Not many would know that the old guan hoe soon has a restaurant on the second level of Esplanade mall.

Not only is the restaurant aesthetically pleasing - the service is warm and earnest .

Was pretty surprised to find that there was an alar carte buffet ( with a huge variety of Peranakan dishes including drinks and desserts ).

And you saw right - a whole steamed promfret in Assam Sauce and no limitation on how many times you can order this dish .

The must trys are the Ayam buah keluak , Ayam goreng , Assam prawns ( fresh prawns , not the yucky crystal looking ones ), homemade otah , Hainanese pork chop , minced meat and crabmeat balls in bamboo shoot soup , butter prawns and of course the durian penyat , lemongrass jelly and the chendol .

For every 4 diners , 1 dines free . At 29 plus plus per pax ( before discount ) - how value for money is that ?

Available till end of August for both lunch and dinner - please don’t miss out .