Thursday, December 06, 2007

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.