Daisy's Dream Kitchen

[It moved to Temasek Club in May 2018.]

We haven't stopped by Daisy's Dream Kitchen at West Coast Road for a loooong time. When it was just a little stall at Tiong Bahru Market for 14 months, we ate there all the time. When it moved to the current bigger premises as a restaurant in 2012, it became rather out of the way for us, so we couldn't go as often.

Tonight we had time and since a dear friend was in town visiting for a few days, we took him to dinner. He enjoys Malay and Peranakan spices, and wanted to go somewhere very local. Okay. Daisy's Dream Kitchen it was.

Portions are small, but they're sufficient for three small eaters, and definitely enough for two persons. We had babi buah keluak with many extra nuts, beef rendang, otah, and sotong hitam. Food was great. All these went perfectly with steamed white rice. It's very hard to reject having rice with this sort of food; there's something magical and superbly tasty about rempah drizzled over steamed white rice. 😬

Since we had humans at the table, we ordered soup. The itek tim hit a spot, as always. Mmmm. It's as appetizing as the last time I had it. Thick and balanced. I haven't had time to cook recently, and if I do itek tim, this is exactly how I would want it to taste. I love the sambal belachan at Daisy's. It's one of my favorite iterations. I can't re-create anything close to it. This version is so piquant and while spicy, it's full of awesome flavors.