Ivy’s Hainanese Herbal Mutton Soup
121 Pasir Panjang Rd #01-14, Pasir Panjang Food Ctr (Map) https://www.facebook.com/@ivysmuttonsoup/ 11.30am – 7.30pm Sun
They get top billing here because of some very simple reasons. They use the best cuts of ribs, meat, and shanks. Plus, they keep it real, and in the Hainanese style, something that’s getting lost in online translation (there are many types of Chinese mutton soups). They use the expensive Nam Yu; red fermented yam cubes (cheaper ones use tofu version), with a smidgen of wistful herbs and aromatic blue ginger. The resultant claypot (they only use them) light mutton stew or soup comes reddish brown and lovingly perfumed with the nam yu. It just buries the pong from the meat (if you know what I mean). They don’t come cheap as mutton is more expensive than beef in these parts. The basic claypot starts at $14 (at press time). Max Ng and his wife Ivy have been at it since the 90s and the lady boss makes it her personal daily agenda to blend and cook the distinctly sharp and tangy chilli sauce, which pairs so nicely with their Hainanese Mutton Soup.
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