Exporing Kranji II

A rather late post following the Kranji exploration last Deepavali. Things had been hectic ... and now my daughter is sick (the elder one this time). As if it is not enough, the little one and myself got the cough and the flu as well. Is it the season to be sick? 

Anyway, since it is school holiday season (for those with kids in school) I want to share the Kranji Countryside experience that I had. It is a nice area to explore, it would be good if you have your own transport though, as the places of interest are rather apart from each other. However, they do have a shuttle service for certain places. So, please check before you go there alright.

We wanted to stop and look around at Bollywood Veggies, however, since it was raining, we couldn't get around in the rain and muddy grounds ... so we drove off to another place. I heard the food at their bistro "Poison Ivy" is good ... and healthy too!

Checking out their map, we decided to do some shopping (a girl can't pass out  any 'shopping' opportunity aye!)  ... since we are already around the area. We checked out Kok Fah Technology Pte Ltd. They have a Weekend Farm where they sell fresh produce. Check out the pictures below for more info. Beware that the market only opens on Weekends!

Bitter gourds! These are the darker green range .. which my mom said 'very bitter'

Bitter gourds ... these are the lighter green ones ... not so bitter I guess?

Their Aloe Vera source!! 

Weekend Farm @ Kok Fah

The veggies are FRESH!

Just near the entrance, there are some tables and chairs where you can sit around. There is a Koi fish pond and an aquarium where you can see a 'huge' 

Koi Pond

I bought quite a lot of vegetables during my visit there. There are quite a variety of vegetables, although sad to say, I am not familiar with the names ha ha!  Don't forget to get their fresh Aloe Vera if you like them. They sell it fresh $3 for a small round container. I chose to buy their Aloe Vera Honey drink $2 per bottle, which was not too bad. I would not buy the Mango pudding with Aloe Vera again though ... I found the pudding was too sweet and tasted powdery (not much of mango taste too!)

Next, Farmart! More shopping!! Yayy!! I went there once a few years ago during an assignment trip with my group mate. The place didn't change much except for the addition of the EPS parking gate (the parking used to be FREE!). Our parking charges turned out to be S$1 which was not too bad. 

I remember that they have a small animal corner where you can buy food and feed the animals. 

Feeding the rabbits

You can feed other animals too, other than rabbits, there are frogs, fishes, goats, hamsters etc. 

Oh, before you reached the Animal Farm area, you will find a pond where you can do prawning. I was not interested in prawning there, I rather go to the fish market and buy the lot!

If you come early to Farmart, you can get buy quail eggs ... apparently they sold out quite fast (gone by 11 am according to the uncle). We arrived there at about 2 pm ish .. of course they are already long gone! But I bought a tray of large eggs for S$5 (which is quite a good deal I think).

Do browse around the shops there, it is quite a mix and match of shops there. You can find a pet cum grooming shop, party balloon shop (you can customise the balloons too!), a live seafood market, Uncle William's shop (where you can get the quail eggs), water features shop, etc.

By the time we were done from Farmart, the girls were tired ... Oh well, I was bloody tired too.. We were all tired! We made our way back home, leaving the greeneries behind but with fond memories in our mind (and lots of fresh veggies n eggs!)