We avoid outdoors towards the end of the year because of the monsoon season. People call you crazy if you want to spend your time outdoors during the middle of the year because of the hot weather.
Basically, most of the year, we are in shopping malls eating, shopping, watching movies, maybe (for me) singing K on top of other indoor activities.
I figured Melv and I are a little different because we hardly watch movies. I can count the number of times we been to the movies with my hands. We hate crowding with everyone in shopping malls. Majority of our time is spent debating where to eat (cos I don't fancy hawker food that much). He doesn't enjoy K. We often wonder what we can do, especially when he takes leave at work.
Some time back, I chanced upon this deals voucher for D'Kranji Resort at Kranji area. In all honesty, Kranji is a very far place for me, and I know nothing about this place. The only time I went to Kranji is when the school brought me (in primary school). There is this really big wetland reserve there that your school enjoy bringing you for science purposes (and for mosquito feeding session for me). I hated sugei buloh when I was a kid. I always went home with mosquito bites that itched like mad.
Melv mentioned this Bollywood Veggies place which he wanted to go try in Kranji (this was along the trail). Soooooo, we bought this stay at D'Kranji resort.
It was a 2D1N thing which included a Bird Nest Farm tour. The Bird Nest Farm was within the resort itself, so it was very convenient.
Getting there was pretty straightforward. Take a train to Kranji MRT, then wait for a shuttle bus (freq about 1hr) This is the bus schedule. It costs $3 for a day, unlimited rides. It stops at multiple locations, but we were only interested in the stop for Bollywood Veggies and the resort itself.
Our first stop was lunch at Bollywood Veggies, and we planned to take a walk in the farm after lunch. I heard that we could get a tour for $1 or $2 but we waited for awhile and when no one appeared we just took a walk on our own in the vegetable farm.
Lunch at Poison Ivy and visit to Bollywood Veggies Farm
I understand that the veggies at the bistro is supplied from the vegetables that the owner grows in the farm (I think it's pretty cool haha). The food was good and I think it's really quite cheap (especially when I compare it to our dinner hmmm). The portioning was also really big. We tried their warrior platter and a dessert. The platter was really interesting (veg option avail) but I felt the dessert was just soso (kueh kosui). We both liked the moringa tempura in the platter most (I think that's what it was), and there was mixed vegetables and different sorts of curry. I think there is a lot to do there, but we didn't book in advance, etc. The website has a lot of information on the different workshops that they have. This place is open on
*Aftermath: The mosquito bites on me lasted super long. Then again, we were at fault for forgetting to apply repellent before sleeping. So its a must to bring the mosquito repellent and use them!
Wed to Fri (9:30 am to 6:30 pm)We then headed to the resort to check in. The resort had prawning and a few restaurants apart from the museum. There is really quite little to do there, but this place is more for relaxation anyway.
Sat, Sun, & public holidays (8 am to 6:30 pm)
*They close for a fortnight every year during the Chinese New Year season*
The room is honestly quite small but it was okay for a night's stay. It was well equipped with the daily necessities, which I didn't expect so I was pleasantly surprised. I didn't like the way the shower facility was located. When we proceeded to our room, one of the employees clearing up the tree leaves was closing a wooden door which had direct view of the toilet (which was just a glass panel away). Call me paranoid - I didn't want to spend a long time in the toilet cos I really felt unsafe.
It rained after we went to the other side of the resort for the bird nest tour - it was walk-in but there was no one manning it so we kinda started on the tour on our own. I found it interesting cos I like bird's nest (smth melv doesn't understand) so finding out more about it (history, life cycle of swiftlet, the cleaning and processing technique, etc.) was fun for me. They had this store as well selling birds nest chocolates and cookies. They gave a very scientific name for it which I cannot remember by now but I didn't taste any birds nest inside (i think it was just a certain compound but I really don't know).
We had dinner at one of the restaurants here. It was really expensive in my opinion, but it could be because we ordered venison. Business was slow there, which I think could be because it was so out of the way and because it was a weekday.
Next day, we had the complimentary breakfast. I was a tad bit disappointed cos I thought I was going to get to eat the traditional kaya toast and eggs cos it is after all the countryside right? But the guy was singlehandedly managing everything, which I find impressive cos there were quite a bit of people waiting around for their breakfast. We then checked out and headed back to the city.
