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😒 3/5 - I think we had the "miss" here in the hit or miss situation.
By 👻 @Lisa R., 12/28/2019 3:00 am
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I was at a work holiday party a few weeks ago and learned my colleague next to me at dinner used to live in Singapore. He told me to eat here and order Buah Keluak Ayam as it would "change my life." I made reservations for dinner which we had last night.When I mentioned to people we were going here, there was a lot of hype. Someone said the chef is a national treasure. The concierge at our hotel said she has not been able to get into the restaurant as a local and was surprised I was able to secure a reservation. The anticipation was really high. Our Chinatown tour guide also shared with us about the Peranakan people and culture to prepare us for Peranakan cuisine.When we arrived, the host expected us, asking, "Lisa?" - first he seated us at a table in a high traffic area but we moved to a quiet side space. The restaurant is not very big so that might be why the reservations are hard to get.It turns out my mom was sitting in the same seat Michelle Obama had been sitting in 12 days prior, as the host shared a photograph of her sitting at the table with him shaking Barack Obama's hand. We started with this fried tofu skin stuffed with crab, shrimp, chicken, and water chestnuts. It was kind of like an over-fried shrimp toast, my mom suggested.For our dishes, my mom ordered butter prawns, I got the Buah Keluak Ayam, and Eric R. ordered the beef rendang. The server recommended nasi lemak (coconut rice) for Eric R. and my mom, and jasmine rice for my dish.When the dishes came out, Eric R. was the lucky one. His had a lot of flavor and spice, and we all liked it. His beef was also very tender. My mom's dish was prawns in shell that were not cleaned, with very little flavor, topped with "egg floss" which was not mentioned when she asked questions about the dish. The server warned me that the dish I ordered - some people love it and some people do not - but I was adamant that I must see if it will "change my life."The story of the Buah Keluak Ayam is chicken stewed in a sauce with the "buah keluak," a swamp-based "nut" that is a poisonous fruit. Only the Peranakan people know how to cook it without killing people. It holds hydrogen cyanide, which has been used in chemical weapons. The Peranakan people scoop out the center of the fruit, ferment it underground in ash for 40 days, and put it back in then boil it to remove the poison.A demitasse spoon was provided to scoop out this nut and mix it with my rice (which was adorned with fried shallots). Then, drizzle some sauce and supposedly, I would have some sort of food nirvana. Unfortunately, the Buah Keluak did not taste like the "truffle of the swamp" as I had hoped it would based on my colleague's enthusiasm for the dish.We also were essentially ignored by staff through much of the experience, and with tiny water glasses, we were often without drink. Eric R.'s dish was very spicy so he asked a server to leave a pitcher of waster but the server refused. Eventually, we were served a complimentary warm tapioca cake with palm sugar syrup, coconut milk, and coconut ice cream to cool Eric R.'s mouth and perhaps make up for poor service. The best parts of the meal were the rendang and the dessert. We left a bit disappointed with the experience given all of the hype, but it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to try Peranakan food so now we can say we did.
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