Yuan Xiang Vegetarian Food

We have recently found a vegetarian food 煮炒 ("zi char") stall in Ang Mo Kio. When we first went there, it was in Blk 223F Ang Mo Kio Ave 1, but they have just moved to Blk 232 ~ not too far...

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This is one of the few places we can find vegetarian satay

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Dumpling soup

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My DD simply loves hor fun

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Mock fish with ginger and bean sauce. Really, the ginger made this dish - it was crispy fried and I loved it.

Zhen Ji Vegetarian

One of my favorite quick lunches is at the market food centre at Holland Drive (near the junction of Buona Vista Road and Commonwealth Ave). This is a stall that is famous for its vegetarian bee hoon. Recently, I also tried the vegetarian chicken rice, and it was also very good!

Vegetarian Bee Hoon

Vegetarian Chicken Rice

Where to find it:
 Blk 44 Holland Drive
 Holland Drive Market & Food Centre
 #02-26 Singapore 270044

What the stall looks like:

New vegetarian restaurant at Jalan Bukit Merah

We visited this restaurant for dinner last week, it is nice and simple.

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

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.

Ling Zhi Vegetarian Restaurant

Last weekend, my DH and I went to Ling Zhi Vegetarian Restaurant for dinner. There are two branches, one at Far East Square, the other at Liat Towers. We went to the Liat Towers branch, and above is the entrance to the restaurant.

    We had the "special tea" - it was a water chestnut drink that day. (picture above left). To start, we ordered spinach soup (picture above right). The soup is served in a bamboo cup - really cute! It is a simple and refreshing concoction, and is not overly spiced or savoury, which brings out the flavor of the ingredients. We enjoyed the simplicity of it all.

We ordered three main dishes. I really can't remember what the names are in the menu, so I will just describe them, and hope the pictures do them justice.

The mock fish consists of layers of beancurd wrapped in crispy seaweed-type "skin", with shreds of caramelised ginger on top, and chili sauce on the side. DH and I absolutely loved this dish.

The stuffed eggplant (picture above center) came in a claypot, and was served with four fried buns. I wasn't expecting the fried buns and had also ordered white rice! I ended not eating any of the rice. The eggplant was stuffed with tofu, and served in claypot with mushrooms and potato slices. The sauce was good (and went well with the fried buns). This is a tasty dish!

The only dish for which I remember the name on the menu is the "Bag of Treasures". This consists of veggies wrapped in beancurd skin, and served with broccoli, with a drizzle of a light sauce. Nice simple addition to the meal.

Overall, we thoroughly enjoyed dinner. It is known that this restaurant isn't exactly cheap - we spent over $60 on dinner for 2 - but it was definitely worth it!

LingZhi Vegetarian Restaurant - Liat Towers
541 Orchard Road,
#05-01 Liat Towers,
Singapore 238881
Tel: 6734 3788
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Food Tasting at Silk Road Restaurant (Amara Hotel)

A couple of days ago, we were at Silk Road at the Amara Hotel for a "food tasting". The 9-course vegetarian menu is as follows:
Vegetarian Cold Cut Combination
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Vegetarian Hot & Sour Szechuan Soup
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Braised Vegetarian Chicken with Broccoli
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Steamed Tofu with Mushroom
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Steamed Winter Melon with Vegetarian Goose
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Yam Ring with Seasonal Vegetables
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Braised Mushrooms with Spinach
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Braised Ee Fu Noodles
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Mango Pudding

The first dish was nicely decorated, and very interesting but the portion was disappointingly small. The soup was pretty good - nicely hot & sour - very appetising.

The third dish had more broccoli than "vegetarian chicken", but since I love broccoli, that was just great. However, the next dish seemed to have exactly the same gravy, but more of it! While the gravy was fine with the broccoli and "vegetarian chicken", it didn't go that well with steamed tofu and mushrooms. Or perhaps I wasn't expecting to have more of the similar-tasting stuff...

By now, I was already starting to get kinda full, but the winter melon in the next dish was a nice touch, with a cool and light taste. The yam ring was not exactly what I expected - I didn't see a ring, just two strips of what seems to be fried yam... Looks more like "yam fries"! Hmm... was it too much to expect them to make a ring for individual servings?

After this was a dish of mushrooms and spinach. The spinach was ok, BUT they dumped a ton of button mushrooms on top of the spinach - uh, I could have gotten that out of a can. In fact, I probably could have made this dish myself! DH hardly touched it...

The noodle dish was rather disappointing, as it was utterly dry, and lacked... everything - it was literally just fried ee fu noodles! Ok, with a sprinkle of mushrooms. What did I expect? Well, perhaps some veggies, say strips of carrot and a few strands of greens, and a little bit of gravy would be nice.
However, the mango pudding was a nice sweet ending, with real mango chunks at the bottom.

SIX of the courses had mushrooms, and given the my DH is not a great fan of mushrooms, I ate his as well. I had totally "overdosed" on mushrooms by the end of the evening!

Overall, while many of the dishes were quite tasty, a few were rather disappointing. Also, the presentation was not at all appealing, except for the first dish, which we didn't take a picture of. Practically all the were dishes served in just a plain white bowl. It almost seems like they put in the minimum thought necessary so that they can justify getting away with it on the actual day, if we didn't say anything! I felt kinda bad that my sis and her fiancé had to pay $90 per person for this.

Silk Road Restaurant
Amara Singapore, Level 2
165 Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore 088539
Tel: 62273848
http://www.silkroadrestaurants.com/rest.html

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

Imperial Herbal Sin Chi Cafe and Restaurant

Two weeks ago, I met up with a few high-school classmates for dinner. Being the only vegetarian, I was again compelled to be the one to suggest where to go.

Just for kicks, I called up Imperial Herbal Sin Chi Cafe and Restaurant at Vivo City, to ask if they cater for vegetarians. Yes, of course they do, you can ask the captain on duty for vegetarian recommendations!

Well, I certainly didn't forsee the difficulty finding parking on a Saturday evening, which made me half an hour late! By the time I arrived, my friends had already finished a (non-veg) starter, which was fine by me. Apparently, the starter was good enough to prompt one of them to make a reservation for her family lunch the next day!

As I wasn't up to eating too much, I ordered a soup for myself. We also got a dish of greens, a tofu dish, and a noodle dish which we shared. Overall, it was pretty good, and my friends also enjoyed the non-veg dishes they got.

Min Jiang Restaurant

Last Friday, we attended a small dinner function at Min Jiang Restaurant in Goodwood Park Hotel, at 22 Scotts Road. Like many Chinese restaurants, they offer the regular full-course dinners, while serving the vegetarian meal as individual portions.

The restaurant's interior design was very interesting - there was a main corridor, with wooden floor & walls, a mirror on one end, wooden sliding doors leading to private rooms. The room we were in had just 4 tables, and a private "attached bathroom"! The food was pretty decent.

Just for interest's sake, in May 2006, Goodwood Park Hotel opened its second Min Jiang restaurant at One-North, no. 5 Rochester Park.

Yunnan Garden Restaurant

Today, I went with my colleagues to Yunnan Garden Restaurant for lunch. This restaurant is located on the 5th floor of the IMM building.

As usual, whenever we go out for lunch, my colleagues have to make sure there is vegetarian food. They have been really good at that. This time, there were 21 of us, so we had 2 tables and the omnivores had the set lunch -> an 8-course meal that looked pretty good!

Me? Ah, I wasn't forgotten. The restaurant also catered a 6-course vegetarian menu for me. It was quite good! I had

• soup with bamboo pith
  
• tofu on a bed of greens
  
• (goodness, I can't remember what I ate now!)
  
• wrap of po-piah vegetables in lor-bak skin
  
• ee-fu noodles
  
• mango pudding

What is nice is that there wasn't too much of the mock-stuff!