Richly flavoured beef braised till tender and complement with chillies, ginger and 7 spices blended in coconut milk. Shiok!
Finding authentic heritage food these days are challenging. More often than not, even if they claimed to be made with good old recipes, they are products of central kitchens.
Here I’ve highlighted eight homemade dishes (including dessert) designed to be shared with family and friends — available at Folklore exclusively from 4th to 19 February 2019.
This Christmas, Chef Damian will be showcasing some of his family traditions at Folklore, including some lesser known heritage dishes.
This festive season from 14th to 31st December, diners will get to have a taste of his family traditions too as Chef Damian will be showcasing lesser-know heritage dishes from his grandfather's repertoire.
For the festive season from 14 to 31 December 2018, Folklore will be introducing lesser known heritage dishes from Chef Damian's grandfather's repertoire, as well as well received festive dishes from past celebratory menus.
At Folklore, Chef Damian believes that food has to be cooked right, where nothing is rushed and everything from the preparation of ingredients to the cooking of the dish should be done the traditional way, allowing his guests to savour how things were done in the past, which can be seen, tasted and felt in each of his creations.
Grandma’s Chicken Curry is one of Chef Damian’s beloved dishes from his grandma’s repertoire.
We like what Folklore has done with their Chinese New Year offerings - flicking the dust off traditional menus.
Chinese New Year set lunches are served at $18.80++ per person. A la carte menu will not be available during this promotional period.
The Babi Assam boasted soft fatty wobbly chunks of pork belly braised in sweet tangy tamarind sauce.
After the meal, most of our kakis felt that Folklore is now the go to place for peranakan food. The food is prepared with the kind of care and attention to detail that a nanek (grandma) would put in to prepare a tok panjang (banquet) for the sultan’s visit.
Folklore is a lovely place for a communal meal with the family and friends.
That said, there are many dishes I would return for. Folklore has a compelling Peranakan/Eurasian proposition that is, quite frankly, unrivalled. I mean, where else in Singapore can you get gourmet quality heritage fare made with love by D'Silva, no less, at canteen prices?
The UTW (“Under Ten Words”): Singapore heritage cuisine offering hearty, home-style comfort.
It has been a while since I had a hearty Singaporean style meal. There are no gimmicks to the food here at Folklore, come to enjoy the good food and best still, bring your folks along. I am betting they will love it.
Dining at folklore is not just about enjoying good food prepared from scratch but also about preserving and propagating Singapore culinary heritage.
Based on our one visit, we think perhaps our dining experience at Folklore restaurant has many similarities to life in Singapore – the place still have a few kinks to work out, service standards can be better and prices may be a bit high, but on the whole it is not too bad and the food is great.
No regrets! After having so many so-so versions elsewhere, this baked golden-yellow tapioca cake had a slight crisp on the outside, with semi-soft and moist texture.