This is my gift from DS, for mother's day! We had a dinner buffet at Carousel, Plaza Royal on the Scotts, very very nice... (thanks for the treat DS) and she bought a gerbera each for Por Por and I.Isn't it happy and cheery?
Poison Ivy Bistro @ Bollywood Veggies Lim Chu Kang Road
Have you heard of Ivy Singh Lim, the rather flamboyant and outspoken lady hockey player? She is quite a character because she speaks her mind in reticent Singapore. Anyway she owns this vegetable and fruit farm, with a little bistro.
My company recently organised a tour of this organic farm, with refreshments after.
Here is a review of the refreshments served.
The little air conditioned bistro serves up local delights, with ingredients sourced from its own gardens, so you can be sure that it is fresh. They also sell things to bring home, such as bananas and banana cake.
Fried Carrot Cake - very home made, steamed carrot cake dipped in egg and deep fried. Nothing very special, I think my mom makes it better.
Colourful Pomelo Salad - well this was more interesting, see the pretty petals? They are morning glory petals, and are of course edible (but tasteless). The salad is refreshing and quite tart - the pomelo sacs were juicy and sweet, and the toasted peanuts were crunchy.
Fried Bee Hoon with bean sprouts and long beans - nicely fried, quite tasty. I like fried bee hoon in general.
Gado Gado - This was another salad of sorts - its tofu, cucumber and cabbage in a savoury slightly spicy peanut sauce. It was nice, I liked it because i think the lady added some lime before serving so it was a little tangy. Nice.
Roti Prata - a little oily, I didn;t touch this much. I wonder if it is made on the premises or whether it was from a frozen packet.
The chicken curry was made with frozen chicken, and was ordinary.
Dessert Platter of banana cake, steamed tapioca cake and kueh kosui (made of gula melaka and tapioca flour) - all quite nice, not too sweet.
We rounded off this very filling meal with a cup of hot sweet fig tea.
If you want to come by and try it out, here are the details. Do speak to Ivy, she is really a very interesting character.
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