last time we went to the food centre and couldn't find it at all. There are a lot of carrot cake stalls in this hawker centre and it was just impossible to know which was the original famous carrot cake stall. My dad brought us there back in March and finally we know which stall it is!

Just before we ordered, I told hubby that I wanted extra eggs and extra black. He couldn't stop laughing. Why? Cos this stall only sells white carrot cake lor. *facepalm *dumb blonde moment

We tabao-ed the carrot cake home and kept it till dinner time. Even though it had gone a bit cold, it was still super delicious.

This stall sells carrot cake that i ate when i was a kid 30 years ago, back when the time when the most popular shopping center was Yaohan! To me a trip to Bukit Timah Shopping Center's  Yaohan was not complete without going through the toys section and mashed potatoes at Waffletown at the basement level.

What i always felt was the best is this old shop that an old uncle was frying 菜头粿. Whats amazing about this you ask? Lotsa Eggs, lotsa Garlic and lotsa 菜圃! The old uncle will slowly and skillfully cook his dish while 10 over customers wait for their orders. And guess what this is where i learn how to eat chilli as a kid! Why? Cause the uncle always give me the order wrong, carrot cake for kids end up with chilli! But it was so so good that, because of it, now me and my siblings all take chilli! (K mebbe abit exaggerating but yeah lol!)

New generation of chef tending the stall but the food still is good! I feel that its second best in SG, but since not everyone can eat my wife's cooking, it might be best for for most of you. Trying is a must, cause this is how i think carrot cake should taste like, every mouth of it will make you want to go for another!