Best Baby-friendly Peranakan Restaurant in Singapore

The Peranakan Restaurant 

Must-Have	Baby (<1 yo)	Toddler (1-3 yo)
Air-conditioned	Yes	Yes
Space for baby stroller	Yes	Yes
Clean baby high chair	Yes	Yes
Quick service	Yes	Yes
Not crowded	Most of the time	Most of the time

The Peranakans or Peranakan Chinese is used interchangeably with Straits Chinese or Straits-born Chinese. Peranakan cuisine comes from Chinese migrants who settled in Malacca, Singapore, Indonesia and Penang and married with local Malays. Peranakan cuisine is a combination of Chinese ingredients with various spices and cooking methods used by the Malay or Indonesian community such as kaffir leaves, coconut milk, galangal, tamarind juice, chillies, lemongrass, cincalok, belachan and pandan leaves. Singaporeans have adopted Nyonya cuisine like beef rendang, assam fish, achar, otak-otak, chap chye and many more. 

I had been craving for Nyonya cuisine. Nevertheless, baby friendly and stroller friendly restaurant is a must. An authentic beautifully decorated peranakan restaurant would be a bonus. 

The Peranakan Restaurant In Claymore Connect Shopping Mall

The Peranakan Restaurant is a lovely mini museum featuring Peranakan artefacts, history and development of Singapore as well. It is a mix between a restaurant and shop store for Peranakan items. Most importantly, the service is good and environment is pleasant for babies. You may find this restaurant on second floor of Claymore Connect, a contemporary, modern style shopping mall. The mall offers lifestyle shops and services plus restaurants and Cold Storage. Last but not least, there are nursery rooms in the mall!

The Peranakan Restaurant

The restaurant staffs are polite and professional. While ordering food, the waitress recommended signature Peranakan dishes and patiently explained how to cook those food. I remember vividly that when the food were served, he taught us how we should eat buah keluak. On top of that, the restaurant is clean and air-conditioned, which is an important factor to bring your babies along. 

Colorful Peranakan Plates, Boxes, 3-tier And 4-tier Tingkat That Symbolise Marital Harmony And Longevity

Beautiful Pillow Sofa And Long Dress

Straits Cuisine At Its Finest

Eating Tasty Food In A Cosy Restaurant

Beef Rendang Cooked Until Tender in Coconut Milk And Spices

Ayam Buah Keluak (4 Pieces Of Chicken And 4 Nuts)

Ayam bush keluak is chicken braised in a blended spice paste with buah keluak, which is the seed of the repaying tree. The tree is native to Malaysia and Indonesia. This dish uses classic Chinese ingredients like garlic and ginger but the rempah used are decidedly malay: candlenuts, tamarind, lemon grass and belachan. We merrily cooed out the flesh of the buah keluak with small spoons.

Ikan Goreng Sumbat Sambal Belachan (Deep Fried Fish Stuffed With Sambal, Drizzled With Sweet Dark Sauce)

Generous Aromatic Sambal Belachan

Chap Chye. A True Peranakan Dish. Cabbage And Vegetable Stew

There are many other Nyonya dishes at the Menu. They also provide high tea from 11am to 5:30pm daily. Timing is absolutely flexible for parents with babies, toddlers and young kids. It fits the list of baby-friendly restaurant. I think price is reasonable; weekdays $30 and weekends $35 per person with minimum 2 people to share. 

Surprisingly, this restaurant caters to vegetarians. Nowadays, many parents encourage their kids to eat more vegetables and soy products. The menu includes assam mock fishcakes, mock pork and mock mutton (made of mushroom, rice, soy and other vegetables). 

Although walk-ins are welcome, it is advisable to make reservations especially if you have a big family with kids or babies with strollers. 

Email: friends@theperanakan.com
Tel: +65 6262 4428


Location: 
The Peranakan Restaurant
442 Orchard Road
Level 2 Claymore Connect
Singapore 238879


Parking:


Park at Claymore Connect plaza

Monday to Friday  before 5/6pm $3.00 for first hour,  $1.50 for next subsequent 30mins from 7am to 6pm Monday to Friday  after 5/6pm  $5.50 per entry from 6pm to 7am the following day Saturday charges same as weekdays Sunday or Public holidays $5.50 per entry from 6pm to 7am the following day