Monday, August 27, 2007

Anatolia Turkish Restaurant

My friend first introduced me to Anatolia a few years ago. I have been returning to this restaurant many times since, and again this evening. The restaurant is a small and cozy place, in a quiet corner of Far East Plaza.

They are quite vegetarian-friendly, and what I really love is their lentil soup, salad bar, sutlac (rice pudding dessert) and of course turkish tea! In terms of main courses, they have vegetarian lamacun, pide and omelettes. There is, of course, also the turkish ice cream booth, complete with all the tricks that are really amusing to watch!

Anatolia Turkish Restaurant
14 Scotts Road #02-58/29 Far East Plaza
Tel: 6836 3352

Saturday, August 25, 2007

The peril of eating alone in a foodcourt in Singapore

Imagine this: you are alone, trying to grab a quick bite at the foodcourt before heading off to your next appointment (whatever that may be). In the middle of your meal, you get up to get a drink (or a fruit or whatever). That takes no more than 1 minute, but the next thing you know, your food is no longer there!

This is no joke, and has happened to me before, and almost happened to me again this morning. Luckily I was quick enough to yell at the "uncle" to inform him that I wasn't yet done!

Somehow the foodcourts in Singapore seem to have a super-efficient system of clearing tables - when you don't want it cleared! As opposed to when you're waiting for someone to clear vacated table still full of empty dishes...

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Miao Yi Vegetarian Restaurant

A Chinese-vegetarian restaurant, tucked away on the 3rd floor of Coronation Plaza. It may not be very prominent, but always seems to be very well-patronized every time we are there. As with all other Chinese-vegetarian restaurants, it serves the usual concoction of mock meat, but also has a great selection of tofu dishes.

When we were there last weekend, we tried a "soft tofu fantasy", which was tofu fried with a crisp brown skin but still white and soft inside. It was topped with crunchy bell pepper and TVP bits. Another dish that was a "first" for us was a sweet-and-sour mock duck (or some mock meat). The mock meat was crispy, and the sweet and sour sauce was just nice - not too sweet and not too sour!

This is one of vegetarian restaurants we have returned to frequently, as we enjoy the selection of dishes they offer.

Miao Yi Vegetarian Rstnt Pte Ltd
#03-01/02 Coronation Shopping Plaza Singapore 269707
Tel : 6467-1331

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

The NUS "Arts Canteen"

The canteen in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at the National University of Singapore has recently undergone renovation and will begin operations again on 13 August 2007. Oh, yes and it is now called "The Deck".

Here's the layout of the new canteen.

Anyway, there will be a vegetarian stall there... I wonder if it will be the same stall holder as before, as I really liked how they always had a clear soup on the menu every day.