Thursday, August 25, 2011

Ivin's (Jalan Leban)

Nowadays is not that cheap to do home cooking anymore thou I agree is it much healthier. And on the another side it can be quite a headache also to think what to have for your lunch, dinner or supper. That what happen to me on that day, luckily we are somewhere close to Thomson and since it has been a long time I last visit to Ivin's so I decided to drop by again for dinner.

It was 6pm the restaurant is not packed yet, there is no one at the entrance to assign you a seat even thou there is a signage stating 'please wait to be seated'. I guess I need not said much about their service already because I believe over a thousand or even a million people has already commented how bad their service has been. Worse, when our food has been served they forgot to give us utensils lolz... Despite the lousy service the place are still crowded during dinner time.

Just 2 adults and 1 kid we order Bakwan Kepeting Soup, Ayam Buah Keluak, Ikan Assam, Nonya Chap Chye and a piece of Otah. I think we over ordered already lolz thank god my little girl could take spiciness and enjoy the food with us.


Bakwan Kepeting Soup - We love this soup, is light, it taste rather fragrant and sweet and the meatball is huge!!!

Ayam Buah Keluak - You see the black shell thing? Usually people who love this will dig out the stuffing inside and go with the white rice which make the rice taste more fragrant and very nice and that what I love to do also

Ikan Assam - I don't really like the fish they used to cook for this dish, too stinky I can't really stand the fishy smell. But the sauce was good, I keep taking the sauce to go with my rice.

Nonya Chap Chy - Nothing much to comment on this, pretty common I would only said.

Otah - I ordered for my daughter who love it with her rice.



Overall the total bill come up to $37.50 even thou they have increase their price a little but still pretty affordable . My stomach almost burst after this meal Peramakan at Keppel is still the best and

good peranakan food I ever had.


You can find them at:

Address: 2/4 Jalan Leban
Tel: +65 6451 4622

Opening Hours

11am – 3pm, 5pm – 9pm Closed Thursdays
Ivin's