{"id":16228,"date":"2013-11-01T07:43:34","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T23:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/?p=16228"},"modified":"2013-11-01T07:42:17","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T23:42:17","slug":"plum-village-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/zh\/2013\/11\/01\/plum-village-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"Plum Village Restaurant \u6885\u6751\u9152\u5bb6, Upper Thomson"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Plum
\nChiobu and I descended from Hakka on both sides of the family, which makes us 200% Hakka. So this gastronomic excursion to a 80s-styled Hakka restaurant<\/strong> was a tracing of roots for us. Surprising, we weren’t the only ones tracing roots. When we were there, the clientele<\/strong> was strangely groups<\/strong> of friends in their early 20s or families.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Plum
\nMy two lo goon peng you<\/em> thought the food was generally tasty. Huccalily was on the fence while Chiobu and I voted against the food. We grew up eating our grandmothers’ cooking and the standard here was a far cry from home.<\/p>\n

\"Plum
\nFor instance, the suan pan zi \u7b97\u76d8\u5b50<\/strong> (abacus seeds) is yam, softened by steaming, then mashed and mixed with tapioca flour, and finally rolled into abacus seeds shape as a symbol of prosperity. A good yam to tapioca flour ratio is 1:1 but many hawkers, to cut cost, use more flour. Ironically, here, they used more yam and less flour, which made the dish dense and heavy and earthy, losing a playful bouncy texture and a beautiful translucence.<\/p>\n

\"Plum
\nThe fried prawns in Hakka wine \u9152\u69fd\u867e\u7403<\/strong> was unfamiliar because our mother cooks the fermented vinegary wine with chicken in a claypot. Perhaps it didn’t stew like in a claypot and that was why I found it diluted and half-hearted.<\/p>\n

\"Plum<\/p>\n

The pork belly wasn’t tender in the salted vegetable with pork \u6885\u83dc\u6263\u8089<\/strong>, not worth the calories and the salted chicken \u4e1c\u6c5f\u76d0\u9e21<\/strong>\u00a0(below) had too much 5-spice powder.<\/p>\n

\"Plum<\/p>\n

One other thing was the food came out cool. While I know that most of the food we ordered could be prepared beforehand, they could at least keep the food warm. 5 of us paid about\u00a0$16 each<\/strong> for 5 dishes. Affordable<\/strong> but don’t think we will return.<\/p>\n

\"Plum<\/p>\n

Plum Village\u00a0\u6885\u6751\u9152\u5bb6 Singapore<\/h1>\n

16 Jalan Leban Singapore 577554
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\n11.30am-2.30pm, 6-10pm daily<\/p>\n

Rating: 2.909\/5 stars<\/strong><\/p>\n

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