"Needing a break that weekend after just the recent going back to a brand new school term and was suddenly piled with extraordinary load of school assignments." So that was my boy's request for last weekend.
Not because of the recent Peranakan Drama "Little Nyonya", somehow we landed at Changi Village in this Peranaka Restaurant called "Gd O' Times" ordering some of their well-known dishes. Nothing to shout about. We were not totally satisfied with the food we ordered.
Other than rather sour, the Assam Fish Head gravy was quite diluted. The Ayam(chicken) Buah Keluah was not adequately pungent & pasty. Another disappointment was their Babi Ponteh . The pork belly used to braise with preserved bean paste (tau cheo), dried mushrooms, cinnamon and bamboo shoots was not at all authentic. The Chap Chye was just ordinary. We enjoyed the Squids in Ink very much . The texture of the squids was right and spongy to chew. The lemon and assam used were well marinated into the squids to give it that distinctive taste. All of us agreed that if we were ever to go back to that place, we must order that dish again.
Dinner was a "So-so" but our family evening walk along the stretch of Changi beach was breathtaking. Especially knowing that we were standing at the eastern-most tip of Singapore; watching the occasional boats moving in and out of the canal into the open sea, looking and listening to the rushing waves. In a moment, all that has indeed taken away that "must-break-free" pang from my boy.
