{"id":808,"date":"2011-05-08T09:03:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-08T01:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/2011\/05\/08\/poison-ivy-kranji"},"modified":"2012-06-07T14:03:18","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T06:03:18","slug":"poison-ivy-kranji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/zh\/2011\/05\/08\/poison-ivy-kranji\/","title":{"rendered":"Poison Ivy, Kranji"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When I was in New York, I ate organic food for 4 years, because it wasn’t very expensive there, just a few dollars more expensive than non-organic. When I return to Singapore, I always want to continue my healthy food habits, but unfortunately, organic food is simply unaffordable. (Which I cannot understand why; Malaysia is so nearby and I’m sure it’s cheaper to use faeces, than artificial fertilizers, to grow plants, and labor isn’t expensive.) But I googled and I found this farm, run by a colorful personality, Ivy Singh Lim, and I always wanted to go to see if buying organic food is viable.<\/div>\n
I had a very fun time there… but now that I have calmed down and thought about it, I question my fun time. On the farm’s website<\/a>, Ivy said that she wanted to created a place of employment for marginalized sections of society. But it is very tedious to get to the farm unless you drive and if you drive, you’ll notice that a car there can buy a tiny HDB apartment. These are rich people coming to the farm, and although I know it’s nice that the rich are helping the disenfranchised, I also wonder how much fetishizing goes on, and how much the rich is engaged in a fantasy that as long as they help the poor, they are assuaging their guilt, and that makes it ok for them to be rich. I also wonder if there is a power play here, since the poor always listen to the rich. I think the intentions of starting such a farm are admirable and kind and good, and I shouldn’t analyze it too much.<\/div>\n
Ok, no more philosophizing. This is the food we ordered:<\/div>\n
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Such a sweltering day. We ordered fig tea <\/strong>(sweetened by their own sugarcane), and lemongrass<\/strong> (no sugar at all). Order the fig tea, very refreshing.<\/div>\n
For lunch, we threesome ordered brown rice<\/strong>, Chicken Curry<\/strong>, mushroom tofu<\/strong>, potato leaves<\/strong>, banana curry<\/strong>, and jackfruit lemak<\/strong> (not pictured). No MSG, low salt, mostly organic, I’d guess. Only the potato leaves<\/strong> was hot, so I suspect they cook the dishes beforehand. The banana curry<\/strong> and the potato leaves<\/strong> were not tasteful. For the curry, the banana was hard, like potato, and the curry was bland. The veg didn’t have a crispiness, tasted slightly bitter.<\/div>\n
The mushroom tofu<\/strong>, chicken curry<\/strong> and jackfruit lemak<\/strong> were ordinary homecooked standards. (Actually my mom cooks better without MSG too but I don’t know about your mom.) The chicken curry<\/strong> was cooked too long that the flesh fell off, disintegrated into the curry. The jackfruit lemak<\/strong> was probably the best dish. It used a lontong sauce, more coconut milk, lesser curry, so there wasn’t a jackfruit taste at all. It tasted like lontong vegetables.<\/div>\n
One other gripe is that the portions were miserably small?<\/div>\n
During eating, a nice old man came up and asked us if everything was ok. I like his sincerity a lot. In fancy restaurants, the butlers will come up and ask the same question, but they do it perfunctorily. This man really means it. Good service!<\/div>\n
Still, craving for more, we ordered, Grilled Cheese with Fries<\/strong> and here it comes…<\/div>\n
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We thought that it would be cheese fries, but it was grilled cheese sandwich with fries. I don’t think this is organic? But it was awesome. 14K loves the cheese, so molten, and salty, and I agree with him.<\/div>\n
My philosophy is no meal is completed without dessert, so we ordered the 2-in-in kuehs<\/strong>:<\/div>\n
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Heng ah. Although I’m not very good in identifying nonya kuehs, because I don’t know Malay, I can identify these. The one on the right is bingka ubi<\/strong>, tapioca and custard, browned on top by baking. This was very good, according to Hookerlily, freshly baked, very warm, and melted in the mouth. But I never like starchy food (tapioca, potato), so I prefer the gula melaku<\/strong>, just solidified brown sugar, topped with grated coconut. It was so soft it dissolved completely in the mouth. This was orgasmic. Finally. After a torture of healthy food, we had sugar.<\/div>\n
We also bought the famous banana bread<\/strong> home ($5 for half a loaf, expensive!), the banana is definitely from the farm:<\/div>\n
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Very nice! Sweet and soft and moist. Better than most banana cakes out that. I think the bistro should just do desserts?<\/div>\n
We took a walk in the lovely farm ($2 to enter), they don’t seem to sell vegetables? A kind man plucked some fruits fresh from the tree for us – custard-apple, I think.<\/div>\n
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Overall, I like the place and the people very much, a great getaway from the city, but I don’t quite like the food. I also wish the pricing can be more transparent. We didn’t get a receipt, so we can’t verify the cost. It costs, including the banana bread, $24 per person, although most people only spent $12 on HGW reviews?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Poison Ivy<\/strong><\/div>\n
100 Neo Tiew Rd<\/div>\n
Singapore 719026<\/div>\n
T: 6898 5001<\/div>\n
Thur-Sun only, 9am – 6pm<\/div>\n
Rating: 2.981\/5 stars<\/strong><\/div>\n
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