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Showing posts with label - Kranji Countryside. Show all posts
Showing posts with label - Kranji Countryside. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Poison Ivy - Lunch at Bollywood Veggies

Our last stop of the day at Kranji Countryside was at Bollywood Veggies.  After covering the goat farm and the frog farm, it was around noon, just in time for lunch!

At Poison Ivy, a bistro at Bollywood Veggies, you can choose to be seated at the air-conditioned indoor seats or outdoor non air-con seats.  As the weather was very hot on that day, we decided to have our lunch indoor.  We could still see the beautiful greenery by looking out the transparent walls.

Updated menu was written on a black board at the wall so before getting seated, you could see all the newly arrived guests walking towards this "special menu" to see what was being served.  Price was very reasonable, with most of the dishes ranging from $4 to $8, with no additional GST and service charge.

Warriors Chicken Curry ($8).  No coconut milk was used for this dish.
Bollywings ($4)

Moringa Tempura ($4)
This was a very good snack, crunchy and really addictive.  Moringa leaves are very rich in calcium, which is said to contain 4 times the amount in milk!
I decided to try the brown rice as it looked healthier.  
The dishes that we ordered for ourselves (2 pax).  For drinks, we ordered their fig drink and lemongrass drink.
I bought a loaf of banana cake during my previous visit and it was one of the best banana cake that I ever had.  Thus, this time round, I wouldn't want to miss the chance to get a loaf of banana cake back.
Haha... Spotted this outside the bistro.  Have you all used this anti-stress kit before?

Once in a while, it is good to escape from the bustling city life and enjoy the beautiful countryside.

Poison Ivy Bistro
100 Neo Tiew Road, Kranji
Singapore 719026

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Croak Croak! My First Visit to a Frog Farm

We continued to explore Kranji Countryside after visiting Hay Dairies.  Our next stop was 
Jurong Frog Farm.
We saw this cute froggy signboard and turned right into the farm.



 








 The frog farm also sells the following frog food items but due to the hot weather, we decided to just buy a bowl of nice cooling hashima dessert ($5) to share.

 Hashima - A Chinese and widely Central Asian dessert ingredient made from the dried fatty tissue found near the fallopian tubes of true frogs (credit:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasma)

Jurong Frog Farm
51 (Plot 56)
Lim Chu Kang Lane 6
Singapore 718864
Website:  http://www.jurongfrogfarm.com.sg/

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Hey Hay!!! My first visit to Hay Dairies!


Hay Dairies is the only Goat Farm in Singapore and it started out only in 1988 after our government phased out Pig Farming here.  I made my first trip to this farm today with hubby.  It was quite a long journey for us even though hubby was driving as we stay in the Eastern side of sunny Singapore.

We reached the farm at around 10am, just nice to see the milking of the goats.  However, due to AVA regulation, we are not allowed to go close to the goats and touch them.  We could only watch them from an elevated platform.



Video showing the milking process:








We could only view the goats from this walkway.

Viewing of Goats











 We bought 5 x 200ml bottles of goat milk home to try.

Benefits of pure goat milk:




Hay Dairies Pte Ltd
No. 3 Lim Chu Kang, Agrotech Park Lane 4, Singapore 718859
Tel: (65) 6792 0931  (Office Hours: 9am to 4pm)
Fax: (65) 6794 1580