Asking any nonya or baba for a good Peranakan food recommendation is often a wild goose chase because their answer will probably be along the lines of "it's hard to beat my mother's / grandma's cooking".

Charlie's Peranakan is a stall which has been around for quite some time and has some following. Located in the basement of the Army Market, they serve an astonishingly huge and wide variety of dishes.

Having ordered a huge packet of YouFu's hokkien mee, I had to exercise considerable restraint not to over-order. Their ayam rendang was delicious and fragrant though I wished the gravy was a little bolder and stronger in flavours. I must say though that it is really hard to get Peranakan food at this standard at hawker stall prices.

Needless to say, I will be back to check out the rest of their offerings in 2 months time!