SanSkruti

A couple of days ago, we chanced upon SanSkruti while looking for a place for lunch. It is an Indian vegetarian restaurant on Race Course Lane, and what caught my eye was that it served Gujurati cuisine. After looking through the menu, we decied to have the buffet, as it would allow us to taste a variety of dishes.

The dishes were pretty good, and prepared Gujurati style. There was kachori for starter, and the papad was nicely roasted. There was cabbage sag, palak paneer, channa, (one more dish I can't remember now) and, of course, dal and rice. They brought out the chappati as we ordered, so it was fresh and hot, with a generous dash of ghee. Dessert was gulab jamun was soft and well-soaked - delightful!

Forest Dew Vegetarian Restaurant

DH and I were on the way home one evening last week when 7-month old DD decided she was going to cry and cry and cry... We pulled into the next parking lot so we can get her out of her car seat & soothe her.

Turns out, we were right in front of a vegetarian restaurant!! We decided to get dinner there. Ordered two soups and two other dishes...

Since the lady said each soup was one portion, we ordered two - a Watercress Soup and a Salted Vegetable Soup. Turns out the portion was pretty large... Had I known, I would have ordered just one. The Salted Vegetable Soup had a nice herbal taste to it, and DH seemed to like the Salted Vegetable Soup.



We also got a Sambal Chicken and a Fish in Black Bean Paste. We were too eager to dig in that we forgot to take photos first! The sambal was fiery hot... I don't think I really tasted the "chicken". The "fish" was good.



Overall, it was a pleasant experience. The menu was extensive, I would definitely go back and try other items!

Forest Dew Vegetarian Restaurant
Blk 23, #01-523 Bendemeer Road

Century Egg and Spinach

Last weekend, my mom gave me a couple of century eggs, so I used one of them in my spinach dish. Here's how...

Ingredients:
1 1/3 cup stock
1 century egg, diced
1 egg, beaten
some garlic, chopped
a bundle of spinach, washed
a handful of wolfberries (I forgot these in dish pictured)
some oil for frying

1. Heat oil, and fry the garlic.
2. Add stock and wolfberries. Bring to a boil.
3. Add century egg and spinach. Boil until spinach is soft.
4. Stir in beaten egg.

Easy and yummy! :-)

(Green+on+earth)

Last week, my DH and I was at Beauty World Centre, and trying to find a place for dinner. I knew, from times past, that there was the food court on the 4th floor...

So, up we went, and we found, to our delight, a new vegetarian cafe - ok, it is not so new anymore, as it is a year old, but given that the last time I have been to this building was almost 12 years ago, it is new.

Green on earth cafe looked inviting (especially compared to the foodcourt outside) with a simple decoration and menu that looked yummy.

We went in, got seated, and then baby started to cry, so, the first dish at this cafe was milk for baby!! The owner was realy nice lady, and got us some hot water to heat up the milk.


I tried the beetroot & orange soup, and it was good, although I thought it would have been better as a cold drink than a hot soup.


As a starter, we tried the "Vietnamese Roulade", essentially vietnamese style spring roll. Nice healthy alternative to the deep-fried version.


For main dishes, we got the Mapo tofu pot, which came in a hot claypot and was served with brown rice. We also got a specialty (I have forgotten the name) which was fried mock fish that comes with a lovely sauce and lettuce which is used to wrap the 'fish' to eat.


Overall we found the meal extremely satisfying, and will certainly come back!

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Green on earth cafe
144 Upper Bukit Timah Road, #04-03
Beauty World Centre, Singapore 588177
Tel: 64684748
Email: info@greenonearth.sg
Website: http://www.greenonearth.sg/

Vegetarian Villas

We came across a relatively new restaurant at Bukit Merah - Vegetarian Villas. The restaurant has an interesting concept of serving vegetarian Yong Tau Foo. Customers select items they want in their dish, and whether they want it in a soup or "dry". They may also add noodles or rice, or select a regular soup or laksa soup.

The restaurant also serve a few other dishes like claypot rice/noodles, satay beehoon and specials on certain days.


Our first time there, we also found out that some items go into the soup, while others are fried and served with sesame seeds in a separate bowl.

Overall, we quite enjoyed our meal, and have been back quite a few times since!

Vegetarian Villas
11 Jalan Bukit Merah #03-4458
(it is at a corner at Blk 11, which is beside the "ABC market")
Email: vegvillas@gmail.com
Tel: 6273 2337

Eight Immortals Vegetarian

My DH and I first went to this restaurant last week. We had heard about it from a friend, although I have also seen it while passing by on previous occasions, but never thought about giving it a try. The restaurant is not at all fancy, but is clean and brightly lit, with simple decoration.

We ordered a vegetarian fish soup, Peking duck (mock duck, of course) and a sambal kangkong. The soup is a milky soup with crispy fried "fish", tofu, preserved veg and some mushrooms. The Peking duck was served with cucumber and lettuce - which you are supposed to use to wrap the slices of "duck" in. Sambal kangkong is a local vegetable cooked in chilli paste.



We took a picture after all the food arrived (and we had already started on some of it!). We really enjoyed the soup, and DH liked the "fish" inside. The kangkong was good and spicy! I thought the Peking duck was a little dry, but still quite ok. Overall, it was a satisfactory meal :-)

Today, we decided to go again, and since we liked the soup so much, we got it again. We decided to try the gong bao "chicken" (gong bao ji ding) and the kai lan in "oyster sauce". The gong bao chicken is mock chicken cooked with cashew nuts and red chilli peppers. It turned out to be really good - better than most gong bao chicken we have had at other places. The kai lan was... well, kai lan! Perhaps we should go for more interesting veges next time!

Tonight's dinner came up to about $20 for the two of us.

Eight Immortals Vegetarian Pte Ltd
Blk 721 Clementi West St 2
#01-126, Singapore 120721
(beside West Coast Road Chinese Temple & CC)
(opposite Ginza Plaza)
Tel: 6774 6102

Note: They also operate outlets in various food courts around the island.

Home-made Fried Rice

My home-made fried rice:

Well, it isn't really all that fancy, and I suppose pretty much anything can be fried with the rice. Here's how I did this particular one:

Ingredients:
1/2 a red onion
1 chilli
1pc Tau Kwa (the firm kind of tofu)
1/2 a yellow bell pepper
a handful of bean sprouts
1 stalk of xiao bai cai (sometims called chinese mustard)
1 bowl cooked rice
1 egg
2 tsp oil (or enough for frying)
1/2 tsp salt (or to taste)
1 tsp soy sauce (or to taste)

Preparation:
- Chop the onion and chilli. Cut the tau kwa and yellow bell pepper into strips.
- Wash the bean sprouts and xiao bai cai. Cut the xiao bai cai into small pieces.
- Heat oil and fry the tau kwa until it is golden-brown (yeah I love doing that).
- Push the tau kwa to the side of the wok, add onion, chilli and salt in the center. Fry and mix in the tau kwa.
- Throw in bell pepper, bean sprouts and stalk of xiao bai cai. Fry 'til "al dente". Then add the leaves of xiao bai cai.
- Make a space in the center of the wok and add the rice. Add a more oil if necessary to prevent the rice sticking to the wok. Add soy sauce and fry, mixing in all the other ingredients.
- Make a space in the center of the wok, break the an egg in the center, mix in all the rice and ingredients and fry.

TIP: For best results, use cold rice (e.g. refrigerated overnight).