Meet the In-laws Session!!

*nervous* Finally the day for both our parents to meet has arrived. After sourcing high and low for a venue, we settled for Whole Earth as my parents happened to be Vegetarian for that day and we wanted a informal yet cozy place to dine.

 

Whole Earth is one of the more well-known vegetarian restaurants in Singapore, they serve modern Peranakan-Thai vegetarian cuisine and they are located at:

76 Peck Seah St

Singapore 079331

Tanjong Pagar MRT exit A

Tel No: 63233308

Daily Opening Hours: 11.30am to 3pm and 5.30pm to 9.30pm

 

You can check out www.wholeearth.com.sg for their extensive menu. As they are highly popular, it is advisable to make a reservation before heading down.

There were 7 of us and we ordered:

1 Cold yuzu orange (S$4.50 each)

6 Lemongrass drink (S$5.50 each)

6 Brown / white rices (S$2 each)

Medium steam jade wrap (S$19)

Thai mango tamarind fish (S$18)

5 spice nhor hiang roll (S$12)

Oatmeal tofu with curry leaves (S$15)

Penang rendang (S$19)

 

Total bill: S$149.85 after Svc charge & GST

 

The oatmeal tofu with curry leaves and penang rendang are two of their Top 12 dishes. We felt that the price was slightly expensive especially $2 for white rice, but we were highly satisfied with the food quality that we swear that we will be back for more especially the penang rendang, super yums! :D The tamarind fish wasn't my cup of tea as it was really sour in my opinion, my tolerance for sour food is really low so I won't be a good judge for that dish but the family said it was nice haha.  

 

The restaurant was bustling with people and the staff were very polite and efficient :) recommended for any gathering. Except for meet the in-laws session hahaha, because they only had long tables so it was a little tough to talk and hear the conversation at the other end. J and I weren't able to hear what my parents request for, for the guo da li items and pin jin (dowry) and was worried if his parents are ok with the requests and all. But we could see them laughing and chatting so we assumed all was fine and focus on our food haha.

 

At the end of the lunch meet, my parents actually told me that they did not request any pin jin and table money from J or his parents but 四点金 (si dian jin) is a must because we are Teochew and about 10 boxes of cakes for our relatives. Hiphip hurray to my parents for loving us and understanding that couples nowadays need the angbao money received from guests to offset the banquet costs :) I'm feeling truly blessed. And I'm glad our parents seem to have gotten on fine :)

 

Credits: Photos taken and edited by Sis

 

PetiteFreckles ♥