~All About Veggie~

Herbivore @ Fortune Centre Bugis

2011-12-27T00:35:00.000-08:00

Hello all peeps, wishing all a really happy Xmas and Happy New Year 2012 in a couple of days time.

Alright, miss veg has been missing, yes.. because miss veg is really bz. And thank you some of you for helping each other on my chatterbox.. miss veg totally appreciate it!

If you are keen to help miss veg blog, miss veg is more than happy! heee! For those who had emailed me, no worries, i have kept in view of that..

Herbivore has been around for ages, i know, and yes, i've been there twice but haven't blogged it!

So here you go.. here's Herbivore for you.

Herbivore is opened by the owner of Zen Vegetarian, which I hear is moving away from Midlink Plaza soon, but to where, is still unknown. I've left my contact on the contact book which the waitress was passing around, so am waiting for them to let me know.

Anyway, what a great name it has! Herbivore! I've known about the real meat place carnivore and was thinking if anyone would open a place for us.

Herbivore is strategically located in the vegetarian heaven which Ive mentioned before.. Fortune Centre, where to date, I think there are close to 7-8 cafes within this building alone. In addition, Gokul has also jump onto the banwagon and opened a small cafe here.

Taking over the previous cafe Luo Han Veg, is Herbivore, which is by far one of the bigger outlet.

The Menu

Seriously I was quite taken aback when I was given this menu. It was really in a bad torn and tattered shape. I do hope they will change the menu soon.

The same open-kitchen concept as Zen.. Clean tables and neatly furnished place. Herbivore offers quite a range of Japanses/Western cuisine, so they do have similar food items that is available from Zen.

Black Pepper Steak Set $16+++

I do not recall the exact price, but this set that comes with Soup/bread costs close to $20 after tax.

Nothing really special about the mushroom soup.. Just normal and up the standard. Not suitable for vegans though.

Close up of the tomato spagetti. Pretty well done.

I would have expected the "meat" patties to be made by the chefs, but was a little disappointed when its the normal patty we can find from most veg suppliers. In addition, the meat was a little overcooked that tasted too chewy/hard.
Though the presentation for the western "meaty" set is good, I find the food so-so, and not exactly worth my $20 of spending. If you are a big eater, this serving is not enough to fill.

Side - Fish Rings $7+

One of the sides that I like also available from Zen is this Fish Rings. Really Yummy. I think we can get this from the veg suppliers and deep fry on our own as well.

Cream Rice $10+

One of the better dishes from Herbivore is this Cream rice, that is served with Cream, Cheese, Mushrooms, Hams and rice. Tasty though fattening.

Aglio Olio $10+

I guess this is the only dish i personally liked. The spagetti was really well done and simple. Tasty and spicy too.

Overall, Herbivore may not be your everyday choice due to its price, it is still not too bad a place to consider once a while for your gatherings/celebrations. The service staff were friendly too.

Location: Level 1-13/14, Fortune Centre , 190 Middle Road

Tel: 63331612

Opening hours: 10am- 11pm daily

Waterdrop Teahouse (滴水坊) @ Punggol

2011-10-31T23:52:00.000-07:00

My apologies to my readers as my blog is almost "dead" of late! Reason being i've been really busy and even though I've tried to move on to Facebook page, I find that the personal touch is still very much on this blog.
3 years since I've started blogging and I really am very grateful to those who have walk through these years with me! Thank you so much.
So here's a new place, or rather been around for quite some time, but it was my very first trip to this place - waterdrop teahouse.
The teahouse is located in the Fo Guang Shan building (which is also known as the Buddhist Light Association Singapore) at Punggol.
I was immediately attracted to the tranquil setting of the place the moment i step out of the lift.
Though it wasn't a big space to begin with, the stone-made chairs/tables and the spacing as well as the quietness of this place won me over.

You can opt to choose to sit outside and enjoy a little sun with chinese tea or inside the cafe itself.

Inside the cafe, spacious~

So back to the food... I couldn't say much about food as there wasn't much choices. I guess most of their patrons go there for tea sessions. They do serve a couple of good snacks and decent noodles/rice meals.

Menu

As mentioned, nothing much about the menu. I guess there is only 1 thing which I would highly recommend and definitely be back to return for is for the "Crispy Ginger".

Crispy Ginger $5

I never am a fan of ginger and most of the time I'll tend to remove the ginger slices in the dishes before eating. However, this is the very first time i've tried such a yummy dish - a PURE ginger dish. Though it is not cheap, it definitely is worth your $5. I couldnt exactly detect what actually made out of the unique taste, but this ginger wasn't spicy at all. It has a combined taste of sweetness, caramel and the ginger slices were chewy, which can be treated as a snack itself. I guess this dish captured everyone's tastebuds as almost all the patrons would order this as a side.

Minced Mushroom Rice $4

This rice set comes with a soup. The minced meat with mushrooms tasted good with rice. I find it healthy to eat with brown rice too.

Claypot Noodles Soup $4

This was supposed to be the dish of the day. I was a little disappointed as I would have expected this be served in a claypot, but it was served from a bowl instead. Taste wise, soup was made from the "Sha Cha" sauce, so I would think that nothing could possibly go wrong, just a tad oily though. The mushroom balls were okay.

We actually ordered another dish which is called the ngoh hiang but it was actually a mock meat item which is readily available at the vegetarian supplier stall, hence I didn't take any picture of it.

All in all, the ambience of this place won me over. It is a good place for relaxation and catch up or to spend your lazy afternoon at. I would definitely be back some day for their collection of chinese tea and ginger slices again!

Location:

1 Punggol Place Singapore 828844
Tel: (65) 6411 0590

Opening Hours: 9am to 6pm

CLOSED on Mondays

Fried Rice Paradise @ Supermarkets

2011-08-07T08:16:00.000-07:00

I would like to thank Yen Sin, Sunny, Mrs Toh and Sam to still very much supporting me on my blog by leaving me comments...thanks really! I feel very happy to still be of service :) If you have noticed, I set up a facebook page (all about veggie) which I update slightly more regular than this blog (opps)!
This blog is not "dead" really! I do know of new setups, but well, am too busy to visit them :(
Ok back to today's post. Fried Rice Paradise? Clare sis was telling me that this was reporting on the news that there's this taiwanese company testing out local market for their ready to eat meals - Fried Rice!
I didn't know until my trip to the nearest supermarket near my place someday - Sheng Shiong Supermarket and wow i was captivated by this packaging immediately. Though i'm not a superfan of fried rice, I felt the need to buy and try them immediately!

$2.80 Each

There are 3 main flavours - Vegetarian Mushroom Fried Rice, Curry Chicken Fried Rice and Spicy Chicken Fried Rice!

Spicy Chicken Fried Rice

So one fine evening since I had no home-cooked dinner, I decided to make my microwave work! So 3 mins later - ta da! I get this really "good" looking fried rice. As the chinese words say: "辣子鸡丁" I would have expected this to be very "spicy" since its spicy chicken. Luckily, it wasn't! Like the normal fried rice that you get outside, the ingredients are quite sufficient - mixed beans, mushrooms and veg chicken chunks. As for how it tasted, if you have eaten instant noodles, this is instant rice for you. Do not expect too much, but it does makes you full for a meal. One thing is I wasn't too used to fried rice without eggs, yet this tasted okay, especially the chicken chunks. A little thing that I wasn't too satisfied was that there was a tad too much oil at the bottom of the box so I could not finish the last few bites, I guess you will need to stir a little before heating up.

I do hope the supermarket continue carrying these products since its suitable for vegans too!

Locations: Sheng Shiong Supermarkets

Ming Hoe Vegetarian @ Paya Lebar (明和素食)

2011-06-19T00:58:00.000-07:00

Although working in Paya Lebar is a good location for me, I always find it difficult to find vegetarian food. There used to be a vegetarian stall operating at the basement of SingPost builing but it has also closed down. Recently I've been patronising one of the stalls located in a rather run-down coffeeshop thats located right behind Singpost. It is around 6 mins walking time from the Train Station.
Operated by mother and son team, this stall is a good recommendation that never fail to make my day.

The vegetarian stall is located in a coffeeshop named "大宾茶室" (Da Bin Eating House) and the main customers are workers or technicians working at the nearby workshops. At such, the prices of food isnt too expensive and portions are big.

Mixed Vegetables Rice $2.30/ 3 dishes

I must always ask for lesser rice as the portion is big. Its been a long while since I had a 3 dishes mixed vegetables rice for just $2.30. They do have around 10 dishes for you to choose during lunch. Other than the Curry Rice @ Bedok, this is one of the few stalls that sells cheaply. In addition, what I truely enjoy is the free soups! There are different soups served everyday, which I think is depending on the vegetables they have. Sometimes they will cook bittergourd soup, cabbage soup or raddish soup.

Other than mixed vegetables rice, on some days, they will serve specialities like Kway Chap, Laksa. One catch is, you gotta be early for the mixed vegetables rice as they are usually sold out by 1PM. Nonetheless, you may order Tze Char dishes if you do not want to eat mixed vegetables rice too.

Fried Noodles $3

All tze char dishes are priced at $3. I love this dish as it wasn't too oily yet tasty at the same time. The cook uses a lot of vegetables and beansprouts in this dish. They will usually ask if you take eggs. If you don't you will have to inform them.

The best tze char dish is actually their Fried Rice, where usually there would be a queue for it. The fried rice is served with a sunny side up. There are other tze char dishes like Hor Fun, Fried Kway Tiao or Bee hoon soups which you may order. Do note that it may take some time to wait for your tze char if the queue is long since each dish is cooked separately. I hear that chicken rice is served on Saturdays.

Location: Eunos Road 5, Eunos Industrial Da Bin Eating House

Operating Hours: 7am - 2PM

Closed on Sundays

VeganBurg Revisited @ Eunos

2011-05-24T07:03:00.000-07:00

Hey all, I do understand that the lack of posts has lead to the loss of some readers of my blog. My Sincere apologies, and of cos, thanks for the support and reminder from my sister, Sunnietart. I know there is a VITAL need to Feed this blog of mine. Im currently considering of moving on to a Facebook page which is definitely easier to manage with pictures upload. But meanwhile, let me stick on to Blogger first before I explore further. I would be glad if any of you is keen to help me (Note: im not able to pay though.)
Im not sure how many of you are new readers, but once again, thanks. If you have been a vegetarian long enough in Singapore, you would have heard and perhaps even visited VeganBurg at least once in your lifetime. Within a short span of 6 months, veganburg has definitely gained international fame (I was told that Veganburg was featured in some guidebook as the top 10 MUST eat vegetarian fast food in the whole world.*WOW*)
I was there on the very first day of opening and here is a post which I've done after my first visit. The service provided was really good, up to the point that the owner recognised me, even up till now. So this is once again VeganBurg revisited on my 4th visit.
They did not have any Sides on their first day yet as these were launched much later. What surpised me and something which I will never fail to order when Im there - The Vegan Franks.

Vegan Franks $3.80

These nutritious and filling mini tofu sausages deliver with a delicious flavour that hit me right on the spot when I first tasted. Yes, trust me, it is that good. But well, if you ain't receptive of vegetarian mock meats, then sadly you would miss this. I Like it that it is chewy and tasty at the same time.

Burger Set - Cracked Pepper Mayo

Smaller portion compared to the first time I went. The fries is still as good with the tinge of seaweed taste. I think this serving is just right for most people and managable.

Though I may not be a mega fan of fast food, it is good news that they can go this far, with the good streams of advertising and proving that vegetarian food isn't just for the Sick and Old. And Surprise Surprise, many young teenagers do go here for meals instead of Mac Donalds. Thanks youngsters and do spread the importance of vegetarianism!

Location:

44 Jalan Eunos Singapore 419502
Tel: 6844 6868 Fax: 6844 1021
Mon to Sun: 11am to 10pm
Fri, Sat & eve of PH: 11am to 1030pm

Website: http://www.veganburg.com/menu/
You may like them on Facebook too!

Quan Xin Vegetarian Food @ Bedok Blk 538

2011-03-31T03:16:00.000-07:00

Have I mentioned that I feel really blessed to be staying in Bedok? The one good thing about staying around my area is that the are indeed quite a number of places to eat right at my doorstep. After a 9 months renovation, the newly open market cum hawker centre now offers 3 vegetarian stalls that I get to choose from for my daily breakfast fix. In all, there are 5 vegetarian stalls within walking distance from where Im staying. I truely am blessed.

Talking about this stall, it was originally operating in Tampines and the owners decided to shift here due to the increase in Rental. The stall owners has more than 15 years of experience in this line.

Store Front

One thing is the stall only sells Wanton Noodles, Lor Mee and the usual economical fare (ie: Fried Bee Hoon, Kway Tiao, Mee)

Lor Mee $2.50

I've always adore lor mee, and not many places serve very good ones. This is not too bad as the soup is really tasty, yet not too much MSG. The only thing is that The ingredients aint a lot for this price.

Wanton Mee $2.50

Gwennie prefers this when they were operating in Tampines. I couldnt make out any difference, as i find this standard aint too bad. Sadly the wantons wasnt as tasty as I would have expected. I feel the noodles are chewy enough though. Other than this stall, there is another 2 stalls, one also selling the econimical fare as well as Kway Chap and Minced Meat Noodles. Another Stall sells what I've always love - vegetarian fried carrot cake. Really worth the try if you have been craving for it. Location: Blk 538 Market Bedok North Street 3 Opening Hrs: 7am till 1PM Usually Closed on Mondays.

Hong Kong - Veggie SF Cafe

2011-03-07T06:06:00.000-08:00

This is for my HK readers. Thanks for your support! Dear SG readers, do note that other than requests to write on local places, I've always got queries for overseas places too! So All about veggie does aim to provide more information whenever I travel. :)
In most forums/websites that I browsed, VeggieSF is listed as one of top five (Must-Visit). So I made it a point to visit them in Jan.
Opened by Paul & Bess, this cafe is located right in the heart of Central (Zhong Huan) in a building on Stanley Street. This place is well-liked by the yuppies.

I felt like I've travelled to San Francisco in the 50s the moment I stepped into the restaurant. I was really thrilled to see all the interesting decorations that I believe are brought from US.

Really like the Betty Boop & the Vintage Luggage!

Menu

One thing thats special about the Menu is that the Mains changes every week, while the sides are usually available. So I guess at the point of writing, you may not be having the same dishes I had. I find this notion really good since it makes people want to go more often! I was told that the Burger & Lagsana is a must try! So 3 of us had 2 meals and 2 sides.

I am Fabulous! HKD 98

We ordered this burger meal whereby the patty is made from organic beetroot. The meal also comes with potato/pumpkin wedges and salad. I find this a healthy option for people who are not into mock meats.

Union Square HKD 98

This lagsana comprises of Mixed vegetables baked over layers of flour and cheese that is tastefully spread with their homemade pesto sauce. Interesting and tasty. If you are a vegan, do note that Cheese can be omitted upon request.

Curry Veggie Balls HKD 28

If you have just turned vegetarian and has always loved fishballs, this is one of the better fishballs I've ever had. I was not able to find fishball of this texture and taste in SG, but well, at VeggieSF, you would be able to try it. When I was visiting my sister in Macau, we were able to get this from the vegetarian supplier as well.

Satay HKD 28

Its a interesting display, but perhaps the most expensive satay I had to date. I find the taste okay. As this cafe has not only attracted tourists, it is really popular with the working crowds as well. My sister was lucky to have lunch here again for another 2 days since her colleagues called a week in advance to reserve seats. So here's the rest of the meals:

Japan Town HKD 88

A beautiful color display of japanese styled fried rice topped with Mayo and Seaweed.

Sawadeeka HKD 88

Fragrant Coconut Glutinous Rice Served with Thai Grilled Veggie skewers.

Wintermelon Soup

Interesting as my sister thought that wintermelon is supposed to be chinese styled but it was more like a western soup.

For any meals, all you need to do is to add another 48 bucks for a soup or dessert and drink.

If you are a vegetarian intending to travel to HK or staying in HK, this is a place not to miss.

Location: 10/F Stanley 11, No. 11 Stanley Street, Central Hong Kong

Tel: +852 3902 3902

Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 12Noon - 2.30PM; 6 - 9PM, Closed on Sundays

Website: http://www.veggiesf.com/

Yuan Xiang @ Changi Branch

2011-02-13T05:22:00.000-08:00

Happy Chinese New Year and Gong Hei Fatt Choy to everyone of you! Havn't been blogging of late as I seldom dine out these days. I do have a lot of backlog of overseas places which I've tried, and will update them soon.
Speaking of which, if you have been patronising the Yuan Xiang Vegetarian Tze Char stall @ Bugis for the longest time, please note that they have moved out of Bugis has relocated to Bedok Blk 216 Market.
From the original 3 outlets, there are only 2 Yuan Xiang Outlets left now. I went to the Changi Restaurant for dinner a couple of days back and recently they have launched Dim Sum value meal at this restaurant. (Do note that Dim Sum is only available @ Changi).
Decided to try out with my family since I thought that its quite worth.

$30 NETT for 4/5 Pax OR $50 NETT for 7/8 Pax

I was approached by one of the managers to sign up as a member ($2) so that we could be offered this dim sum deal. I thought this is really good, as there isnt much places that serve dim sum in SG other than Lingzhi and Lotus vegetarian. In addition, by signing up as a member, you get to redeem another plate of dim sum free. For the dim sum deal, it is a set of 12 dim sum for 4/5 pax. So per person only costs around $6. Do note that you are supposed to purchase the "coupon" beforehand. I took up the $30 deal and paid up front. In addition, reservations for this meal is required beforehand.

Perhaps this was the first time they are having this promo, I personally find the staffs do not know how to handle, and I did not totally enjoy my meal. If you are there just for the normal tze char dishes, the standard is still okay. However, this dim sum experience wasn't entirely pleasant as my family waited for more than 45 mins for our first dim sum served.

The 12 dim sum dishes was supposed to comprise of Golden Bun with BBQ Meat, Fruits with Yam Ring, Pork Ribs with Special Sauce, Herbal Chicken, Lotus Rice, Golden Prawn, Pineapple Roll, Bean Meat with Special Sauce, Carrot Cake, Fried Dumpling, Cha Siew Bun and Siew Mai. I had expected these to be served initially but little to my surprise, not only did I not get the Lotus Rice, Yam Ring, Pork ribs, and Pineapple Roll, I was served with a total of 7 Deep Fried dishes out of 12, this came as a shock as I would not want to recommend to people who are health enthusiasts! The ladyboss came to apologise when she overheard my complaint of the steamed lotus rice being replaced to fried rice instead. In addition, the Yam Ring was replaced with Yam Balls, Pineapple Roll replaced by Banana bread roll that was dipped in oil. Sadly, the above 6 dishes did not meet the usual standard of Yuan Xiang that I would have expected.

The only 6 items which I think was passable are these 6. The steam dumpling, which was a replacement of the pork ribs, was filled with lots of ingredients. The Char Siew Bun was okay as well. As for the Siew Mai, it wasn't homemade by them, but brought from the vegetarian supplier. The only recommended dishes are the Prawn Dumpling as well as Carrot Cake, which still makes the mark to date.

At this point of writing, im still downing my XXth cup of tea hoping to wash off some of the oil in my body. Recommended if you are a big lover of deep fried foods and do not mind mock meats. If not, just stick to the usual tze char dishes if you do patronise them. The carrot cake and prawn dumpling is still available in the normal menu as well. Hence you may add this to your tze char. For me, I guess improvement is Vital if they want this dim sum promotion to last till the end of the year.

Location: 134, Changi Road (Near to Eunos MRT), Singapore 419720

Operating Hours: 11am till 9pm

Tel: 98786705/ 94569079

Hong Kong - World Peace Cafe @ Wan Chai

2011-01-26T06:26:00.000-08:00

I've always wondered why many people told me its difficult to find vegetarian places in Hong Kong. In fact, I personally find Hong Kong has many more restaurants than Singapore.
Many Years back my sis gave me this Vegetarians Eateries Link (http://www.vegsochk.org/shops/vegilist.htm) and it has always been a "Manual" which I've referred to whenever I have the chance to visit HK. I think this website is perfectly well-maintained, and it includes all the places that you can go to according to the MTR station.
Do note that some places may not be updated as I found 1 cafe closed down. However, most of the restaurants are still around. The only thing is that this whole list is in Mandarin. Do let me know if you need the information in English, I can TRY to translate them for you.
About World Peace cafe, I must thank my bestie for firstly checking it out and bringing me there to eat.
World Peace is a cafe that serves organic vegetarian food, organic coffees, fruit juices and herbal teas.
Opened in 2005 by Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, this cafe aims to create an oasis amist the hustle and bustle life in HK. The aim of is to offer people a place to unwind and enjoy healthy food in a relaxing setting. You can also shop for books and health food there.

Inside the cafe, there is a carving of "天下太平" on the wall, which means World Peace, the altimate aim and wish of many people I guess.

Set Lunch HKD 88

The lunch set menu price ranges from HKD 68 to 128. Franny and I took the HKD 88 meal which comprises of a starter, a main and a drink. Do note that the conversion rate is approximately 1SGD: 5.8HKD at the moment. May not be cheap, but well, the living standards in Hong Kong is high, hence do note that you would not be able to find a $2 mixed vegetables rice there.

For our main, we both chose the baked potato with salad, which is a healthy and sweet mix. The potato is well baked. Do note that all food served is organic with minimal taste so people who do have a strong taste bud, you will find organic food a little bland or even tasteless, but well, its good for a change at times, for a healthier body!

I chose the tomato spaghetti while franny took the pumpkin curry rice. The spaghetti was really fine but it isnt the usual angel's hair that i knew, so im not too sure what is this type of noodle. The serving was really big and I almost couldnt finish the entire plate. Sauce wise, rather authentic but sadly not much ingredients.

As for the curry rice, it wasn't spicy and tasted okay. Ingredients comprise of Tofu, carrots and Cucumbers.

Lastly a drink that makes us refreshed!

Its a healthy meal which did not have any fried, any mock meat involved. If you are an avid health enthusiast or looking for some peace, this is quite a nice place to chill. There is even a medication centre. The good news is World Peace cafe is opening an outlet right on our shores! The boss has confirmed with me that they would be opening an outlet in Chinatown. I will keep all of you updated then.

Location: 21-23 Tai Wong Street East Wanchai HK

Tel: 2527-5870

Website: http://www.worldpeacecafe.hk/

Opening Hours: Lunch (12 to 2.30); Dinner (6.30 to 9.30) , Closed on Sundays and Public Holidays

Recipes - Shared in VegVibe Xmas Creations

2011-01-10T19:56:00.000-08:00

Happy 2011 to everyone! I'm totally happy to have met some of you and even recevived wonder email informations on the new places opening, shifting etc. Thank you so much! Though we are all doing this for free, Im sure we are all happy to share such information since its an avenue for us. For contributors who have helped in my blog, thanks once again, and keep your writings coming, I will arrange for them to be up as and whenever possible.
So for the start of the year, i'll like to share some recipes.
Its was my pleasure to be able to share some recipes in VegVibe (Nov/Dec Copy), the one and Only FREE Vegetarain magazine in SG.
Here are the pages that had my recipes:

It was for the Xmas Season, but I personally like these dishes whole year round, so do try it if you can!

Munchy Tofu Balls (Jingle Bells) *Makes 15 balls*
2 Small Firm Bean curd
3 Water Chestnut (Finely Chopped)
3 White Button Mushrooms (Finely Chopped)
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Pepper
1 teaspoon Italian herbs
½ tablespoon Soya Sauce
½ tablespoon Sesame Oil
1 tablespoon Self Raising Flour

Method:
1. In a bowl, mesh bean curd and mix all ingredients in evenly except self raising flour.
2. Once all ingredients are mixed, fold in the self raising flour.
3. Mould mixtures into balls and deep fry.

Wasabi Salad Sauce
10g wasabi (Add more if you like it more spicy)
20g Vegan Mayonnaise

In a mixing bowl, mix both sauces together till smooth. Ready to Serve

Minestrone Soup (Santa Stew) *For 2 Servings*
4 Cups Water
4 Cups Diced Tomatoes Or Tomato Puree
10g Carrots (Finely diced)
1 stalk Celery (Finely Diced)
½ tablespoons mixed herbs (Oregano, rosemary, basil)
3 White Button Mushrooms (Finely Diced)
10g Capsicums (Finely Diced)
10g Cabbage (Shredded)
20g Macaroni Pasta
½ teaspoon Salt
½ teaspoon Pepper
½ tablespoon Vegan margarine

Method
1. In a pot, combine all ingredients except the pasta and margarine. Simmer over low heat till all vegetables are tender.
2. Add in the Pasta and cook until pasta is soft. Add in Margarine and stir till it melts.
3. Ready to Serve.

Herbs Mushrooms Tortillas (Wrapped Present) *1 Serving*
1 Tortilla Wrap
2 Lettuce *or any vegetables of your choice*
¼ Carrot (Shredded)
¼ Capsicum (Sliced)
1 tablespoon Tomato Puree
1 tablespoon wasabi mayo sauce

3 White Button Mushrooms (Sliced)

Mushroom Seasoning
1 tablespoon Vegan Margarine
1 tablespoon Vegan Mayonnaise
½ teaspoon Italian herbs
1 Pinch of Salt
½ teaspoon Black Pepper

Method
1. In a medium heat pan, melt vegan margarine. Add in mushrooms and stir fry till fragrant.
2. Add in rest of seasoning except Mayonnaise. Lift mushrooms from the pan into a mixing bowl.
3. Add in mayonnaise and spread evenly. Cool for later use.
4. Warm wrap slightly in a microwave oven for 30 seconds
5. On the preparation table, lay the slightly warmed wrap. Spread tomato puree evenly as a base sauce.
6. Add on lettuce, and Carrots with a spread of Wasabi Mayo on the vegetables.
7. Lay capsicum and mushrooms on top.
8. Roll up the prepared wrap and cup into half. Ready to Serve

Soy Almond Jelly with Avocado Puree *For 3 Servings*

30g Soymilk Powder
360ml Water
90ml Almond Syrup
½ tablespoon Agar Agar powder
3 tablespoon Sugar

Avocado Puree
½ Avocado (Sliced)
30ml Almond Syrup
30ml Water
1 tablespoon Sugar

Method
1. In a blender, blend all ingredients for Avocado Puree together. Add a little more water if its too thick. Refrigerate for later use.
2. Add Soymilk Powder with 90ML of water and stir well till it completely dissolves. Set aside.
3. Dissolve Agar Agar Powder in 270ML of water. Add in Almond Syrup and Sugar and stir.
4. Slowly Add in Soymilk Mixture. Stir constantly and simmer over low heat for another 2 minutes.
5. Using a sieve, pour mixture into a mould and set aside to cool.
6. Refrigerate for 1 hour
7. On a serving plate, spread avocado puree evenly. Place the Jelly on the puree and its ready to serve. *May add fruits to it as well*

Shiang Hai Japanese Vegetarian @ Malaysia (KL)

2010-12-21T18:27:00.000-08:00

This is a new post by Fen.. Thanks for your contributions and keep more coming!
My first vegetarian place will be at the Shiang Hai Japanese Vegetarian Restaurant (香海日式素食坊）. It is located at one of the business shop houses near to the Sunway Lagoon.
My wife were roaming helplessly around that area just to find this restaurant and finally caught it in a pretty deserted corner of the shophouses there. The shop's signboard wasn't very easily noticeable as it's not the usual greeny or veggie logo kind of restaurant.

The air conditioned restaurant is a cosy corner with wooden tables and chairs, but not those low leveled japanese ones. Near to the entrance there was a small corner acting as a library with books on vegetarian and cookery.
We are first introduced to the sushi menu sets, followed by the differents kinds of fried rice and noodles.

Popiah Fried Rice

My wife ordered a very nice plate of fried rice Served in a "bowl" made of popiah skin. The first spoon of the rice caught my attention as the rice was presented at such a near-to-perfect temperature, tasty and not too oily at the same time. Surprisely, the popiah skin goes well with it. You need not add any chill sauce or green chilli because you will definitely not want to alter the taste anymore.

Tomato Noodles

I ordered tomato gravy noodles. At first, I was sighing away on why I ordered such a thick gravy noodles, as I thought that I would be sick of the taste in no time. But when the noodles arrived, they smelled good and I totally enjoy the noodles. However, there is "Chinese Lizard Tail" Vegetable (Also known as "臭菜") which my wife disliked. This veg is rather distinct in smell and some people do not like it. Overall, i think the noodles was great and filling.

Butter Chicken

We ordered a buttered mock meat dish which I forgotten which meat it was meant to be, rather normal.

In all, we spent around 18SGD for the 3 dishes plus drinks. Quite worth it for a vegetarian who craves japanese food. But wait, we didn't really have any japanese food, as the waitress seemed to forget the sesame sushi that we ordered. As we were already full, we left without it.
Nice ambience for families and quite popular as I could see people strolling in on this hot Sunday.

Location: 32A,Ground Floor,Jalan PJS 8/2,Mentari Plaza,46150 Bandar Sunway,Petaling Jaya,Selangor.
Tel：03-5621 1016，5621 1017

Fax：03-5621 1016

Wedding Review - Shangrila Singapore

2010-12-13T19:23:00.000-08:00

This is a post contributed by Edmond. Thanks dude! Do send me more if you realised i've not posted on any places thats near to you. Anyway, if you have followed on my wedding reviews, I've last mentioned that My favorite was Shangri La and by looking at the pictures that Edmond sent me, I was drooling already. I recalled that there was bird's nest a couple of years back when i was invited my friend to her dinner. Perhaps over the years they have changed their vegetarian menu as well and may not be the best to date.
Anyway, Here's presenting to you Edmond's post on a wedding dinner he attending at Shangri-la Hotel.

Veg Ham and Mango Salad

Sound nice but there was only mango cubes and the salad was out of sight. The brown slices are veg sausage which may pass off as bacon pieces which I find too dry.

Double Boiled Flower Mushrooms and Cabbage

Very tasty soup with cabbage, bamboo shoots, mushrooms and wolfberries thats brewed for long hours.

Sweet and Sour Fish with Pine Seeds

The fish doesnt taste like our usual mock fish as this is softer and tastes good with the pinenuts.

Sauteed Veg Prawn with Asparagus in Spicy Sauce and deep fried bun

Oily is the only word I could think of when it comes to this dish. First the Bun was Deep Fried, then the oil got seeped through to the cracker below which is also oily.

Aparagus with Cashew Nuts

Lots of cashew nuts in this dish and its a wonderful and crunchy combination.

Veg Abalone and Kai Lan

Kailan is fresh and the abalone doesnt taste like the mock item but rather the abalone mushroom.

Braised Noodles

Not our usual Yee Fu Noodles as this has more gravy. Not too oily and saltish.

Mango Pudding

Last but not least, a yummy dessert that saves the day.

If you are in the midst of turning veg and have been invited to a friend's wedding, do note that most places do provide vegetarian options for you, and all you need to do is to ask if your friend can cater that for you :)

Location: Shangri-La Hotel Singapore

Wedding Review - Crown Hotel @ Airport

2010-12-08T04:36:00.000-08:00

Its the time of the year again. Was invited by my good friends to attend their wedding lunch at the airport's hotel. Interesting and cool.

Starter

Fried Spring Roll and mushrooms wrapped in beancurd skin.

Soup

Gwen and I love this soup totally. It was brewed for long hours with many ingredients and tonics. The old cucumber is really soft and tasty.

Vegetables & Lor Han Chai

Both vegetables aint too bad, not oily and healthy.

Location: Changi Airport Terminal 3, Crown Hotel Ballroom

Merryland Vegetarian @ Johor Bahru

2010-11-26T19:17:00.000-08:00

This post is contributed by Uncle Stanley. He and his friends are frequent traveller to our neighboring country Johor Bahru and this is another restaurant that he likes dining at.

The nice menu. Some dishes start from RM10, which is ard SGD5. Pretty reasonable.

Tofu

Serving is reasonable for 4 pax. Tasty and the tofu is smooth.

Assam Fish

Sour and aint too spicy, sadly the fish slices are not a lot for the Small plate. One thing i like about mock fishes is that most of these are made with beancurd skins that that wrapped in layers and covered with a seaweed. They do not really taste too mock which most people dislike.

Chili Kangkong

My favourite of all times. If you realise most of my posts would have this dish. I wonder if it is truth or a myth that the old people say our legs will turn wobbly if we eat too much of this vegetables.

Cereal Prawns

I like this dish as well. Though I've long forgotten then real taste of prawns, I do not mind these as substitutes. I love how the oats taste!

total of 4 dishes and rice and tea costs only RM50.

Merryland has opened 2 outlets in JB itself. So its one of the places you can consider dining. May not be easy to find for those who do not drive in though.

Locations:

1. 42-44 Jalan Dedap 4 off Jalan Johor Jaya[same street as "The Store"
departmental store cum Supermarket.
Tel: 07-3540387

2. MERRYLAND Vegetarian fast-food
16 Jalan Pingai, Taman Pelangi
Tel:07-3319697

Operating Hours: Till 9pm daily

Ru Lai Vegetarian Food @ AMK

2010-11-14T22:33:00.000-08:00

There are 2 stalls of the same name located in the hawker centre. I have no idea if they are owned by the same owners though. The special part of this stall is that it only sells Dry Mee instead of our usual vegetarian Fried bee hoon. I was really surprised as there are queues at this stall. Even my sister raves about it and at one time she went almost every other weekend for breakfast.

Stall Front

The owners sell nothing but only Dried noodles. I'm calling it dried noodles as there isnt any wantons or veg minced meat in this dish.

Dried Thick Bee Hoon $2.50

I decided to try this for breakfast as I usually will have this thick bee hoon in laksa. The ingredients comprise of mushrooms, vegetables, Mock duck slices and the fried goose. I guess the draw for this is the fried goose which many people like it in their bee hoon. Some call it "crispy", which is basically made of beancurd skin. Nothing exceptionally special about this, as the sauce mix was just okay. I personally liked the yellow bean soup that is simmered over long hours.

Location: Blk 226D, Ang Mo Kio Street 22, Food Centre, Stall #01- 105

Opens till early afternoon, daily.

*Do note of Long Queues on the 1st and 15th of the lunar month*

Vegetarian stall @ Bedok

2010-11-13T04:57:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, apologies for the late post as I have been busy of late. Anyway, here's a new post contributed by Steve. Thanks Steve!
Steve has tried the dishes from this stall and find the food affordable and good.

Ba Kut Teh $3

Comes with rice, this ba kut teh soup comprises of quite a lot of ingredients including tau pok, beancurd as well as veg mutton balls. The Soup is tasty as well!

Other recommended dishes: Seafood Soup

Location: Blk 59 New Upper Changi Road (near Bedok View Secondary School)
Inside Coffee Shop.
Opening Hrs: Till 9pm, closed on alternate Mondays

Sin Sheng Huat Vege Restaurant @ Malaysia (Johor Jaya)

2010-11-03T02:23:00.000-07:00

This is contributed by Uncle Stanley . Thanks so much Uncle Stanley! If you do travel to Johor Bahru, there is some cheap and good food in Johor Jaya, which is located near the popular shopping mall Jusco. This stall is operated by a couple and been around for more than a decade. Most dishes shown below are at only RM3.00. (which is equivalent to Less than S$1.50)

Shop Front

This restaurant itself has a couple of vegetarian stalls inside, whereby they serve meals like Nasi Lemak, Mee Rebus or the Cha Siew noodles. There are also stalls selling Carrot Cake, Steam rice cakes and Roti Prata.

Soon Kueh

The normal soon kueh usually comprise of bamboo shoots which are cooked with shrimps. These days the vegetarian soon kueh comprise of Turnip instead. Looks really Yummy!

Mee Rebus

Lots of ingredients given for this plate of mee rebus!

Wanton Noodles

Noodles are chewy and there are quite a lot of ingredients to go with.

Curry Noodles

Thunder Tea Rice

The Hakka Lei Cha (Thunder Tea) Rice set is a really popular dish in Malaysia. It does has a strong tea taste which may not suit some tastes.

Nasi Lemak/ Curry Rice

No garlic,onions nor shallots are used in the preparation. Mixed Vegetables Rice is also available at the stall.

Location:29 Jalan Dedap 23, Taman Johor Jaya, 81100 Johor Bahru,
Opening Hrs: 6.30AM to 9.30PM
Tel: 016-7117250

Driving Instructions:

From the usual Tebrau Highway it will be join to Jalan Pandan. Then, you will find Carrefour. Tkae the New Flyover and continue to see Tesco as well as Jusco.
When you see Aeon @ Tebrau City in the distance, keep to the 2nd left lane so that you can then turn right into JALAN JOHOR JAYA.
Then you will see the Bowling Alley, turn into that area which is DEDAP. It is located along the road.

素GOOD Veg Stall @ Raffles Place

2010-10-15T01:24:00.000-07:00

Rejoice! Vegetarians who are working at the Raffles Place area, there is a new veg stall operating at the Mei Hua Foodcourt at the golden shoe carpark. Is written as 素Good which I would interpret it as Vegetarian Good. Something really good about this is that this is not your typial mixed vegetables economical rice stall, but a place where each and every set meal is cooked on the spot and served pipping hot!
Also, there are pamphlets available to create more awareness.

Hotplate Tofu with Rice $6

All dishes is served with a bowl of rice and the serving is quite big. Clare ordered this hotplate tofu. Comprises of lots of vegetables and tofu and served with an egg on the bottom of the hot plate. This is similar to the dishes available at most tze char places. The gravy goes really well with rice and wasn't too saltish as well. If you are a small eater, this plate alone can serve 2 people. For vegans do let them know that you do not take eggs.

TomYum Vermicelli Soup $4

I was craving for something soupy so decided to try a vemicelli soup and they gave me a choice of clear, herbal and tomyum soup to choose. I decided on tom yum. Aint too bad, as there are many vegetables in the soup. I like the texture of the vemicelli as this is not the type that would dry up the yummy soup. May not be your thai version of tom yum, as this soup was made from the tomyum base, but it does create a sizzle in me.

A pretty interesting concept and its good to see crowds. The only drawback is that the waiting time may be a little long for rushing workaholics. Do go early on prayer days, which is the 1st and the 15th of the lunar month. I certainly want to try other dishes on my next visit. Let me know if you want to join me for a lunch!

Location: 50, Market Street Stall # 9, Meihua Food Court, 01-32 Golden Shoe Carpark

Opening Hours: Daily till late afternoons, Closed on weekends

Yuet Sum Hin @ Malaysia (KL)

2010-10-04T22:35:00.000-07:00

This is a post contributed by Choon Soon. Thanks Choon Soon! He has travelled to KL and ate at this place which does serve quite recommendable dishes. So if you do travel to KL, this is somewhere you can go!
This place is located at a relatively quiet street on the road exit off Four Season Hotel and in between the Eu Yan Sang Building and Berjaya Times Square. I personally been there twice and one of the food that my friends and I like most is the Ma Po Tofu (Spicy Tofu).

Mapo Tofu

It has a different flavour as what we ate in Singapore most of the time. In Singapore, the spiciness of the dish comes from chilli flakes where as in this restaurant, I think it actually comes from curry powder and hence the colour. This is the top dish I would recommend in this store. Goes well with rice!

Buttered Mushrooms

Another dish will actually be the Butter Mushrooms. The texture and its taste is actually like cereal mushrooms but it is done without it and the curry leaves are really fragrant. However it would not be suitable for vegans. If you are a keen and avid lover of mushrooms, not too bad, but can be fattening.

Spicy Assorted Mushrooms

The last dish I ordered will be Spicy Assorted Mushrooms. Well, it is a bit of spiciness but what I am really looking into are its mushrooms, and this is the wet version comparied to the earlier fried ones.

Other recommended dishes are: Kang Kong, Seaweed Soup and Fried Dumplings.

I did not manage to take down the price of each dish, but it is still quite affordable as it only cost around SGD$5 to SGD$6 per pax for 4 of us and we ordered 3 dishes and 1 soup with rice. It also comes with side dishes like braised peanuts and also served with tea and wet tissue. I personally think it is one of the few places that charges reasonable rates in KL so far.

Location:
No.8 Jalan 1/77B, Jalan Changkat Thambi Dollah off Jalan Pudu (55100 Kuala Lumpur)

Tel: 03-2148 4681

Thanks Choon Soon! I look forward to your next review soon.

Rong Xiang Vegetarian Stall @ Geylang East

2010-09-29T03:23:00.000-07:00

One of the days after swimming at geylang east swimming complex, I decided to try my luck at this nearby foodcentre and I was happy to find 2 stalls.

Decided to eat at the Tze Char stall. They do serve the normal mixed vegetables rice as well, but most customers order their tze char which i reckon must be not bad.

Salted Fish Fried Rice ($3)

I've been craving for this fried rice for a long time as my coll loves it. Other than Yuan Yuan, i personally like this salted fish fried rice as there are many ingredients within. (Note: The drumstick is additional) Ingredients comprise of vegetables, tofu and lots of mock salted fish. After being a vegetarian for so many years, I've long forgotten the real taste of salted fish, but I like how this salted fish taste, which wasnt too salty either.

There are many other tze char dishes which i would love to try, and prices start from $2.50, which I think is reasonable.

I like it that they do have english on the menu listed.

Location: Blk 117 Aljunid Ave 2 Stall # 01-16

Opening Hrs: Till 3PM, daily

Recipe - Sushi

2010-09-22T07:12:00.000-07:00

My apologies for this late post as I've been busy launching my new E-Shop on Facebook. It has nothing to do with vegetarian food but a new hobby i've picked up.

Anyway, its been some time since I last shared a recipe. I'm quite satisfied with the feedback of my sushi creations and would love to share it here with you today.

(For 10 Sushi Rolls)

Ingredients:

Short Grained Rice (Or Sushi Rice) - 600G

Carrots - Shredded

Avocado - Cut into Strips

Japanese Cucumbers - Cut into Strips

Dried Seaweed

Rice Seasoning -

a. Rice Vinegar (Or Sushi Vinegar) - 6 Tbsp

b. Salt - 2 tsp

c. Sugar - 2 Tbsp

Method:

1. Cook the Sushi Rice

2. In a mixing bowl, stir all rice seasoning together. Add this mixture seasoning evenly into the cooked rice. Allow the rice to cool before assembling the sushi.

3. On a rolling bamboo mat, place 1 seaweed on it. (Note that the rough side of the sushi is facing you as this is where you will place all ingredients on)

4. Place a spoonful of sushi rice and place in the middle of the seaweed and spread evenly. Add more sushi rice if its not enough to cover.

5. Allow an approximately 1cm space from all 4 sides to avoid spillover when you roll.

6. Place the ingredients which you want in the middle. E.g.: Carrot Strips, Cucumber Strips.

7. Then, gently with both hands, roll up the seaweed to the middle covering the ingredients with the bamboo mat.

8. Press firmly.

9. Continue to roll till the end. Press Firmly again.

10. If your seaweed doesn't stick well, dap a little bit of water over the sides to close up your roll.

Note: If you like beancurd sushi (Inari), all you need to do is to wet your hands, place a handful of rice in your hands and roll into a ball. Place the rice ball into the beancurd pocket. (Inari Pockets is available in most supermarkets)

There are quite a number of demos which I've seen on Youtube and I totally love it!

VeganBurg @ Jalan Eunos

2010-09-08T23:38:00.000-07:00

I was very excited when I saw this pamphlet in the goodie bag during the veg-vibe magazine launch.

It has been a really long time since I sat down in a fast food restaurant and munch on a burger. I was very happy that someone has stepped up and did it - opening a whole new vegan burger restaurant right at our doorstep.

Today is the soft-launch of VeganBurg and I can't wait to try it. I called the confirm the opening date as the website initially wrote the launch date in Oct. I was surprised that the lady on the phone was not only polite, but she even bothered to check my blog and follow up on email. Thanks Joey for that little thought. Anyway, not everything on the menu is available as of now, as the official opening date would be in October.

*from opposite the cafe*

I was still wondering if they repainted the building, as the cafe uniform and the logo matches totally.

*upclose - Cafe Exterior*

*Interior*

Interior of the cafe was furnished with custom-made furnitures. I was told that the theme was to follow that of a industrial-safari style, which could probably answer the reason of the colours (Green, White, Brown) combination used. The cafe was pretty quiet and airy perhaps due to its high ceiling. There were not much seats, which i guess because it is not the official launch yet. I guess going there in the evenings would be a better choice as the ambience would be better. If you do drive there, do note that parking may be a problem as there isn't much parking lots nearby.

There are only 3 types of burgers available at the moment. Hence Shan and I tried the 2 types that do not contain onion/garlic.

Interesting Serving tray that gives you certain information about veganism while waiting to be served.

Here comes our burger sets. Rather interesting concept that our burgers and fries are served in a mess tin. I quite like it as the staff handling the food to you would not accidentally touch the food since there is a handle. In addition, its easier to throw once you are done eating. However, I wonder if this would scare the army boys away.

Tangy Tartar Set Meal $9.85

I'm not sure if there would be a change in the price as the website stated this at a dollar more. For a set, you will get a burger, fries and juice of your choice. I had the cherry berries juice which tasted sweet-sour. The set is huge! It is highly recommended to share a set if you are a small eater. This burger comprises of a soft patty covered with specially made batter and deep-fried. I was surpised that the patties do not contain gluten, dairy, GMO, preservatives and transfat, yet it could still taste chewy on the inside and cruchy on the outside. The fresh lettuce and alfafa goes well with tartar sauce as well. The organic wholemeal burger bun was soft, but would be better if toasted. The best of the set that wow me and shan was the seaweed fries. It was served really hot (which made the wait worthwhile). The potatoes are soft and the seaweed taste was not overpowering. Note that the chef has confirmed this does not contains any onions/garlic!

Cracked Pepper Mayo Meal $9.85

Shan had this cracked pepper mayo whereby the bread organic ciabatta made with sunflower seeds, walnuts and pumpkin seeds. I could taste the sweetness in the bread. The patty was spiced in black pepper and lightly pan-fried and served in mayonnaise. I was not exactly able to differentiate the differences in the patties as they may be of the same ingredient but cooked different in various sauces.

The rest of the burgers would be ready by October.

All in all, a new experience for me and I would definitely return for the fries when i have the time. If you ask me about the service, I would say extraordinary, as they are willing to go the extra mile to ask what else is there to improve. May not be your usual $2 economical rice fare, but for once in a while indulgence, for the environoment and for the support of local vegetarian/vegan market, why not? They do catering and delivery as well. Please call for more information. Parents, your kids will love you this once and instead of the M word, they may say: "Papa, I wanna go Vegan Burg for lunch!"

(Note: they do not start that early for morning breakfast though)

Diet: Vegan

Location:

44 Jalan Eunos Singapore 419502

Tel: 68446868

Email: order@veganburg.com

Website: http://www.veganburg.com/

Opening Hours: 11am - 10pm, daily

Xian Long Vegetarian Delights @ AMK

2010-09-07T07:34:00.000-07:00

This is introduced by another passerby (not sure if you are the same person) who has asked me to try the Noodles here. This is also a 24 hours outlet that offers quite a variety of dishes.

Fishball Mee Pok Dry $2.50

I tried the Mee Pok Dry since it was passerby's recommendation. The noodles was quite chewy. Ingredients comprise of vegetables, mushrooms, mock sliced meat and fishballs. I didn't like the taste of the fishballs as it was rather bland. I personally find it nothing really special, but would definitely try the wantons next time i go!

Other food items: Nasi Lemak, Laksa etc

This is a place you can consider if you have hunger pangs in the middle of the night since this stall operates 24 Hours!

Location: Blk 158 Ang Mo Kio Ave 4 #01-590

Onn Vegetarian @ Kallang

2010-08-30T22:55:00.000-07:00

I remember a couple of months back "passerby" asked me to try out the food at the stall near to Kallang MRT via my chatbox. Since there are many "passerby"s here, i'm not able to identify the exact you. I would like to thank you for the good recommendation. My friend and I totally enjoyed it.

This stall is located in a coffee shop at the foot of the HDB blks beside the MRT. Do note that there are 2 coffee shops here, so this stall is inside the coffee shop that is facing the main road.

Onn Vegetarian sells a wide variety of food ranging from Dry Noodles to laksa, kway chap, dumpling soups as well as some tze char dishes. Business is good perhaps there isn't much vegetarian places nearby.

Stall front

Quite a big stall and I was glad to see many customers eat from their stall.

Wanton Noodles $3

I tried this Wanton Mee as I've heard it was not bad. Indeed, the sauce was not bad.. noodles was chewy as well. I personally liked the cha siew as it was quite well marinated. As for the wantons, the ingredients wasn't a lot and I was eating more skin than ingredients, which I thought was a pity. The stall owner shared with us that the wanton was homemade by themselves. Overall, the taste was okay, but I hope that there would be more ingredients in future.

Kway Tiao Soup $3

Gwennie had kway tiao soup which comprises of beancurd, fish slices, vegetables and beansprouts. I liked it as well as the soup was very tasty.

Dumpling Soup $4

The picture of this was very tempting and we both loved dumplings. Sadly this was not handmade but brought from suppliers. The taste is pretty standard which the ingredients comprise of celery, cabbage, mushrooms.

Popcorn Chicken $5

This chicken is crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. Super delicious and it looked like popcorn chicken.

Location: G5 Food House, Blk 5 Upper Boon Keng Road #01-01 (5 mins walk from Kallang MRT station)

Opening Hours: 7am to 8.30pm (Closed on Sundays)

Inflight Meal - Singapore Airlines

2010-08-27T01:06:00.000-07:00

Here's another inflight meal that I had when I went beijing for work early this year.
Do note that if you are travelling, most airlines cater to vegetarians, however do make your reservations for vegetarian food on board when you purchase your ticket.
Anyway, for Singapore Airlines, they have quite a number of vegetarian options available. I usually request for Oriental Vegetarian. They do have vegan or indian vegetarian meals as well.

Inflight - SG - BJ

One thing good about making early meal reservations is that you are usually the first to be served before the rest. The only drawback is that we do not have any menu to choose, so you are to eat what you are served. I guess there are different meals served on each different flight route.

The Main

I was happy with the main as it was what I like! The main comprises of stir fried yee mee with mock meat, vegetables and carrots. The mock meat is known as "猪肝" (aka pig's liver) cooked in veg oyster sauce. If you are a fan of liver, you can get this from most vegetarian suppliers. My mum's version is usually with lots of ginger slices cooked in dark soy sauce.

Salad

For the salad, I was served with tomatoes, asparagus, bambooshoots as well as abalone mushrooms. All are well steamed and lightly marinated with salt. Quite refreshing.

Dessert

I love the dessert most. This is lychee jello with orange. The jello wasn't too sweet.

I'm surprised that I ate the entire meal, perhaps it was suitable for me. Now im anticipating for the next meal on my next flight..SQ has not disappointed me so far.. If you have had other better flight meals, do take some pictures and post a review! I'm contactable at my email on the right.

Location: On Singapore Airlines

Nian Ci Guan Yin Vegetarian Stall @ Geylang

2010-08-17T23:49:00.000-07:00

Nian Ci has relocated to Geylang, same blk as Guan Yin Vegetarian, but different coffee shop! The soups are back in action! YAY!

New Stall Look

Other than serving the usual mixed vegetables rice and economical bee hoon, the tze char and dry mee is a must try. I've never tried 炖饭 (steamed rice) before and decided to give it a try.

"Dun Fan" $4

There's choice of Brown or White Rice. I Opted for the brown rice as it is healthier. The ingredients comprises of cooked veg mock meat with yam and steamed with brown rice. It is served with cabbage on the side. The yam was very well cooked and not too soggy. I couldnt make out what the mock meat was but I guess its suppose to represent roast meat. Aint too bad since this was served hot.

Dry Noodles $3

Gwennie loves the wanton dry noodles of all time. Portion is big and the sauce for the noodles is really good. I personally find it better and cheaper than Vege Sensations. One thing good is, the stall owner is very generous with the ingredients!

The stall owner realised that I was going to write for her, so she asked me to go back again today so that she can cook her specialty for me to photograph. I was touched by her sincerity and generosity so I went back a second time.

Nasi Briyani $3.50

Auntie cooked this specially for me, nasi briyani! She learnt this from a malay friend previously. This is dedicated to sunnietart since she is a mega supporter of nasi briyani! Please note that if you visit her stall the portion would not be so big. Served with spicy curry mutton, chicken cutlets and tempeh. Auntie wanted to try something special so she mixed chicken with mutton. The chicken was okay, but was a bit bland. Tempeh and rice tasted good with the curry sauce. Anyway, auntie would be changing the chicken to cereal prawn as I personally do not think the chicken and mutton complement. Definitely value for money. I can't wait to try her cereal prawns.

Other Must trys: Homemade Yong Tau Foo

Diet: Vegan, no eggs

Location: Block 134, Geylang East Ave 1

Opening Hours: Unknown

Su Man Yuan Vegetarian Stall @ Plaza Singapura

2010-08-11T01:32:00.000-07:00

Finally a post on Su Man Yuan @ PS! The stall is located in the Kopitiam food court. I'm really happy that there is this stall for vegetarians now. In the past i used to think that orchard road is the most vegetarian unfriendly place. These days, its good to see certain changes and with the long queues during lunchtime, I really hope Su Man Yuan can stay for as long as possible.

What I've always like about su man yuan is the quality assurance they've got. So far my favourite is their stall at Suntec which even has Brown Rice Porridge!

The food at Marine Parade is not bad as well.

At PS, there is also quite a selection of the dishes daily as well as tze char dishes.

I ate laksa on this day as I wanted something really spicy.

Laksa $3.30

In comparison with other stalls, the ingredients here are lesser. Some places do have Beancurd and Char Siew included. Here they only gave me a few slices of Tao Pok and Fish balls. The soup is good but fattening as lots of coconut milk is added.

Do note that during their busy lunch hour, they would not be able to cook the tze char dishes for you, hence you can only choose to eat the mixed veg rice. I didn't mind that since there is free soup!

Diet: No Eggs, but some dishes do serve with mayo on top.

Other dishes which I like: Lor Mee

Location: 68, Orchard Road, Plaza Singapura, Level 6

Iwannagetstuffed Vegetarian Restaurant @ Kallang Leisure (素芳斋)

2010-07-29T23:51:00.000-07:00

I read on the opening of this new veg buffet place on the forum and I decided to try it out before Jay's concert last saturday. I was surpised by the shop space as I was thinking it might just be a small little cafe. The restaurant itself occupies approximately 3 shop space and can accomodate as much as 40 pax. It is seeing a reasonable crowd on event days. Layout of the restaurant is simple and bright.

It is a new and interesting concept for the entire place to offer nothing BUT only BUFFET. I met one of the manager who used to be working with loving hut. He mentioned that everything is vegan, with minimal mock items and there is no garlic & onion in all dishes. I even asked him for the ala carte menu, but there was none. The catch here is, there is no specific timing for buffet, meaning, as what the name suggests "Iwannagetstuffed", you can eat as long as you want, as much as you want. For a price this low, it is recommended that you starve yourself for 3 days, and from the opening till closing time, sit there and get stuffed.

One Price $12.90

I have no idea if there is any Child Price, so you may want to call before going. This is just some of the dishes and they vary every day. There is a blend of 20 over East and West cusines available.

Salad Bar

My own Salad creation

I loved how the braised peanuts taste!

Eddie's creations. The dishes include fried noodles, Spagetti, Olive Fried Rice, Hash Browns, Tofu, veg and even Chwee Kuey, Chee Cheong Fun included.

Diet: Vegan, No Onions & Garlic

All in all, this is not a bad choice to come but do not expect interesting dishes like those served at quality hotel. I personally like it as they keep changing the dishes. This is more of our usual fare but do note that drinks are not inclusive. You may just get plain water like we did.

Since it has only opened for a month, there is still room for improvement and I do hope later on they may have ala-carte menus available.

Location: 5 Stadium Walk, Kallang Leisure Park, Level 1-/33/34/35

Tel No.: 63480600

Opening Hours: Till 9pm daily

Yummy Green @ Pasir Ris E-HUB

2010-07-28T02:37:00.000-07:00

One of the nights I met gwennie there for a meal before a movie. This cafe is operated by the same owner of Simple Food as well as a sister company of Neno Bali which I've covered earlier.
The simple food @ Tampines sell more of the usual chinese & western cusines while this cafe focus more on Vegetarian Japanese and western dishes.
Yummy Green has been around quite sometime in this building and has given vegetarians at least a choice since the there is no vegetarian stalls in the food court.

Menu

The cafe capacity is pretty small and can accomodate up to 20 pax. There is some menu on the wall. They serve quite a range of japanese and western cusines.
Do note that a lot of mock items are use in most dishes. You may opt for tofu dishes if you are not into mock meat.

Karage Cha Soba $8.80

Comes with a soup for this set. Comprises of Adegashi Tofu, Salad, Karage & Cold Soba noodles. I LOVE the noodles a lot! I guess its because we can't take this noodles in most japanese places since the dip is usually made from fish. As for the karage, It is basically "盐酥鸡" deep fried. Nothing much about it, but the portion is definitely big!

Curry Katsu Don Rice $7.80

Gwen loves japanese curry a lot so she ordered this dish. The chicken chop is similar to those that is sold at Ci Hang. Curry is rather authentic and I guess its because japanese curry doesn't comprise of coconut milk, the curry taste is thicker. Aint too bad a dish.

I think the salads should be served in vinegar instead of mayo. Rather fattening since both dishes have deep-fried items. Hence do be careful of what you order if you are into healthy eating!

Location: Pasir Ris Close #02-112, E-Hub, Downtown East Singapore

Opening Hrs: till 9.30pm daily

Tel: 65848155

Website: http://www.simplefood.com.sg/

Ci Hang Vegetarian @ Aljunid (慈航中西素食)

2010-07-16T00:13:00.000-07:00

This is another cafe located near the Aljunid MRT. Ci Hang has been around for as long as I can remember. It should be more than a decade to date. They were famous for the western cuisine when they first started as many places did not have western meals then. Ci Hang has since successfully transformed into a very organic-friendly outlet selling organic set meals that attracted many people. It is always fully packed during dinner.

*Picture taken from Crystal's blog*

There were many people on a Tuesday night. Everything is self-service from the counter. Ci Hang also sells quite a variety of organic products and vegetarian dried foods.

Chicken Chop $8

I was not in the organic mode as love the chicken chop best! It is a big serving. There are 3 chicken meat dipped in a nice batter and deep fried, and served with a homemade gravy. The sides include tomato beans and french fries. You may also request to change french fries to mash potato. As everything is fried, you can't exactly consider this as healthy. To me, its just a craving that happens once in a blue moon! heehee. Zi Zai Zhai vegetarian also has this, but the price is slightly cheaper.

Assam Fish Rice $5

Clare's favourite dish. She can eat this almost every week! I must say that this is definitely a healthier version than Zi Zai. Zi Zai's assam curry is more oily that the one at Ci Hang. This assam fish is not spicy and is sour enough to make you ask for more! The ingredients comprise of Mock Fish, Tomato, Brinjals and Lady Fingers. Dipping the Popodum into the gravy is seeedapp too!

Spagetti $6

This version is healthy as the sauce is made of tomato base with cabbage, mock meats and mushrooms.

Mash Potato $2

Ci Hang serves the best Mash potato to date as we can eat up the entire scoop of potatoes with the gravy without feeling guilty at all!

All in all, ci hang is one of the places you can go to in the evenings for dinner if you are in the east. Price wise is rather mid-range. I have no idea if any diary products are used or not. Definitely egg-less.

Location: 72 Lorong 25-A Geylang, right in front of Aljunid MRT.

Tel: 9001 7639

Opening Hours: 11am - 9pm, CLOSED on Fridays (*Inclusive of 1st and 15th day of lunar month)

Bali - Neno Vegetarian Restaurant CLOSED DOWN

2010-07-10T01:33:00.000-07:00

Neno has since closed down.

After the bombings, it is great to see Bali picking up the pieces and back to its brisk business days again. It is also very pleasant to see quite a number of vegetarian places popping up in recent years. In my recent Bali trip, I saw quite a number of vegetarian outlets along the roads, however I was not able to try out all except for this one. I am truely glad that my travel mates were satisfied with the food served. Neno is a Fusion Vegetarian Restaurant affiliated with Simple Food Singapore which has 2 outlets on our shores.
They serve a wide variety of cusines ranging from Japanese to Western dishes.

Front View of the Restaurant

It is not difficult to spot this restaurant as there is a BIG signage board right in front of the restaurant itself. However the chinese character "素" was a little small to spot. Neno is a restaurant on its own which has 2 floors that can accomodate quite a number of people. Decoration is simple with green and brown as base colors.

Interior of the Restaurant

In case you are wondering, what is "NENO"? it was explained in the restaurant, artistically written on the wall. NENO is derived from the notion of "No Egg, No Onion" in their dishes. However, this is not fully vegan since there are various dishes using cheese, hence I believe there is still some diary-related items.

The other side of the restaurant where the are some nice posters of the food they serve as well as the specials of the day.

Second Storey of the Restaurant

Setting was slightly different from the first floor, the second floor was more comfy and suitable for people to sit down and have tea and spend the afternoon away. The Balinese style couches are really comfy. One can even book the entire 2nd floor for a private function.

Menu

Menu is done nicely with a hard cover made from bamboo and the dishes looked tempting. We ordered 1 sides and 5 mains for 4 pax.

Grilled Herbs Baby Potato RP14,000

As the title suggests, these are baby potatoes grilled/baked and served with mozarella cheese on top. As the cheese was served on a separate dish, you may omit this and opt for the vegan choice. The base of the sauce used to grill this dish is tomato. Just in case you are pondering how much it costs in sg, the conversion rate is 1SGD:6500RP. So this is around SGD 2.10.

Hawaiian Pizza 8" RP 26,000

8" pizza that we shared. Comprises of Veg Ham, Olives, Tomatoes & Pineapple. Crust was baked well and crispy too. It costs around SGD 4.

Mushroom Soup RP13,500

Sharon ordered this instead of drinks. Served with lots of croutons on top! I like the soup as it reminded me of the one I had in Bishan.

Thai Spicy Prawn Soup with Udon RP 38,000

I was craving for spicy food for the entire trip and decided to try this. This is served with lots of ingredients like brocolli, carrots, corn, enoki mushrooms, seaweed, mushrooms and veg mock prawns. The Soup was indeed very spicy but satisfied my craving. Would have been better if the carrots are more well cooked as they tasted quite hard.

Creme Pesto Fettucine with Pine Nuts RP 39,000

Ray ordered this dish. Nicely presented and the cream was just right! However, the same comment he had was this shouldn't include carrots as well. I guess its for the presentation purpose.

Spicy Chicken Japanese Udon RP30,000

Another spicy udon dish. I liked it too as the udon was not over-cooked and tasted really spicy. Served with mock chicken slices, mushrooms, vegetables and chili padi.

Olive Mushroom Veggie Fried Rice RP 24,000

Served with Olive, Carrots, vegetables, ham and mushrooms. Tasted fragrant.

Drinks RP16,000

We ordered Lime Juice and Honeydew Juice. Refreshing~

Neno is located in the artistic area of Semiyak, approximately 5 mins drive from Ku de ta. Hence it is easy to find. They also provide personalised full vegetarian day tour planning. With more vegetarian outlets opening up and cheap airfare, I am definitely set on my second trip really soon again!

Location: NeNo Restaurant. Jl. Petitenget no. 2x, Seminyak

Opening hours:
(Mon-Sat) 0830hrs-2230hrs
(Sun) 0900hrs-2230hrs

Tel: +62-361-9103003

Facebook Link:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=42486356566&ref=ts

Neno Blog:

http://nenobali.blogspot.com/

Buffet Lunch @ Classic Lao Di Fang Park Mall

2010-07-05T23:28:00.000-07:00

It has been a long time since I last updated on Lao Di Fang ("LDF"). LDF used to have 3 outlets and it is very sad to see just this last one standing now. I have no idea if the one at Ang Mo Kio is still operating.
I used to patronise the LDF at Chinatown as the prices was much cheaper. However, the standard has dropped a lot and it has since closed down. Hence if I am craving for Braised Beef Noodles (红烧面), there is only one choice now.. which is Classic LDF, which has since relocated to Parkmall.

Classic LDF now offers value-for-money buffet lunch which I think is very worth.

Menu

There are over 30 selections available ranging from appetizers to dim sum to soups and all time favourites. If only braised beef noodles is available, it would have been more perfect. Anyway, this was good enough to make me feel spoilt for choice, as I wanted to try a mouthful of everything on the menu. Furthermore, it only costs $12.80 for Adults and $9.80 for Children. The only catch here is that this is only available from Mon to Fri, inclusive of first and fifteen of the lunar month, where you are required to pay a dollar more.

Beancurd Fries

This is my family favourite must-order side dish. Instead of the usual potato, this is made out of beancurd, making it taste really chewy. Im starting to drool as I write!

Sambal Sweet Potato Leaves

This was quite well cooked with bean sauce as well as sambal chili, aint too spicy as well. Would be great with a bowl of rice!

Spicy & Sour Soup

It was written as hot & sour soup in the menu but I've decided to name it spicy & sour instead, as this is really spicy! Not suitable for the weak stomach. One thing good is that the soups are served by per serving. Hence if you and your friend want to try 2 types of soups, you may order a serving each. The mushroom soup is yummy and tasty too.

Gyoza

Nicely fried, tastes good with ginger and vinegar..

Curry Spare Ribs

I was expecting this to have a strong curry taste but was proven wrong. This was more sweet & sour sauce cooked with curry leaves. Aint too bad as the spare ribs is made from lotus roots wrapped with mock meat. Quite a unique taste with the strong aroma from the curry leaves.

Olive Fried Rice

Fragrantly fried, but a little more olives would make it even better.

Trotters Meat Slices Dipped in Chili Oil

This dish is served cold. Im not sure if this meat is readily availale in the market or not, but this tasted well. The fatty portion is made from konnyaku and meat side was chewy. A tad oily since this is dipped in chili oil.

All in all, 2 of us ate a total of 8 dishes and a dessert.

Other MUST trys - French Beans, Cuttlefish Ball, HK Noodles

Location: 9 Penang Road, B1-12, Park Mall

Tel: 6533 8959

Shanghai - Song Yue Lou (松月楼)

2010-06-28T01:28:00.000-07:00

*picture taken from guoli web*

The last of my shanghai stint was at Song Yue Lou Vegetarian restaurant. This restaurant has been in operations since 1910 and is still seeing brisk business to date. I guess its also because of its strategic location where it is the only veg place available for tourists in that vincinity. Anyway, it is located along the old streets of Yu yuan and the old buildings of the Cheng Huang temple which is a famous tourist attraction.

Abalone mushrooms with brocolli

A pretty normal dish that can hardly go wrong. As mentioned in my previous china posts, I love how fresh vegetables are in China perhaps due to the fact that they are cooked at most 1-2 days late. We will never get such freshness in SG.

Spicy sauce Fish

Was looking for some spice but was truely shocked by how spicy this was! Totally suited my taste but may not be good for the weak stomach. If you refer to the green little things in this dish, they are not green peas, but little green chili, and there were tons of them in this dish alone. The sauce was special with this spicy sichuan flavour. Fish wise, nothing much, as it was the usual beancurd sheet-made fishes that we can get in most suppliers' stores. Great to go with rice.

Crab Roe beancurd

A total disappointment, as I was not able to make out what the orangey spread was. Doesnt taste like carrot or mock floss. This dish was soaked in oil and was tasteless. Perhaps its a local dish which I was not able to appreciate. Xun was telling me that the crab roe at Gong De Lin was much better, a pity a didnt get a chance to taste it.

Price wise, I couldnt recall each individual rate, but it was around RMB 30 per dish. They also do sell economical dishes like noodle soup at RMB 25 per bowl. Do note that a lot of dishes are done using gluten. Famous Dish: Vegetarian Bun

Location: 老城隍庙百翎路23号, Near Yu Yuan

Tel:021-63553630

Opening Hrs: 6am - 8pm

Inflight Meal - Air Asia Budget Airline

2010-06-23T19:42:00.000-07:00

Im not particular about inflight meals usually as I would normally doze off by the time the plane takes off. In addition, most planes do not offer quality vegetarian options most of the time. The only airline that has won me over is Singapore Airlines. Nonetheless, due to the fact that Im always travelling on budget, there isnt any food provided on budget flights unless you have specially requested for it.

During my recent trip to Bali, I've noted that there are quite a number of vegetarian options on air asia, which made me want to try them out. Hence on my flight back, I tried one of the meals offered.

Air Asia Menu

*Do note that not all veg meals are available at the same time. Depends on Flight*

Vegetarian Fried Rice with satay $5 (RM 9)

The fried rice tasted normal, but a little spicy and oily. Comprises of capicums, mushrooms and chili. As for the Satay, it was quite well marinated and pan-fried. Aint too bad in my opinion, as the chicken is the usual "盐酥鸡" that we can find at most veg stalls. It is then marinated with curry powder and spicies. I personally liked this satay, except they do not have any satay sauce to go with.
Price wise, a little on the high side, if you compare with tze char places, but could at least curb your hunger pangs for a while. Anyway, the point to note would be that if your flight is delayed, do request for the food early as they would usually run out.

Website: http://www.airasia.com/iwov-resources/my/common/pdf/AirAsia/myflights/SnackattackAA.pdf

Angels Bistro @ Raffles Place

2010-06-15T23:45:00.000-07:00

This is contributed by clare sis. One of the days she went with wendy cousin & her colleague. From the information I've gotten, this place has been around for a couple of months and it has seen a healthy flow of customers during lunch hours. I guess you wouldnt have known this is vegetarian until you see the menu, as the name of the restaurant doesn't suggest it, which is good, as some people tend to shun the moment they see the word "Vegetarian". This place serves quite a range of organic vegetarian/vegan food mainly for the working crowd.

Ramen Set Meal $9

Angels Bistro has 2 special meal sets that is available daily. Each meal set comes with a main and sides. Wasn't too bad, as the soup is clear and sweet. Served with vegetables, carrots, corn and veg dumplings. The ramen was well cooked and chewy as well.

Yam Beehoon

This is a signature dish from the restaurant and is available daily. If you are into Yam, this is definitely suitable for you! Soup is yam-based and from the look of this, it does looked like our normal fishhead beehoon soup!

Tahu Goreng $4

This is quite a common dish this can be found, but the most important thing here is the sauce. The tasty tangy peanut sauce drenched the beancurd that was resting beside the shredded veggies & beansprouts. Aint too bad, except that it was a little pricy incomparison to other places selling this.

Other than that, Angels Bistro provides good service and the waiters/waitress are willing to share what food is recommended. Other that set meals, they also serve ala carte dishes like Tom Yum Seafood, Ba Kut Teh and laksa on certain days. I was told that the laksa is a must try, since they do not use coconut milk which is unhealthy.

Most of the dishes served are vegan except for certain western dishes which you may need to enquire more, as they may use cream. I would definitely try out this place some day!

Location: 28 Stanley Street,
Tel: +65 6220 4344

Opening Hours: Mon–Fri: 7.30am – 4.30pm (Closed on Sat & Sun, Public Holidays)

Gokul Vegetarian Restaurant @ Little India

2010-05-29T19:23:00.000-07:00

I finally went to Gokul after MUCH persuasion by my sister sunnietart and gwennie who assured me they serve really good non-indian cuisine as well! And here finally a post on an Indian restaurant!So one of the nights I finally went with sunnietart and my cousin. Gokul is one of the few vegetarian places that do not contain Eggs, Onion and Garlic in their cooking, so everything on the menu can be ordered! However, I believe they do have milk in some dishes or drinks like the mango lassi which I totally adore.

Restaurant Front

*Picture taken from Crystal's Blog*

Has 2 shop spaces located on the ground floor of a shophouse.

Mee Rebus

This was highly recommended by gwennie as she loved the mee rebus here. Perhaps I had really high expectations when it comes to mee rebus as I have not found any alternative to the one at Ubi. I find this mee rebus so-so only. Wasn't fantastic, but it was still okay. The only ingredient here was the multiple pieces of beancurd and lots of noodles. I find it rather expensive.

Indian Rojak

I missed the indian rojak a lot from Nan Pu Tuo (Geylang) and there isnt much veg indian rojak places in Singapore. Hence I wanted to try out this. Wasn't too bad, the sauce was okay in comparison. Portion however is big and we almost couldn't finish it! It comprises of Fried Beancurd, Veg Yam Roll and Flour Balls. Not exactly a healthy dish since its all deep fried.

Tahu Goreng

It is not recommended if you order both indian rojak and Tahu Goreng together as you may suffer from Beancurd Intoxication like I did! I was getting tired of Beancurd after my 5th or 6th piece of beancurd, regardless of the different sauce. It was a nice presentation though. The sauce was really thick and the chef was really generous with peanuts. A good dish on it own.

Kambing (Mutton) Soup

Sunnietart's favourite soup! Im never a fan of kambing soup due to its strong flavour of tamarind powder and spices. Anyway she loves it and I guess she is missing it dearly now.

Chicken Rice

I was rather surprise that they even have "Chicken Rice" in the menu! Cousin ordered this as we read from the forums that this was good! I quite like the rice as it was quite fragrant, the best was the chili, really spicy! Chicken was the usual veg mock meat that we can get frm most veg suppliers.

Murtabak (Mutton)

I've always been wanting to try murtabak as the one sold at zi zai was a total disappointment. This was so good that cousin finished 6 out of the 9 pieces! Its basically flour wrapped with mutton curry within. Crispy on the outside, chewy meat on the inside. The curry was acceptable in my opinion. In addition, there are many other fillings available like sardine, chicken etc for you to choose!

I will surely come back to try the rest of the dishes.

Location: 19 Upper Dickson Road, Singapore 207478.

Tel: 6396 7769
Opening Hours: 10.30am - 10.30pm (daily)

Lao Yu Kee Vegetarian Health Food Stall @ Bugis (老友记)

2010-05-25T20:52:00.000-07:00

Sometimes my colls & I will travel to bugis for lunch and we would eat at the newly renovated Hawker Centre which is located right beside the Fu Lu Shou Complex.

There are 2 vegetarian stalls in this hawker centre itself and I would usally eat at this stall. Both are equally crowded if you go on the 1st and 15th of the lunar month as many people usually eat there after prayers at the temple nearby.

Noodles & Dishes $2.50

One of the days I packed this back to the office to eat. The dishes are pretty okay, but cold.

The stall also sells popiah! In addition, they do have various tze char dishes like fried mee sua, hor fun if you want something hot and not the usual mixed vegetables rice.

Popiah $1

Not the best i've had, but I'll still go for it as its cheap!

Location: Queen Street, Blk 270 Albert Hawker Centre, Stall# 01-75, in the middle lane

Opening Hours: Till 8pm, daily, closed on day after the 1st and 15th of lunar month

Bangkok - Ethos Vegetarian Vegan Restaurant

2010-05-21T02:25:00.000-07:00

I was shopping and eating and massaging in Bangkok in March right before the riot started. It is a pity as many tourists are avoiding this island of smiles for a period of time now. Anyway, the previous times I went to Bangkok I did not really travel out of Busy Pratunum area and Platinum Mall as I was busy shopping the whole time! Luckilt this trip was planned in a more relaxed manner where we could try out more food places that were displayed in the happy cow web.

Ethos is quite a cool vegan & vegetarian restaurant with free Wi-fi, an internet cafe, travel agency, massage services and quiet ambience. It is located in an area called Khao San Road that is really popular with backpackers as many of the budget accomodation are located here. I was pretty surprised that there are quite a lot of vegetarian places in this small area alone. On the road that Ethos is located, there is another vegetarian outlet - May Kai Dee.

Anyway Ethos serves a quite a range of food ranging of Thai food to western cuisines.

Entrance of the Restaurant

Not a very big place but definitely cozy. Should be able to sit at least 40 pax. I guess there was also a second level which I did not manage to go up and take a look.

Simple Menu

A simple menu which doesn't have any pictures. Hence it was up to our own interpretation and imagination of how the dishes would turn out. There was also a section in the menu teaching people simple thai language tips on vegetarianism. We ordered a total of 4 dishes, a soup and dessert for 4 pax.

Tofu three flavours 80 BHT

Nicely presented, this tofu is basically Deep Fried Tofu served with Spicy and Sour sauce. I didn't quite like the texture of tofu in Thailand in comparison to the tofu we have in Singapore, as the tofu tastes harder. This tasted just okay in my opinion, as the spicy and sour sauce was too special for me to remember as well. In addition, it was mentioned as 3 flavours, which I think refers to Sweet, Sour and Spicy. Anyway, for the price, it is considerably cheap. The conversion rate is 1SGD: 22BHT.

Tom Yum Vegetable Soup 85 BHT

The only time I drank a really traditional Tom Yum soup was from Yuan Yuan Thai veg which is in Singapore. Hence i was looking forward to this as I finally get to drink Tom Yum Soup in Bangkok! Sadly, this didnt taste as nice as it looks. I was expecting it to be "VERY spicy" as what it was written in the menu, but this was far from being spicy, as it was almost tasteless to me. I reckon it was due to the fact that this place is patronised mainly by foreigners instead of asians, hence the spicyness was not there. Nonetheless, the amount of ingredients used was appealing.

Spaghetti with Meatball

The meat balls were made from chickpea flour mixed with grated vegetables and spices and deep fried to serve with spaghetti in rich tomato sauce. Gwennie said the meatballs wasnt too bad but I thought the spices were too rich in taste. Spaghetti was just okay in my opinion.

Fried Rice with Mixed Vegetable & Tofu 80 BHT

Rice cooked was 100% organic. Pretty nicely presented with lots of pine nuts and sunflower seeds as garnish. This fried rice didnt taste too badly as it was full of vegetables. One thing that came to mind was that most thai places in Bangkok do not serve mock items as their main ingredients and most food are prepared using fresh vegetables.

Pad Thai 80BHT

Again full of vegetables and ingredients. Was ok especially with the spicy Chili powder and peanuts. Wasnt a dish that sunnietart liked as it was full of beansprouts.

Banana Dessert

It was the dessert that saved the day! I couldnt remember the name of this dessert but It was served hot. Bananas served with hot coconut milk and cereal on top. This was really tasty but fattening at the same time.

*the finally satisfied faces*

Location: 85/2 Tanao Road, Banglumpu (Near Silver Shops, Behind Burger King)

Tel: 022822748

Opening Hours: 8am - 11pm daily

Website: www.ethosnet.biz

Zen Japanese Vegetarian Restaurant Singapore

2010-05-12T07:56:00.000-07:00

I first got to know the opening of this new Japanese vegetarian restuarant through the vegetarian society website. Newly opened for just a week, this restaurant is strategically located in the "vegetarian heaven" of Singapore, Bugis. In my earlier posts, I've mentioned that Bugis has close to 12 Vegan or vegetarian stalls and restuarants to date, all are within walking distance. I believe it is also because of the famous Kwam Imm (Godess of Mercy) Temple which is located nearby that led to the vegetarian boom. This new Japanese setting definitely has a strong competitive edge in this area.

Exterior of the Restaurant

Located on the 2nd floor of the building. Fairly easy to spot and its the only veg. place in this building.

At the Door

Simple posters pasted on the door.

Interior of the Restaurant & Kitchen

The interior of the restuarant follows a contemporary modern style with a zen feel, where the seats are white and decor is simple. It should be able to sit close to 70 pax. The partitions are quite high which does provide some privacy. I like the open kitchen concept as it does makes us feel like the Japanese eatery style.

Menu

It is indicated that no Alcohol, Eggs, Onions and Garlic on the first page of the menu. Also, it has included a verse from Gandhi :" The Greatness of a Nation can be Judged by the Way its Animals are Treated".

They serve quite a range of dishes ranging from hot soups to side dishes, salads, noodles, hotpots as well as Japanese sets. The names of the dishes are also written in Japanese. Sunnietart and I ordered a Jap Set each.

Japanese Green Tea (Ocha) $6

I'm used to drinking "powdered" or tea bag form green tea, hence was a little surprise when this came with fresh tea leaves. It is actually brown rice green tea, hence is different from the usual green tea bags you can get from supermarkets. In addition, they also allow hot water refill, hence quite worth the price.

Tonkatsu Set $13

Sunnietart ate this Tonkatsu set as she likes the Pork Cutlet. We enquired and found that this "meat" is not brought from veg. suppliers but totally made my their own chef. It has a unique taste that has a little resemblence of our veg. nuggets. Tastes crispy on the inside and chewy within. The homemade BBQ sauce also managed to enhance the taste further. This set consists of the cutlet, rice, miso soup, salad served with sesame dressing, steam veg (pumpkin, lady fingers etc) , pickles with seaweed and fruits. Considered a big portion if you are a small eater.

Unagi Don Set $14

I ordered this Unagi Don Set as I've always been dreaming of eating this since my colls are avid fans of the real Unagi. Unagi refers to "eel". Im surprised as the outlook of my fish really does look like the real version! This is definitely suitable for people who are not into the soy-protein made mock meats as the fish is totally tofu made. It is a fresh tofu mix spread on seaweed and creatively grilled with their homemade sauce. Tastes soft (no bones!) and goes really good with rice! The set also comes with the same side dishes as the Tonkatsu Set. I personally loved the salad as it comprises of raddish, lettuce and seaweed topped with sesame sauce.

Ganmo (Tofu) $6

This was the only side dish we ordered as they ran out of salmon sashimi. Basically 2 tofu balls pan fried and served with soy sauce. It tasted the same as my unagi, and I personally felt the price doesn't justify.

All in all, I was very satisfied and full after finishing everything served. I would definitely return again to try other food items. In addition, I really enjoy looking at the nice presentation of the dishes. Recommended if you are a vegetarian who is willing to try all kinds of vegetarian food. Do go with a open mind and be reminded this is fully vegetarian.

Location: 122, Middle Road #02-02, Midlink Plaza

Tel: 6883 1586 - do place your reservations on weekends.

Opening Hours: 11.30am to 2.30pm, 6pm - 10pm

Shanghai - Hao Niang Niang Vegetarian Restaurant (好孃孃素食馆)

2010-05-10T00:45:00.000-07:00

Apologies for the late post. Justice&equality, here's any restaurant I went to when I was in Shanghai then. Its located in the "Hong Kou" district. Nonetheless, there is phamplets available for you at the Shanghai Expo to let you know the vegetarian places in the city area. However if you do travel out of the city, you may need to search online for more. This restaurant I went to was in the dianping website as I was staying in one of the 3 star hotel there. It is located directly opposite the CBD area (Lu Jia Zhui).

Went with Bro Xun one of the nights.

Veg Sausage with Beans CNY 26

It is always better to look at the pictures before you order, as the english translate of the dish doesnt describe the dish correctly. Again, it features my favourite sausage of all times. Sadly this was a tad too oily.

Spicy Chicken CNY 28

I wanted something spicy and hence ordered this dish. Goes really well with rice.

The exterior of the rest. I guess the only bad point is that it is not near any MTR stations, hence you may need to take a cab there.

Location: No.108，Zhapu Road，Shanghai

Tel：021-63092098

Opening Hours: Till 9pm daily

24 Hours Vegetarian Stall @ Pasir Ris

2010-04-19T00:52:00.001-07:00

Went to this place couple of weeks back as it was still open after 9 in the evening. Sunnietart was telling me that she came here last time at 3am. I guess this is one of the few vegetarian outlets that open round that clock (24/7). Anyway it is pretty near the downtown east hence you may come here if you do have hunger pangs at night.

Stall Front

Nothing special about the stall front, similar to most stalls you see in coffee shops. However, they do have a lot of to offer. Ranging from the normal mixed-veg rice/bee hoon fare to Tze char, it is a stall that does has quite a lot to offer.

Ban Mien $3

Can be cooked with egg if requested. Comprise of lots of veg and some mock meat slides and topped with mushroom fritter. Soup was quite tasty. Aint too bad for a light meal as it wasn't oily.

Dry noodles $3

Comprises of veg Char Siew, Veg and Fried goose. Noodles was a little over-cooked hence I wasn't too satisfied with it. However, the sauce and chili was good to cover up the sogginess, hence its still edible afterall.

Popiah $1

A huge roll indeed! If you have noticed my earlier posts, I never fail to order popiah whichever place sells it, as its my favourite snack of all times! Though this is a huge roll with generous amount if turnip wrapped within, it is still not the best I've eaten. The turnip wasn't sweet enough and there wasn't other ingredients other than turnip. However, I was too full by the time I finish the 3rd piece.

Other dishes available: Tze Char like bee hoon, char kuey tiao, hor fun etc.

Diet: Comprises of Milk/Egg

Location: Blk 443 Pasir Ris drive 6

Operating Hours: 24 Hours Daily except Chinese New Year

Shanghai - Zao Zi Shu Vegetarian Restaurant (枣子树)

2010-04-11T06:56:00.000-07:00

I've always raved about the food at this restaurant but didnt have a chance to come back here since the start of my blog. This is still the only vegetarian place that made me crave for its food since I came back to Singapore. Went with my colleagues when I was working as an Intern then and I've brought many people to this place since. Started in 2001, this restaurant has since developed from the 3 restaurants in Shanghai itself, to another 2 outlets to other provinces via the franchising model.

The name "Zao Zi Shu" (枣子树) has a simliar pronounciation to "Zao Chi Su" (早吃素) which is in fact encouraging people to start the vegetarian diet. Glad that I managed to come back here as I was on company budget.

The exterior of the restaurant

I've always liked it that the USP is selling the vegetarian notion as a "lifestyle". In addition, this was the only place I visited that does not take in reservations (unless you have more than 10 pax) and you would have to queue if the place is full. I went to the "Huai Hai" (淮海) outlet and perhaps due to its strategic location, it is always fully occupied even on a weekday.

Veg Sausage (长相思) CNY 18

I was so glad to be able to sample when I was in zhuhai. Tastes chewy as usual and superb with the special chili sauce. It is basically made with soy protein and konnyaku.

Beancurd Roll

It is common in most Shanghai menus to offer something called "冷菜" and "热菜" meaning Cold and Warm dishes. I didn't quite understand initially but was later told by my colleagues that cold dishes are similar to our starters or appetitzers that usually they go with beer. Sometimes the cold dishes are also uncooked. As for this place, what I reckon is the dishes can be served cold hence they are placed under the cold category. 4 of us ladies finished a total of 2 cold dishes and 5 hot dishes that night. This special dish is done using beancurd sheets wrapped with assorted mushrooms, fungus and carrots. Pretty chewy and wasn't too saltish.

Black Pepper Steak

I believe the mock meat can be brought from most vegetarian suppliers, stir fried with black pepper sauce and capcicums. Tastes similar to those that we can find in SG. Im pretty surprised that my ex-colls who are non-vegetarians love it. Wasn't too saltish and we didn't have any rice.

Honey stewed Pork Ribs

This is also one of my favourite dish. The Pork Rib is made of mock meat wrapped with lotus roots. It is chewy and once you bite into it, the lotus roots has a crunchy sticky taste.

Bamboo Shoots with Spinach (芦笋菠菜)

My coll ordered this dish. Doesn't look appealing but it does tastes well. The bamboo shoots were really fresh. It is definitely a healthier dish than any of the above as this is steamed and then served with the spinach gravy. Crunchy and healthy. Suitable for non-mock eaters.

Chili Fish (辣子鱼)

I was craving for spicy dishes but this wasn't spicy enough, but appealing. A pity I didn't realise that this picture doesn't show the "fish". Anyway, the fish is made of beancurd sheets and seaweed (the usual ones you can find in SG), and served with a uniquely not too spicy chili sauce. The sauce is made of fermented beans, crushed tofu, chili, capcicums and perhaps other unknown ingredients which I was not able to make out. A good gravy to go with rice and definitely not spicy.

Seafood Tofu

After all the saltish and flavourful dishes above, this tofu dish does tastes a little too bland. Nothing special as it is served with mock seafood (made from konnyaku), ginko nuts and capicums. Non-fried and a healthy option.

I do not recall the prices of each dish but we paid less than RMB 200 for 4 of us. All in all this is a place that is worth going if you do visit Shanghai as you would like the style and food they are selling. I love this place so much that I emailed them to request for a franchise in SG, sadly however, they didn't reply me. Definitely can be compared to our top veg restaurants like Ling Zhi and Grand Court in SG. If you do have any interest in this biz, do let me know, perhaps we can work something out... In addition, the menu changes every month, hence you do not get bored of the dishes here!

Location:

Shanghai Outlets:

1. Huaihai Store 淮海店：

上海市卢湾区嵩山路77号（上海皇宫内）1F.No.77 Songshan Rd. Shanghai (Nearest MTR: Huangpi Nan Road)

2. Gubei Store 古北店：

长宁区黄金城道848号(古北新区内) No.848 Huangjincheng Rd.Shanghai

3. Jiangning Store 江宁店：

静安区奉贤路258号(美琪戏院旁) No.258 Fengxian Rd.Shanghai

Company Website: www.jujubetree.com

Su Man Yuan Vegetarian Stall @ Marine Parade

2010-03-29T22:11:00.000-07:00

I've blogged about this stall at Suntec Food Court earlier, and this time is the stall located at Marine Parade Food Centre.

Since I've relocated to Paya Lebar, it is good to be able to explore the food places nearby.

Mixed Veg Rice $2.50

Definitely much cheaper than suntec, as it costs only $2.50 for 3 dishes. It also serves my favourite brown rice. Anyway, the too have tze char available in the evenings. However, they do not sell the special fish and chips or laksa, as compared to Suntec. Nonetheless, this is a place you can go when you do go shopping at Parkway Parade, as there is no stalls in the mall itself.

Location: Marine Parade Hawker Centre, Blk 84, Marine Parade Road (Opposite Parkway Parade Shopping Centre), Stall# 01-136

Shanghai - New Age Veggie (新素代 @ Zheng Da Outlet)

2010-03-22T01:40:00.000-07:00

I was quite blessed to be able to travel for work to Beijing. Hence I took the opportunity to travel up to Shanghai on my own to visit my friends there. Definitely a fruitful trip as I missed the food in Shanghai most!

This place is introduced by my mum's friend as she works near this restaurant. I do adore this website (dianping.com) as it provides the most up-to-date vegetarian places that is available in China. Sadly this is not available in English, hence the closest you can use is via happy cow, which sometimes may not be accurate.

Nonetheless, I've tried the this place a couple of years back before I started my blog. It is good to see and hear from the waitress that they change the menu every couple of years, hence people do not get bored! New Age Veggie combines the outstanding cuisine style of Chinese vegetarian food with the modern technology of the west. The restaurant is decorated in a modern artistic and homey style, providing an excellent place for leisure time and dining place in Shanghai. Vegetarianism in Shanghai is generally marketed as being in trend, in fashion, in style, which I think is a good way to introduce this diet.

Exterior of the Restaurant

Vegetarian Shrimp Dumpling (素虾饺皇) 18RMB/5 pcs

Price is comparable to Singapore standard. However, this is one of the better dumplings I've sampled. The dumpling skin is really smooth and chewy which is totally translucent when served. This is comparable to the "har kow" we can find in most dim sum places. I was really happy to try it as the fillings within is really interesting - comprises of mixed veg and mock veg prawns (which is made from soy protein). Tastes like the "real" one esp with the red vinegar.

Black Pepper Steak

I couldn't remember the price of this dish, but it was around SGD 10 bucks. Cindy was telling me that this is the chef's recommendation and is a "Must try" hence we ordered this dish. Served on the hot plate is this nicely presented pieces of "non-rare" steaks. I'm not sure if this is homemade or gotten from suppliers as I've eaten many different types of steaks before. The sauce is definitely worth a try as it was spicy and goes well with plain rice! Aint too bad if you are into mock meats.

Stir Fried Brocolli

Time for some non-mock meat items... fresh stir fried brocolli! Really soft and fresh.

Stone Pot Rice (石锅饭)

Cindy was telling me this dish was not bad as the rice is really fragrant. I find it kind of interesting, as the waitress poured a special sauce into the really hot stone pot and started mixing the ingredients into the rice. A pity i didnt get to take the waitress's face as she was camera shy. Anyway, the above pic shows the "end result". Not exactly a korean style bibimbap, but its similar, as everything is mixed together like fried rice. There are many ingredients in this pot which includes mushrooms, veg ham, green chopped veg and some mock meats.

Ma-Po Spicy Beancurd CNY 28

I was missing spicy stuff as I was not able to find it in Beijing. Hence was telling Cindy I wanted something spicy. If you have noted, Im a mega fan of spicy dishes. Hence decided to order this dish, which is the Ma Po Tofu, also known as beancurd cooked in the spicy bean sauce.

Was totally satisfied as this was really spicy and the beancurd was soft. One improvement I had in mind was the translation done in the menu, as it does not usually bring out the jest of the dishes, and I guess most people could only try out the dishes by looking at the pictures.

All in all, Shanghai is one of the most developed metropolitan city that offers a lot of options for us today. As China develops to become the strongest nation on the globe, it definitely has created opportunities to bring the notion of vegetarianism to greater heights. I guess this is a good news and places like such should open more, allowing better ease too~

Locations:

1. 正大店 (Zheng Da Outlet)：上海浦东陆家嘴西路168号正大广场5楼

20A/B5F 20A/B, SUPER BRAND MALL, NO.168, LUJIAZUI XI ROAD, SHANGHAI

Contact: 021-50471880

2. 淮海店(Huai Hai Road Outlet)：上海市淮海中路988号5楼

5F NO.988, HUAIHAI ZHONG ROAD, SHANGHAI

Contact: 021-54033980

Company Website: http://www.shanghaiveggie.com/ (Certain Info adapted from website)

Beijing - Chamate (一茶一座)

2010-03-12T22:32:00.000-08:00

Went to visit this place during my Beijing work trip last month. Sadly I was not able to go to the vegetarian places in Beijing as I was mostly in the office and there wasn't much choices last month. However, I was pleasantly surprise to find some non-vegetarian places offering options for the vegetarians. I still remember many years back when I went to Beijing, vegetarian options wasn't readily available in most places and I usually bring my own supplies. I guess its all thanks to the olympics, people do have a better grasp of the notion on vegetarianism today.

I was really glad to find a page in the menu that writes about vegetarianism. Translated, it literally mentions about the human's body need of keeping healthy and that vegetarian diet is something new, light which is becoming a healthy diet trend.

Signage on the wall showing some other option with "Full Vegetarian" in brackets.

I tried the Healthy Vegetarian Noodles as shown below. Comprises of Lots of mushrooms, enoki mushrooms as well as tomatoes.

*Pic taken from website*

Initially I was skeptical about the soup base as it wasn't easy to do a vegetarian soup base as most people thought that soups must be brewed with bones or animal meat usually. I still remember my harrowing experience in Harbin a couple of years ago when I found Clams in the soup, and the waiter was telling us that clams are not "meat". Luckily, this soup base was made using tomatoes, hence it was mainly sweet. Aint too bad, as tomatoes are good for our health! Do note that the noodles do comprise of eggs, hence may not be suitable for the vegans. Nonetheless, there are other mushroom pots which vegans can take.

The good thing about this cafe is that there are many outlets since this is done as a franchise, hence you need not worry as this is always a option if you are out with friends who do not really take vegetarian food!

Location: There are many franchises available, hence do check out the website for more details. I shall only put the out that I went to.

Dong Fang Plaza (地址：北京市东城区长安街1号东方广场地下一层FF12店铺)

Tel: 010-85186067

Website: http://www.chamate.cn/

Ru Lai Vegetarian @ Ang Mo Kio

2010-03-04T23:58:00.000-08:00

Just before I touch on my Beijing & Shanghai places, here's a place i've adored since young and Only got to realise I've never taken any pictures of this place before!

One of the nights after sunnietart touched down, I went with her for dinner here before fetching my parents home. Ru Lai has been in operation for one of the longest time (more than 10 over years). I got to know this place also because my granny stays near this place.

I believe many people know a lot about this outlet as they serve really value-for-money tze char dishes. Ru lai was under renovation for almost a year before it starts operating. I was still wondering if business would be affected since it was not in operation for such a long time, luckily business was good!

Kang Kong

Aint too spicy and very fresh.

Sweet & Sour Pork

Tasted normal, but i preferred their homemade tofu beancurd skin which they dont sell anymore...

Soup of the Day

Our favourite is always the soup of the day which was the Cucumber "Lao Huang Gua" soup, as it was brewed for many hours and tastes exactly like our homecooked soup. You may even just order this soup to go with rice.

One thing good was it wasnt too expensive for 2 of us, 2 dishes and 1 soup and 2 rice costs around $17.

Other recommended dishes: Butter Mushrooms and Nonya Curry Fish

Location: Blk 226D, Ang Mo Kio Street 22, Food Centre

Opens till 10PM daily

Macau - Shanghai Yuen Vegetarian (上海缘素菜馆)

2010-02-21T23:44:00.000-08:00

Another of my Macau update is this place - my favourite out of all those I've gone to! Thanks to gaga again for introducing this place. We went there for dinner just before we fly back to Home.
We ordered the set meal as it was much cheaper in comparison. The set meal comprises of 5 dishes.

Sweet & Sour Pork

Quite a common dish that we can find at home as well.

Kofu & Fish combi - Cold Dish

These 2 are cold dishes (冷菜) whereby it is very common for most shanghai dishes to have. We chose fish & kofu. Kofu (烤麸) is a very common dish in Shanghai. It is basically made from gluten and marinated in soy sauce. Quite chewy but it goes get jerlak if you eat too much of it. I only got to know this dish when I was working in Shanghai previously. Anyway most people may not be used to cold dishes but it wasn't too bad to try authentic shanghai dishes once in a while.

Bak Choy with Bacon

Really well cooked bak choy that it was really soft even the stem portion!

Lemon Chicken

Chicken cutlets dipped in batter and deep fried, then served with honey lemon sauce. Tasted crispy and the sauce was good.

Corn Sauce Prawns

I can't remember the taste of this, but the corn sauce certainly tasted like corn soup which I adore!~

Other than the set meal, we also ordered 2 more dishes.

Xiao long Soup Dumpling

I've always been looking for a vegetarian version of the Shanghai dumpling (小龙汤包) and was happy to be able to finally sample one from this place. In SG, most people would eat at Ding Tai Fung or other chinese dim sum places. Sadly lingzhi doesnt serve this. The skin thin, but chewy. One bite into the dumpling whizzes out the soup. It is mainly made of mock meat, but totally blown me away!

Wanton Soup

Normal dumpling soup with some veg inside.

Diet: Lacto-ovo, some dishes contain milk,egg

Location: Rua de Marques de Oliveir 66 G/F 柯利維喇街66號 (at 近渡船街美心餅點)

Tel: 853-28358338

Do note that they are closed before 6 with the shutters down, hence if you are heading over for dinner, do not go before 6, as you may think its closed!

Macau - Vegetarian Farm (田耕阁素食馆)

2010-02-13T08:56:00.000-08:00

Ahoy folks! Happy Chinese New Year! My apologies for the lack of posts as I do have a lot of backlog on hand. Just got back from my Biz trip in china and finally had the chance to sit down and blog on food overseas. For the next few posts, I will blog on places in Macau (continued from my Macau Trip previously) and also places in Beijing and Shanghai.
A pity that I've yet gone to other new food outlets in Singapore since I was out of town. Anyway, thank you for your support and I wish everyone a very happy new year and a wonderful year ahead!
Back to this restaurant, it is located opposite one of the old guan yin temple in Macau.
Decor is pretty simple and follows that of a traditional one. We had a heavy lunch before heading to Macau for shopping.

Wantons MOP 16

As sunnietart was in a wanton mode, we wanted to try if there were any better wantons available. This wasnt too bad, but too much skin. Hence I coudnt remember how the ingredients tasted like. One thing interesting was that the skin was quite special as it was very crispy and not the normal wanton skin that we get from markets here.

Green Veg

Cant see the leaf here, but tastes really fresh!

Braised Tofu

Comprises of Tofu Skin, green peas and Lotus nuts. Gravy was good with rice.

Dongpo Meat With Yam

This dish is made with konnyaku and yam in a special homemade sauce. I love the yam!

Location: Avenida Coronel Mesquita No. 11 M Ka Wa Kok, Macau

Tel: 2875 2824/ 2875 3011/ 2835 3816

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Zhuhai - Ri Yue Xuan Vegetarian Restaurant (日月轩素食坊)

2010-01-26T07:49:00.000-08:00

It is quite common for people to cross the border from Macau to Zhuhai as it is just a river away. This is like us going over to JB for a day's trip from Singapore.

There are loads of shopping and massage available in Zhuhai and things are definitely much cheaper than Macau too!

Thanks to gaga, he managed to source this vegetarian place for us! It is not very far away from the shopping area at the border, costs approximately RMB10 cab ride.

Menu

The traditional looking menu. I guess for foreigners, you would have to point at the pictures as there is no english menu available.

Cold Cuts Combination

I saw this picture in the menu and ordered immediately because it had my favourite sausage of all times! I've not blogged on this before as I've not gone back to Shanghai to eat it. While I was working there a couple of years back, I fell in love with this. It was served in a restaurant called 枣子树 and the dish name is 肠相思. Its basically veg meat with konyaku in the middle, making it really chewy and tasty. The rest of the dishes on this plate wasn't too memorable. The middle noodles was cold and the sweet and sour was gluten. As I'm not a fan of gluten, it was not to my liking. As for the other dish, it is some veg product made locally. tasted like fishballs to me although the waitress told us its chicken. Aint too bad. We ordered another dish called chili chicken, which was using this meat to cook.

Vegetables in stock

I cannot recall what this was called originally. Basically very fresh leafy veg that was cooked in milk stock (soup). Wasn't oily at all and the vegetables still tastes crunchy! It made me think of the milky fish bee hoon that we have in Singapore.

Hotplate Tofu

A dish that can't go very wrong. Nothing special as it is common in Singapore too.

Dumplings

My dad is a mega fan of dumplings and he always orders them when it is in the menu! One thing good about the dumpling was the skin as it was freshly made and it was really thin and full of ingredients. Ingredients was normal, comprise of mushrooms and vegetables.

I did not manage to take down the prices of the dishes as it was treated by my mum. However, I remember it costing less than RMB 200 in all, meaning 5 of us costs approximately SGD 8 each. Thats really cheap for a good dinner like such.

Location: 珠海市拱北粤华路中庭居3号铺

Tel: 6677765 8289531

Opening Hrs: till 11PM

Stay in tune.. more posts from Macau, JB and Beijing, Shanghai in FEB!!

Ming De Vegetarian @ Lavender

2010-01-17T04:39:00.000-08:00

I wouldn't have noted this cafe and its good food if not for Gwennie and Janet's introduction. Thanks so much! Anyway, one of the nights I went with gwennie for a really good meal. Thanks gwennie for the treat, of cos! This cafe is located around 5 mins walk away from the Lavender MRT Station, opposite the Citylights Condo.
The decor is simple but clean on the whole. This cafe serves quite a wide variety of tze char dishes. They also do serve set meals like Sweet and Sour Pork rice set at reasonable prices. Me and gwennie ordered 2 dishes and sharksfin soup to go with rice.

Menu

Sharksfin $6

I don't usually order sharksfin soup when Im at normal cafes as i've always thought the ingredients may not be that good, and that restaurants serve better. However, as I was waiting for gweenie's arrival, I looked around and saw 2 ladies drinking this and it seem really good. Hence we decided to try this dish. This is definitely one of the gems i've found! The sharksfin soup is not only full of ingredients, the serving was large enough to feed 4! Comprises of: Enoki mushrooms, veg ham, carrots, beancurd and beancurd skin. The soup wasn't too sticky and saltish either. I thought this was perfect even for a 10 course wedding dinner! I do not quite remember if they included egg or not. Please ask them before ordering of cos!

Fried Calamari $8

I've always wondered why the vegetarian version doesn't serve calamari but was quite happy to find them serve it here. I've often seen my pals ordering the "real" calamari at pubs etc. Anyway, serving was too much for 2 of us as well. There were around 15 pcs of this calamari rings that we were too full by the time we finished 6. I realised that this calamari is sold at most vegetarian suppliers. All you need to do is to dip in batter and deep fry it. Goes quite well with mayo, but fattening.

Hotplate Tofu with egg $6

The Tofu is deep fried, then served with a gravy comprises of carrots, capicums and mushrooms. below the gravy lays an omlette. The gravy has a strong mushroom and oyster sauce aroma that goes really well with rice. Do let the chef know if you do not take egg!

Diet: Lacto-Ovo, comprises of Egg and Diary

I believe there are 2 cafes opened by the same owner judging by the namecard. They do provide catering services, buffets, banquets as well.

Location: Blk 808 French Road, #01-171, Kitchener Complex

Tel: 94551829

Opening Hours: 7am to 9pm daily

Macau - Feng Cheng Xuan Vegetarian Restaurant (凤城轩素食)

2010-01-11T20:14:00.000-08:00

I went to Macau for a really short getaway last christmas. It has been more than 15 years since I last went to Macau and I was really surprised how much transformation this island has gone through. It has totally becomed an Asian Las Vegas! The best thing about this place is there are loads of vegetarian outlets available. I was there for 3 days, and we went to 6 different places for each of our meals. Nonetheless, thanks gaga for bringing us around! Anyway, this restaurant is located very near the Ruins of St. Paul's (大三巴). It is really packed even on weekdays, hence it is recommended to call and reserve seats before you go.

Restaurant Front

Fried Wantons MOP25 (16 pcs)

Sunnietart was raving about how nice and yummy the wantons were as she went there earlier to recee most of the places. So we really had to order this Best dish in the house! I didn't believe that it would be that good until I realised almost every single table would order this dish. They also serve in soups and there were some patrons who practically ordered the Big (more than 30pcs i guess) serving of wanton soup without rice. Man, this really blew me away as I finally found my match! If you have started reading my blog since the olden days, i've posted my recipe before and I've yet found a close match until this place. What I like about this wanton is the amount of filling in it. In SG, my favourite used to be from Mai Zhi Su but was always disappointed cos' of the miserable amount of filling inside. The wantons served here are MEGA in size and the filling was yummy. Basically comprise of mock meat and veg. What i like is the big serving. For only SGD5, you can get 16 pcs. But in sg, wantons usually costs a lot more for lesser pcs.

Wanton Soup

Sunnietart was telling me that she misses this the most to date. Yet another 16 pcs in the soup form cos gaga wanted some soup. Also tasty and the soup was not too salty. Luckily there were 5 of us to finish up 32 pcs of wantons! So sunnie, are you drooling at the sight of this picture?

Green Veg

Nothing exactly special about this veg, except that it is really fresh. I guess its also due to the fact that it comes direct from China nearby. Hence we can still taste the sweetness and freshness. One thing that was puzzling was that most restaurants in Macau serve the vegetables in such a manner (i.e they do not usually cut off the stems), hence you will have to eat it stalk by stalk. I guess it actually helps in the presentation and retain the entire stalk nutrients without cutting.

Hotplate Braised Tofu

Serve piping hot on the hotplate. This tofu tasted like the usual ones we can get in Singapore too. The gravy was perfect to go with rice.

Black Pepper Chicken

I can't remember the taste of this meat at all, but wasn't too bad as far as i remember. One thing about the mock meat here is you can't easily buyfrom the suppliers, i guess sometimes could be homemade.

All in all, a nice and cosy chinese style dining place. Food is good and prices reasonable too.

Location: 大炮一街2号地下

Tel: 2836 2334

Wedding Review - Grand Plaza Park Hotel @ Cityhall

2010-01-09T06:44:00.000-08:00

Here's my last review of my good pal XF's wedding I've attended last year end. My first time at Grand Plaza Park and I totally love the veg. food served!

There was no menu for me.. so I'll just name the dishes accordingly.

Cold Cuts Assortment

As the only vegetarian at the table, I was served indivdually. This comprise of the small spring roll, char Siew, veg straw mushrooms with seabass, and Veg Ham. The sauce for the char siew and mushrooms tasted normal.

Corn Soup

Most places serve the veg. sharks fin, hence this change was something good too.

Asparagus with veg prawns

This dish is quite nicely presented. Comprises of asparagus, mushrooms and veg. prawns. I didn't really like this kind of prawn though.

Mock Fish in special black pepper sauce

This fish is steamed and then served with black pepper sauce. The fish tasted like those we can buy from most vegetarian suppliers.

Beancurd Prawn in Mango Salad Sauce

This prawn is the normal Mee Suan prawn which can be found at most veg suppliers. The sauce is a mix of Salad and Mango, hence there's a sweet and sour taste.

Vegetarian Squid

The squids are stir fried with some chili and served with cashew nuts. Very chewy and it wasn't too spicy.

Yee Fu Noodles

I was too full by the time this dish was served. Tasted normal, but not too saltish, which is good!

All in all, I feel this place has better standard in comparison to my previous reviews.

Location: 10 Coleman Street

VegSenz cafe @ Serangoon

2010-01-02T08:10:00.000-08:00

Dear friends, my apologies, as I've been busy with work since my trip that I even countdown in the office. Finally its year 2010! Isit it great to feel the freshness of the year?! Well, even though the summit didn't explicity urge the world to go vegetarian, i still continue to contribute to my blog to encourage this diet. Thanks to all of your support, my blog is growing well with more of you reading it. Its also through this blog I get to know more friends and fellow blogger like Luke and Crystal! I wish everyone a great year ahead as I bring to you more food places! Upcoming: Contributions from you and some wedding reviews and my recent macau gem finds.

This post is done by colin, thanks so much colin! Keep your posts coming! This cafe has been previously written by Luke too!

This cafe is a vegan cafe and everything here is organic. The decor is clean , pristined and quite trendy, probably an attempt to attract the younger crowd. You can chose between and outdoor alfresco dining, or the airconditioned indoor dining area. Personally i prefer the indoors because it is less noisy from the busy traffic and cooler.

Menu

There are many dishes to choose from, and i've decided to order the colourful noodles, organic sushi and the szechuan spicy sour noodles.

Colourful noodles $7.80

The presentation is really good! The noodles are really colourful! See all the virbant colours of noodles and fresh vegetables, there is even alfafa sprouts on it. It has this vegetarian BBQ sauce taste and a good dressing of eggless mayo. It is a cold dish and rather refreshing to eat on a hot summer weather. Its kinda similar to the liang ban mian 凉拌面 (cold noodles) in taiwan, but very appetising and slightly sweet. However, the portion is quite small.

Organic sushi $7

It tasted really similar to that of the organic sushi from fortune centre, except that the seaweed is not as fresh cos its rather soft and less crispy compared to the one in fortune centre. taste wise it is similar and quite sweet. very refreshing too.It has beet root, tapoica and carrots.

Spicy noodles $7.50

This is a warm and spicy dish. However, it was not very spicy and not very sour also. The tanginess is just right and really whetts your appetite for more mouthful of noodles. the noodles are springy and similar to those of the colourful noodles, not too sure if its self made or bought, but definitely not the ones u can buy from the wet market. The gravy is thick, slightly sour,spicy and has bits of black fungus, tofu, carrots, topped with fresh carrots and cucumber strips. Overall the feeling is warming to the stomach, and satisfaction is guranteed. This portion is good for 1 person.

Overall, the food tasted has been light but satisfying. For heavy eaters, you may need to eat a bit more to quench your hunger. The only setback about this cafe is the pricing of food. Personally i feel that everything is overpriced, even with the ambience and service. There is no Service charge nor GST.

Location: 2 Serangoon Road #01-24, The Verge, Singapore 218227
Tel: 6392 0369
Operating Hours: Daily 10am-10pm

Taipei - Quan Zhen Vegetarian (全真素食)

2009-12-19T07:06:00.000-08:00

The last time I went to Taipei, I've only introduced the must eat snacks there and I didn't really had a chance to eat at restaurants. This is contributed by Jeslyn sis, thanks once again! And she made me wanna go taipei real soon again!

I'll try my best to translate the dish as it was given in Chinese. The exchange rate is around 20 TWD : 1SGD.

Egg Fried Rice 西式蛋包饭 TWD 90

Fried Egg is covered on top fried rice and then topped with tomato sauce. Does has a Japanese style in presentation. The good thing is that was it not too oily and makes you want to eat more. Best recommended to those people who doesnt like the taste of taiwanese rice.

Tomato Squid Rice番茄苏东饭 TWD 90

The portion is just right for one and it was served with an additional bowl of soup. The squid slices are deep fried but not too oily. Tastes blends well with the tomato sauce.

Spicy Ramen 麻辣拉面 TWD 90

Not a very spicy dish and tasted more like instant noodles. The noodles used is similiar to Udon and was certainly very chewy. Comprises of vegetables, mushroom and corn. A healthy choice for people who are not into mock meats.

Hotplate Chicken 铁板香鸡 TWD 130

This was serve in a hot plate with tomato sauce as the base gravy again. It seems like most of its dishes have tomato sauce in them. A sad thing is that the sauce doesn't blend well with the food as it tasted quite sour. It is not recommmended for people who are not into sour food.

Hot Pot 招牌素食锅 TWD 120

Best recommended to eat it cold weather. The serving is quite adequate for 3 pax unless u are a big eater. There are a lot of vegeatables, pumpkin, mushrooms , corn and vermicelli and it doesn't contain MSG.

The good thing about taiwan is many people are very health conscious and vegetarian food is available almost everywhere. Even most non-veg places do have vegetarian options. So Taiwan has always been one of my favourite place to visit!

Locations:

Just Greens @ Tampines

2009-12-13T17:43:00.000-08:00

As far as I understand, there are 4 Just Greens outlets and 1 restaurant in Singapore. In Tampines alone, there are 2 outlets. One is located at east link, the Tampines Interchange Food Court, And another is a the S11 food court where Prime Supermarket locates. I have tried at both places before, but the one at tampines interchange charges too high rates that my sister calls it the 杀人放火 (meaning its so expensive that you can kill) stall! Reason being they charged her 5 bucks for a plate of rice with 2 veg and 1 tofu. It set us thinking: How ex could veg be? Charging high rates at a normal veg stall could easily chase patrons away, especially when many people do think that vegetarian food is supposed to be cheaper.

Anyway, I personally prefer the other stall, which takes a 8 mins walk from the interchange. Tried the chicken rice and I think its really not bad!

Chicken Rice $3.50

This is quite common at a lot of places. The chicken can be brought from suppliers. So you simply need to steam with minced ginger and mix with a little soy sauce and its good to serve!

Location:

1. Blk 506 Tampines Central 1 #01-361
Singapore 520506
Open: 0800 - 2200 Hrs
Telephone: 6788 6078

2. 8 Tampines Central
Eastlink Foodcourt #01-09 Stall 4
Open: 0600 - 2230 Hrs
Telephone: 6788 6078

3. Simei East Point Level 5 Food Court
Open: 1000 - 2200 Hrs
Telephone: 6784 5206

4. Yishun Bus Interchange
Blk 924 Yishun Central 1
Singapore 760924
Open: 0600 - 2130 Hrs
Telephone: 6257 2005

5. Restaurant

49-51 Joo Chiat Place, Singapore 472223
Open: Daily 0800 - 2300 Hrs
Telephone: 6345 0069 / 6222 2039

Vegetarian Villas (素雅轩)

2009-12-04T00:04:00.000-08:00

Thanks to clare sis for the contribution! I haven't been blogging as I've been busy. Its the season of weddings yet again! So I guess I will be doing my wedding dinner reviews pretty soon too~

Bukit Merah as what I've last heard has slowly transformed into a new vegetarian heaven.. there are couple of good places like Loving Hut and Nature in that area. Lately vegetarian villas has joined the crowd too! It has been a long time since I went there.. but am really glad to hear so many new openings! Vegetarian Villas has opened 2 outlets to date and this review is being done at the Bukit Merah outlet.

Mee Rebus ($2.50)

Serving portion a little small, but the taste was good.Gravy was tasty and noodles topped with small chunks of tau pok and dou pau.

Satay Bee Hoon ($3.00)

Quite good presentation -- with 3 sticks of satay made out of mock meat that is quite juicy and chewy, kang kong and mock prawns. Satay gravy was frangrant. I find the serving a little small too. Could have more bee hoon as alot of peanut sauce leftover.

Dessert: Almond soup with dumplings ($2.00)

Find the price appealing for a bowl of dessert, so decided to order to try.Was a good choice! The almond soup was not too thick and you can choose dumpling fillings of sesame or peanut.

Overall dining in this cafe was good as the price of the food was not too expensive and the taste was good.Will definitely go again to try other food on the menu! Daily specials: Kway chap, laksa, nasi lemak, chicken rice. I do find alot of customers order: Claypot rice, claypot mee and herbal soup set ($4 each)

Locations:

1. Blk 11 Jalan Bukit Merah Ground Level Singapore 150011

Operating Hours: Monday to Friday 10.30am - 9pm and Sunday 10.30am - 9pm (Closed on Saturday)

Tel: 6273 2337

2. Blk 479 Jurong West Street 41 #01-264 Singapore 640479

Tel: 68973977

Email: vegvillas@gmail.com

Nature Vegetarian @ Sin Ming

2009-11-23T06:56:00.000-08:00

I've long heard people raving about the brisk business of this coffeeshop in Thomson area. I guess its also due to the fact that it is located right beside the Bright Hill temple whereby people usually will go here and eat after praying. This is also the only coffeeshop that wholly serves vegetarian food. It is definitely delightful to find ourselves spoilt for choices as there are many stalls to choose from, instead of the usual only one in a normal coffeeshop. I've earlier blogged about Nature from Bt Merah before, but I do not have any idea if these 2 shops have any relation to each other.

This is the exterior of the coffeeshop, and inside, there are around 8 stalls selling different variety of vegetarian food!

As I went at 8.30pm, most of the stalls were already closed. Nonetheless, the food available range from Roti Prata (So Luke, time for you to try here too!) to Chinese Dim Sum, Yong Tau Foo, Mixed veg Rice and even Tze Char is available too. I guess its the only place that vegetarians are spoilt for choice!

Dry Mee Pok

Since the noodles stall was the only one opening that late, my mum ordered this Dry Mee Pok. I was amazed by the amount of ingredients they gave!~Noodles was okay.

Yong Tau Foo

Dad ordered the Yong Tau Foo. Soup was really tasty! In fact I find most places that serve yong tau foo are of standard, which I guess is due to the fact that most mock items are brought from the same veg. suppliers so the taste seldom go wrong too!

Laksa Yong Tau Foo

Not to my liking perhaps the laksa gravy wasn't strong enough.

Carrot Cake

Something special about the carrot cake here is that you do not see it in small little cut up pieces. Instead, it is served as a BIG omlette, with the kuey in the middle. Kinda special, but I tasted more egg than the flour! It is a really popular dish from the tze char stall. Do remember to order the White version!

Location: Blk 409, Sin Ming Drive
Tel No.: 65534719
Operating Days and Operating Hours: 630am to 10pm daily

Malaysia - Malacca - Yang Sheng Vegetarian Restaurant Sdn

2009-11-17T23:54:00.000-08:00

Thanks to my cuz wendy sis for her input. Over the weekend, she and her friends went to Malacca for a short trip. I've heard my parents rave about how this this place was, but didn't have a chance to visit. Anyway, Yang Sheng is one of the places that my parents recommend. Despite Malacca being the 3rd smallest state in Malaysia, it has quite a number of vegetarian restaurants, which I think is good!

Crackers

Free crackers to munch.. Nice, crunchy and not oily..

Tom Yum Fish RM 12

Ingredients comprise of some fish slices, cabbage, long beans, ladies finger, pineapples and tau pok. Soup tasted average, however tom yum shouldnt have tau pok as it would seem like veg. curry.

Chili Kang Kong RM 7

This dish was quite oily and it tasted sweet instead of spicy.. not to my liking though. If you do not take spicy food, this is definitely ok for you.

Claypot tofu RM 9

Colourful dish. Comprise of Fried tofu cubes served with mushrooms, tomatoes and capsicums. Tasted normal, but definitely cheaper than those you can find in Singapore!

Fried Abalone Mushrooms RM7

Really good dish. Very crispy and fresh abalone mushrooms. The chili dip was a plus!

One of the places you can consider if you do visit Malacca someday!

Location:

養生素食冷氣餐廳有限公司
Bhd 313, Jln Gajah Berang, Melaka Tel: 06-284 4400
Opening hours: 10.30am to 2.30pm; 5.30pm to 8.30pm
Rest day – Thursday

Lastly, thanks cuz once again for your contribution.

Ru Lai Vegetarian @ Thomson

2009-11-07T05:33:00.000-08:00

I've long heard my cousins rave about this stall as they adore the food here as much as we adore Zi Zai in Tampines. So one of the night after visiting grandma, we finally decided to drive there to eat. Seems to be the only stall operating at night.. and the entire coffee shop was really crowded. Do note that this Ru lai has no relation with the Ang Mo Kio Ru Lai (note that i've yet blogged on this too~) at all. Its quite common to see similar stall names in SG.
The stall is a typical Tze Char stall but has a little carrot cake wok at the side. I've read other reviews and found that the carrot cake is good here!

Anyway since it was our first time to this stall, we leave it to my aunt and cousin to introduce.

Tofu with abalone hotplate $12

Beautifully presented, this tofu dish is a MUST try! The tofu and mushrooms and abalone are stir fried in a homemade special sauce, then served on top of omlette in a hot place. The taste of the gravy is wonderful. Not too salty and has a little spice in it. Most importantly, it is rare to find abalone in such dishes, and there were many piece of it! Love it with rice! Do notify the stall owner if you do not take eggs to omit the egg below.

Sambal Kang Kong

Aint too spicy and tastes just right. Common dish that can be found elsewhere too.

Butter Abalone Mushrooms

In chinese this dish is usually known as 奶油田鸡..supposed to look like frog legs? Anyway, this is basically abalone/oyster mushrooms that are deep fried in batter, then cooked in carnation milk, Hence it will have a sweet and crunchy bite. Not suitable for vegans though. You can find this dish at Zi Zai Tampines as well as Ru Lai AMK.

Soup of the day

Soup of the day was lotus roots soup. Fresh and healthy.

Crispy Peking Duck

I tried to open up and analyse what makes up this dish but couldn't as it was too thin! I think it is mock meat that is wrapped in beancurd skin and flour then deep fried. You may eat it with the Yong Tau Foo Sweet Sauce. It would have been perfect if there is popiah skin to go with it. Anyway, really crispy and tasty!

Carrot Cake

If you recall most of the carrot cakes I eat are black cos' i always love it a little sweeter. Anyway, my cousin loves the white version. Nothing special as it still cannot be compared to uncle's. hahah!

I remember we also ordered oyster cake but I forgotten to take the picture. Tasted normal too. I do not recall the rest of the prices, but we paid $51 for 5 pax and the above dishes. Hence this is definitely worth the price. Note that these are all medium dishes. Meaning, if you do have lesser pax, you may order a smaller size. My cousin even had to ta bao the carrot cake and oyster cake home as we were too full already. I will definitely come back again.

Diet: Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian, Some dishes contain Eggs and Milk

Location: Blk 24, #01-51 Sin Ming Rd, Singapore 570024

Tel: 64576143

Operating Days and Operating Hours: Open 8am-9pm every day, except the day after the 1st & 15th of lunar month

Cai Gen Xiang @ Singpost CLOSED DOWN

2009-11-03T06:50:00.000-08:00

*CLOSED DOWN*

I've earlier updated that this is a new stall at Singpost Banquet Food Court. I was delighted as I no longer have to walk all the way to Haig Road to eat on a hot day!

Anyway, I had a late lunch one day and had to ta bao from the cai gen xiang @ Singpost.

Kway Chap $3

Was looking for soupy food and ordered kway chap. Man.. it was full of ingredients (soya intestines, beancurd and Tau Pok). I wasn't expecting much as I've always adore kway chap by my mum. But this kway chap was really good. It has a strong aroma of tonics which comprise of the star anis, cinnamon and some herbs too. Could tell that it was brewed for a long time, as even the beancurd has turned black. Tasted perfect with chili sauce.

I have yet tried other dishes. They do have the usual mixed-vegetables rice, with brown rice options as well as tze char too. Took the namecard and found that the Terminal 3 outlet is already closed down.

Locations:

1. Blk 236 Yishun Ring Road #01-01000, Tel: 6758 8588

2. 10 Eunos Road 8, B2-08, Stall #6, Tel: 8388 1968

Opening Hrs: till 8plus. Do call the singpost outlet before you go as most stalls close earlier.

Website: http://www.caigenxiangvege.com/

Recipe - Vegetarian Siew Mai

2009-11-01T18:24:00.000-08:00

I've always adore siew mais before I turned vegetarian. Sadly we cant really find replacements in the market and even places like lingzhi doesnt serve good siew mais. The only one I like so far is those that are sold by the suppliers.

So one of the days when I felt like munching something, i steamed 4 little pieces that can satisfy my hunger pangs for a while.

Siew Mai

This is how the original packaging looks like. Made from Malaysia and is certified Halal in the package. Woohoo! At least even my muslim friends can eat this too. Anyway, siew mai originally comprises of pork and according to my friends is actually very fattening. Anyway this vegetarian version needs to be kept in the freezer and all you need is to thaw and steam a few pieces as and when you want! Comprises of a total of 72 pieces in a pack.

The ingredients comprise of soy protein, wheat, carrots and konnyaku wrapped in wanton skin. Tastes really chewy and definitely healthier. If you are looking at places that sell you, Yuan Xiang does serve this but they do charge higher at 50 cents per pc.

Anyway, you can get this at most vegetarian suppliers.

Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2009

2009-10-26T00:37:00.000-07:00

I've blogged about the Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2 years back when I first embarked on the trip. I've been wanting to go again, so this time I went with my parents, together with my aunt and cousin as well. The phuket vegetarian festival is a really big event that's held during the 9th lunar month. For more info, you may click here.
During this period of 10 days, the devotees and those attending the rituals would have to observe vegetarianism diets. Hence it was a true treat for us as vegetarian food is available in almost corner of phuket town.
Im going to introduce the foods that I did not mention in my earlier post.

I did not recall 7-11 has all these set meals available back then. Hence I was very happy when I saw this poster. Loads of set meals and paos available for us! All you need is to heat up in the hotel microwave. We brought 2 sets to try.

Green Curry with Brown Rice Set 35BHT

I'm not a fan of green curry but my cousin who ate this said it wasnt too bad! The authetic taste was there. Comprises of eggplant and some mock meats. It really affordable.

Hong Kong Noodles 35BHT

Comprises of Mushrooms, Cabbage and carrots. Simple but tasty!

Vegetarian Bun 15 BHT

I brought this really last min.. as I wanted to try how the buns taste like. It was surprisingly not bad tasting, not spicy as well. Comprises of Mushrooms and veg.

Potato Snack 20BHT

I was still wondering how come so many people where queuing up to buy this, but I got blown away the moment i ate it. VERY crispy and tasty! It is basically potatoes thats sliced with a special machine into this spiral form, then dipped into some batter before deep-fried. Then topped with the various spice flavours available. We took the hot and spicy flavour. YummY~ Thats my dear cousin posing with the yummy potato.

Coconut Snack 20BHT

I have not idea what is the name of this snack but since its made of coconut fillings, i'm naming it the coconut snack. Tastes heavenly if you love coconuts. The exterior is just a very thin layer of flour, and baked with fresh creamy coconut milk.

Chicken Rice/ Char Siew Rice

I was very happy to find chicken rice and char siew rice too! The sauces made the rice tasty. However the char siew tastes very different from the ones we eat in SG, hence we didn't really like it.

Must buy - Vegetarian Instant Noodles (Tom Yum)

5 of us brought 3 boxes, which is a total of 90 pkts home. Its really good.

It is amazing to find more than 100 stalls selling vegetarian food. Ranging from the normal char kway tiao to noodles soup to mixed veg rice.. they have almost everything you yearn for. However, there are a lot of fried foods too, making it really unhealthy. Hence do CHOOSe wisely. Now that I am back, I gotta go on a detox mode due to the over-eating. My aunt was left very satisfied at the end of the trip and is dreaming about coming back again. I guess I can start organising a yearly vegetarian food tasting trip to Phuket real soon.

Diet: Vegan, no eggs and milk used in all foods sold during this season

Location: All over Phuket Town

Wedding Review - Happy Restaurant (双喜楼) @ Paya Lebar

2009-10-21T19:36:00.001-07:00

Just before I embark on my vegetarian festival Trip..I shall do 1 more post which was provided by my preggie sis, clare. My out-of-touch cousin was hosting his wedding dinner the same night as a close friend of mine.. So the rest of my family members went for his wedding dinner while I was at Swiss. Nonetheless, I reminded my sis to do the review.

No Menu on the table at Happy, so I will name them according to my understanding and experience. My parents were quite looking forward to this meal as it brought them some memories since they held their wedding dinner here 33 years ago too. But well, they were not vegetarians back then.

Cold Cuts Combination

It looked like a combination of my 1st and 3rd dish in a plate! Comprises of Mock Char Siew and Duck, Spring Roll and Crispy Goose. Seems like its missing in beehoon too. the crispy goose was better fried though. Everything is deep fried, so its definitely not suitable for the health enthusiast.

Sharks Fin Soup

Comprises of loads of ingredients like abalone mushrooms, enoki mushrooms and some mock meat. Mum said not too bad.

Golden Duck

Brought directly from the veg supplier, nothing can go wrong with the taste.

Brocolli with Mushrooms

Normal tasting, similar to those sold at tze char stall. The chefs (My mum and aunt) were still commenting that if they add abalone on top will be better.... until...

Abalone

The next dish came.. and this was served separately.

Stir Fried Cauliflower

Seems to have the same sauce with brocolli earlier. The colour combi is not bad though.

Fei Cui Roll

Mum used to sell this at $3 per roll at her stall. This is one of the nicest mock meat I've tried so far. Easily found at most veg suppliers, but I think the best is from Xiang Xiang. Costs Ard $35 per big pack of 20 rolls I think. Easy to cook, just pan or deep fry will do. Tastes good with Sweet Sauce or Chili.

Noodles

One of the better dish of the day... loads of veg, carrots and the taste was alright. However, noodles can be a little more dry.

All in all, aint too bad a meal since mostly are brought from the suppliers.

Location: 15 Tanjong Katong Road, Lion City Hotel

Le Cafe Confectionary

2009-10-19T20:19:00.000-07:00

Was introduced by bubby (my boss's wife) when she brought this for us sometime back. Le Confectionary is so far the only shop i've known to sell this special tart!

Beancurd Tart $5 for 6 pcs

From the outlook, you may think that this is your usual "egg" tart. However, instead of the high-cholesterol egg, this filling here is actually beancurd (Tao Hway) instead! ALso, the colour is slightly lighter than the usual Yellow. The texture is smoother and softer than egg, doesnt taste too sweet and is encased in a delicious pastry. No pork/lard is used here. However, I believe there is butter or milk in the crust. Hence its not suitable for vegans.

Other than this beancurd tart, the confectionary sells your usual cakes and patries as well.

Diet: Vegetarian, may contain milk/butter.

Locations:
1. 264 Middle Road Singapore 188990 ; Tel: +65 6337 2417

2. Blk 42 Cambridge Road #01-02 Singapore 210042; Tel : +65 6298 1477

3. Blk 637 Veerasamy Road #01-111 Singapore 200637; Tel: +65 6294 8813

Opening Hrs: Mondays to Saturdays10:30 am – 7:30 pm ; Sundays and Public Holidays10:30 am – 3:30 pm

Zi Zai Vegetarian Stall @ Old Airport Road

2009-10-17T03:28:00.000-07:00

Was working till 9 one night so thanks to boss for the ride! Anyway, this stall has been around for ages and has moved from the front row to the middle. I must say that this stall has no relation to the Zi Zai Vegetarian cafe at tampines definitely. However, seems like many vegetarian stalls have the same name in SG. The old airport road hawker centre comprises of more than 100 stalls and I think this is the only vegetarian stall available. The good thing is it operates till 11PM.

Carrot Cake $2.50

Used to like carrot cake and duck rice from this stall before I found the uncle's stall at aljunid. Anyway, still not too bad. The hokkien mee is much better though. *It only tastes good with EGGs definitely.

After a day's work, its perfect with my fav. sugarcane juice.

Other Recommendations: Char Kway Tiao, Hokkien Noodles, Fish Sliced Noodles, Duck Rice.

Diet: Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian, contains eggs for some dishes.

Location: 51 Old Airport Road, Old Airport Hawker Centre, Stall No. 01-24, opens daily, till 11PM.

Wedding Review - Swissotel @ Merchant Court

2009-10-06T08:00:00.000-07:00

As mentioned earlier, this is the month best for marriages, hence I was simply overwhelmed by invitations. This is my 2nd review, which I attended at night on the same day of my 1st review. It must have been a good day as it was the F1 race too.

The Dinner Menu

A nice menu that was set up specially for me at the table. Even the waitress had to tell me where to sit! haha! Anyway, quite a typical setting again. I was quite looking forward to this place as I've been told the vegetarian option was not too bad, but was quite taken in for a surprise.

Deluxe Vegetarian Cold Cuts Combination

If you are into gluten, you will adore this, as it comprises of the normal char siew, mee suan prawn, spring rolls and mock duck. I guess the only thing missing was Bee Hoon, which could have completed a $3 breakfast. Tasted ok of cos, as everything is bought from the supplier direct.. but I personally think shouldn't be served in a top-notched hotel.

Double Boiled Mushroom Soup with Winter Melon

This was the dish that saved my 1st dish. Soup was tastefully brewed and I practically ate up everything (Mushrooms, winter melons, White Fungus, dried logans, goqizi). It wasn't too saltish and has the fully brewed sweetness of the winter melon. Perfect for a hot day. Most importantly, no mock meat!

Crispy Vegetarian Goose

Just as I was very satisfied with the soup, I missed my bee hoon again. This is widely adored by my non-veg friends as they love the crispy-ness of it. However, this wasn't crispy at all, and very oily too. But well, being a veg and this specially arranged, I had to finish the food. I still remember my parents selling this for $2 this size, nice and crispy.

Stir-Fried mixed veg with lotus roots in Yam Basket

Nicely decorated. Something I liked that didn't have any mock meat too. The lotus is very tasty as it was thinly sliced and still very crispy. The Yam basket was a little too hard. And here comes the Bee hoon (deep fried) , used as the decoration below the basket. Aint too bad.

Deep Fried Taro Fish in Sweet & Sour Sauce

As I was overwhelmed by taro-made dishes during the afternoon dinner, this didn't came as a surprise for me. However, the sauce saved the day. Simply made from tomato, cucumber and mango, has a blended taste of sweet and sour. I ate up all the taro slices and all the small little pieces of fresh mangoes. Taro tasted normal, crispy on the outside, soft on the inside.

Braised seasonal vegetables with black mushrooms

Seems like the veg in season was spinach as I had the same dish that afternoon. Normal tasting, both ingredients are fresh.

Fried Rice

Not too bad, but I was too full by the time this came. Serving was too big and I could only take a few mouthfuls. Not much ingredients, comprises of only the lettuce, and mixed frozen veg (peas, corns, carrots). But done quite nicely and wasn't too saltish.

I did not take the picture of the dessert as it was just the normal canned sea coconut. Most dishes served are suitable for vegans as eggs and other diary content are usually omitted.

All in all, it was a joyous event, with good ambience. And of cos' we understand that food shouldn't really matter. However, I felt that my newly wed pals are paying way too high (for vegetarians portions, its by per head in addition to the table!) for this meal. Of cos it wasnt the ang bao that matters, but the hotel is getting a big cut in this that could have been negotiated. Hence if you are going to have a wedding here (a six star hotel), do negotiate for better dishes. You may ask the real veg to vett thru' the menu first too!

Location: 20 Merchant Road, Singapore 058281

8 Treasures Vegetarian Restaurant (八宝素食馆)

2009-10-02T09:43:00.000-07:00

It was to celebrate the World Vegetarian Day (1st Oct) and I was very honoured to be invited by Zenna the young owner of this restaurant. Started from a family business (18 Lohan), 8 treasures has since evolved into this 2-storeys restaurant today. It was definitely a pleasant experience having to meet other vegetarian bloggers like Crystal our creative Chef, Veggiebun, Halimah and Ganga the creators of Vegvibe Magazine. Thanks to Zenna again for her kind invitation!
The 2 levels of the restaurant offers different ambience. It occupies the 2nd and 3rd Story of the shophouse. On the 2nd floor, the setting is more towards modern contemporary style while the 3rd floor has a more oriental style that displays special ceiling lights in "bird cages".

That's Zenna posing outside the restaurant. Behind her is the picture of the 1st Floor. From the signboard outside, you would need to take the stairs to reach the restaurant. I do not see any lifts, hence may not be easily accessible for some.

The really beautiful and Unique Bird Cages Ceiling Lamps that hang in the 3rd Floor Ceilings.

I was looking forward to this meal when I received the email a "special" menu has been prepared for us to try. True enough, it was not just special, we were given a 10 course meal that can be compared to a wedding dinner! Luckily Zenna explained that portions would be small, if not, I wonder if we would need to ta bao home.

~Menu of the day~

Nicely done and placed on our tables. Most of the dishes are available in the ala carte menu. These were just specially planned for us.

Mini Pot Vegetarian Sharks Fin

Tastefully done as the ingredients (comprises of mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, veg ham, crabsticks, tao kee) are finely sliced and topped with abalone and konnyaku "shark's fins" that can be brought from most suppliers. The soup was nicely brewed with mushroom base and wasn't too saltish, tasted perfect with vinegar. I would recommend this as one of the best sharks fin I've had. *Serving originally is quite big*

Honey Sauce Mock Pork/ Broccoli with Vegetarian Scallops

The Honey Sauce Mock Pork was braised in a special honey mixed sauce. This mock pork is made from pure soy protein and the "fats" portion is actually made of Konnyaku. Hence is definitely healthy and guilt-free since this is zero chorlestrol.
The dish beside was the Broccoli with vegetarian scallops where by the veg are first steamed, then served with scallops in sweet sauce. The scallops tasted normal but goes quite well with rice.

Asparagus with Monkey Head Mushrooms

I liked the way this dish was presented. Definitely gorgeous in this finely wrapped "vermicelli" which is like a "bird's nest". However, it was too hard and tasteless to bite. The monkeyhead mushrooms were chewy and cooked in sweet and sour sauce. I would love it better if it was in "gong bao" style. I thought it was quite wasteful for the "nest" as we can't chew it and it would be discarded.

Marmite Willow Mushrooms

I have never tried marmite before so this was definitely new to me. Fresh willow musrooms are fried with some batter and then cooked int marmite sauce. Marmite is made from yeast extract and it provides a very distinctive and powerful flavour, which is comparable to our chinese soya sauce. In most vegetarian dishes, we do not usually use marmite in our cooking. Hence I was amazed by how tasty it was. It is basically a love-hate relationship as some people do not really like the taste of marmite. I thought there was a little bitter after-taste. Cant really eat the mushroom as the stem was too thin. Nonetheless, this style of cooking is not available in the menu , but you may make a special request.

Vegetarian Fragrant Peking Duck

If you are into Yam, this is the dish for you. Yam is firstly steamed then wrapped with mushrooms and mock duck and then fried on the outside. You may eat this dish wrapped with fresh lettuce and the restaurant's special sauce which was quite spicy. Didn't taste like duck as the yam taste was overpowering.

Nonya Style Mock Fish

A tad too sourish and not very spicy. It is one of the chef's recommendations. I liked it with the rice. You may want to let the chef know if you do not like it too sour. The rice is something that is worth trying as it comprises of brown rice, white rice and barley, which is a healthier alternative to white rice.

Eight Treasures Beancurd

I've always loved olive and didn't know it goes well with tofu. The beancurd is pan fried, then served with cooked olive, fresh spinach and enoki mushrooms. Most importantly, it is not oily, as compared to the normal canned olive veg that we buy off shelves.

Crispy Vegetarian Chicken with Fresh Fruit Salad

I was expecting mock meat again when I saw the name, but was pleasantly surprised when it is made with potatos, seaweed and beancurd sheets, and tasted just like mock meat. The skin was crispy but not oily and potatoes is well cooked. I liked it.

Desserts - White Fungus with Papaya and Apple/ Strawberry Sago

We were given 2 choices that day. White Fungus (hot) and the Strawberry Sago (cold). The white fungus was really soft and wasn't too sweet. It is good for complexion. As for the Strawberry Sago, it comes with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and fresh strawberries. It is not suitable for vegans as it comprises of milk. They serve different dessert everyday.

I did not include individual prices as it was not stated in our special menu. Took a peek into the main menu and found that the price of each dish is quite reasonable, starting from $8.

The overall experience was definitely an enjoyable one as I finally managed to meet face to face with bloggers i've known online! Most of the dishes are deep fried and there are quite a lot of mock meat used. Nonetheless, there are more than 120 dishes to choose from the menu. So there are still quite a lot of choices for vegans as well. They also serve set meals, starting from $99. I guess its strategic location has also helped 8 treasures increase client patronage.

Diet: Lacto Veg, some dishes contain milk.

The floggers finally met~ Names requested to be disclosed. So make your own guess who's who!

Location: 282A South Bridge Road Singapore 058831, Right beside the tooth relic temple

Tel: 65 65347727

Opening Hrs: 11am - 10am daily

Wedding Review - Qian Xi Lou @ Paya Lebar

2009-09-29T10:10:00.001-07:00

I've always wanted to write on wedding dinners that I attend. It is good to find that most of the restaurants/hotels in SG offer vegetarian options for guests. I guess this was some concern for some people as we do not know if they do offer and I've heard of fellow vegetarian friends turning down invitations when they hear its not from a real veg. place. As per my understanding, most chinese places understand the term "Vegetarian" and will usually prepare the food separately. Hence, strict vegetarians need not worry about this. I've created a new Label under "Veg Wedding Dinner" so that you can prep yourself should you be going these places some day.

This year seems to be a mad rush for people as I've got a total of 7 invitations to date! For us Chinese, the best month to get married is the 8th Month of the lunar calendar. This was a wedding lunch I've just attended.

The Lunch Menu~

In a typical setting, lunch or dinner, a full course usually comprises of 8 mains and 1 dessert.

Cold Dish

Cold Dish usually comprises of 5-6 small bites like the above. At Qian Xi Lou, we had mini spring rolls, Taro Samosa, Taro Roll, Ba Kwa, Seaweed Roll and Taro Wu Xiang. Aint too bad if you do not mind eating Taro (aka Yam). However, what I did not really like about it is that most of these dishes are deep fried. It is therefore recommended to drink chinese tea to remove some excess oil.

Shark's Fin

Usually after the 1st dish, we will be served with shark's fin or soups. The veg version of shark's fin comprises of mainly mushrooms and enoki mushrooms. The "shark's Fins" here are actually Tang Hun (glass noodles). Aint too bad as the "soup" is stewed for some time and has a strong mushrom aroma. Some places use the Konnyaku jelly Stripes in replacement.

Cereal Prawns

I love the cereal here, frangrantly pan-fried and added with sugar for the sweet after-taste! However, it would have been better if the prawns are fried in batter.

Fish in Sauce

This was my fav. dish of the day. The Fish is made of tau kee (豆支) and the fried. Lastly Served with Veg. Oyster sauce. I like the texture as it is chewy. Definitely differnt from the real one. Tasted like Bai Ye Tofu.

Monkeyhead Mushroom

I've always like monkeyhead mushrooms as it is a really difficult dish to cook well. So far i think only Lingzhi is done the perfect job. The moneyhead mushroom has to be soaked before marinating and fried, then to cook into sauce. Sadly, the chef was not able to deliver this dish. The mushrooms were way too hard.

Yam Ring

Just as I thought we had enough of Yam (from the first dish), we were served with this Yam Ring. It is deep fried and then served with some mixed veg in the middle. Not too bad as the yam was crispy on the outside, and really soft inside, but I did not fancy the mixed veg in the middle.

Abalone & Mushrooms with Spinach

Was sharing with my mum the chef had an easy way out as most of the dishes uses the same sauce! Spinach was not fresh as I had a hard time chewing it. The mushrooms are of good quality!

Braised Noodles

Normal thin noodles cooked with lots of mushrooms and carrots. A little salty.

The Dessert - Yam Paste (Or Nee)

Again its yam! This dessert is a very common and popular Teochew dish and most people would use this as dessert as it is very difficult to make it well. First you heve got to steam the Yam, mash then fry with "lard" till fragrant. Of cos, the veg version omits lard! it is then served with Ginko Nuts and Coconut Milk. A really sinful and fattening dessert. The texture here was really well done. Very smooth but a little too sweet for me perhaps due to the rich coconut milk.

Noted that I did not include any price, as it has been "included" in the red packet you provide. Most places for such vegetarian set would have cost Between 600 to 800 bucks.

Location: Katong Complex (Paya Lebar), 4th Floor

Tian Ran Vegetarian Food Supplier

2009-09-28T09:32:00.000-07:00

Went there with my parents a couple of weeks back when we need to stock up on our mock meat items. There are quite a number of vegetarian food suppliers in Singapore and we have 1 located in one of the factories at Bedok.

I must admit that for newly converted vegetarians, it is definitely not easy to resist temptations. Tian Ran offers quite a wide range of vegetarian products from ham, fish to fishballs etc. As most people do have the misconception that vegetarian products are made from flour, most food products do NOT come from flour, but soy protein that is derived from soy beans and flavourings. For certain products, there are some that are made of gluten and you can feel gelat.

Store Front

Quite a small area from the front, and you can select from some of the fridge outside. If you are looking for certain products, its good to look thru the menu. Then helpers will get for you.

Our Stash

Vegetarian Food @ Giant Tampines

2009-09-26T19:12:00.000-07:00

This stall has been around for sometime since Giant open at Tampines. I went there a couple of times, food is really not bad!

Claypot Noodles $3.50

Im not exactly a fan of Claypot noodles, but wanted something hot and a little soupy so tried this. I liked this kind of noodles and not the yellow fat noodles. Full of vegetables and mushrooms. The taste is not too bad as well. Other than this, the stall also sell your usual mixed vegetables rice.

Other recommendations: Laksa

Location: 21 Tampines North Drive 2, 2nd Floor, inside food court

Opening Hours: daily till 8pm

Carrot Cake Stall @ Aljunied CLOSED DOWN

2009-09-22T04:33:00.000-07:00

CLOSED DOWN* I have no idea where this stall owner has went.. please let me know if you have any information.

I do not recall it having any stall name, but just a simple 'vegetarian' word and the food sold. The owner used to operate at the circuit road hawker centre but he has moved a couple of times since the hawker centre is under renovations. The uncle does not sell a lot of variety, but specialises in Fried Oyster Cake and Carrot Cake. I personally liked his version as it is more authentic than others. Even my non-veg friends like it.

Fried Carrot Cake $2

I took this a couple of months back when he was still located opposite geylang library. I heard he has since moved. Anyway, Fried Carrot Cake and Oyster are local delicacies that I adore. Although Im trying hard to go vegan, I find it hard to resist this still. Carrot Cake is actually fried using Rice Cake, Lots of Eggs and preserved raddish. It can be fried with or without dark sweet soya sauce.

As for Oyster Omelete, the "oyster" is replaced with straw mushrooms in the veg. version.

Other Dishes: Fried Kway Tiao

Diet: Lacto-Ovo- Vegetarian , Contains Eggs

Loving Hut Japan (Tokyo)

2009-09-11T08:26:00.000-07:00

I've not been to the Tokyo Branch so this is thanks to Gwennie for finishing this review on my behalf! It is not easy to find pure vegetarian food in Japan as most of the dishes, sauces, soups etc contain meat/seafood content. Its a real content to find Loving Hut going all out to reach out to places like Korea and Japan to introduce the vegetarian concept.

Menus

Like our local outlets, has 2 menus (one for drinks and the other for food) as well. One good thing is english is available and helps us to decide what we want to eat. Most of the meals comes in a set, which is quite typical in a Japanese setting.

If you do visit Japan and would like to draw up your own itinery, I guess food places is a challenge, and you may visit this site "Vegan Japan" and look for details. It is pretty interesting and Gwen found out about this website as it is done by one of the famous Vegan Restaurant visitor - Herwin Walravens. This info is also available in the restaurant.

They do not serve ala-carte items when gweenie visited that day so they ordered 3 different set meals.

Dim Sum Plate

Steam Rice Dumpling Plate

Steam Vegetable Dumpling Plate

Each set comprises of 6 little dishes, 5 of which are the same while 1 main is different. You may see that they have something like our vietnamese Roll whereby they include veg and mint leaves in the wrap. In addition, there is a seaweed salad available. Then a vegetable soup that is similar to our sharks fin soup. All of these dishes are either steamed or raw, making it really differnt from the fried items we see in Singapore. I guess its also due to the diet in Japan.

Portion is really BIG and they felt really full after that. Gwen's comments are that the food are tasty, but a little on the bland side. Nonetheless, one will feel really healthy after a visit. Each Set costs 1000YEN (SGD 16), which I think is still affordable given their high living standards. Perhaps 2 persons can share 1 set.

Anyway, with more vegan outlets opening in Japan, it does give us a reason to visit real soon!

Location: I do not have the add in English. So Please copy and Paste this if you do intend to visit!

〒160-0004 東京都新宿区四谷三丁目6-15-2F　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　TEL：03-6807-9625

Opening Hrs: 11.30AM - 9PM

Website: http://www.lovinghut.jp/index.html

*Japan Vegan Places Guide: http://veganjapan.net/pocketguide-e.html

Fo You Yuan Vegetarian Restaurant (佛有缘素食餐馆)

2009-09-07T23:38:00.000-07:00

I've always been wanting to write about this place since my last visit. Like Loke Wor Yuen, Fo You Yuan is another pioneer vegetarian restaurant in Singapore. It is a typical chinese vegetarian restaurant that brings you one of the more authentic dishes. I am quite surprised that this place can sustain for such a long time despite the strong competition in the market.

French Roasted Mushroom (法式烤菇) $24

I've deeply remembered the vegetarian escargots I tried before at Furama Hotel when they had a vegetarian fest more than 10 years back. Little did I know that they have this dish at Fo You Yuan as well! In replacement of the real "snails", fresh mushrooms are use instead. Placed in a special baking container, the fresh mushrooms are marinated with herbs and topped with mozarella cheese and baked till golden brown. Really juicy,chewy and fragrant.

Nonya Curry Fish

I can still vaguely remember the taste of the curry. Aint too spicy, but is full of the authetic curry paste. Fish slices are homemade, which was soft on the inside but cripsy on the outside.

Stir Fried Spinach

Aint oily and very fresh!

All in all, the setting of the restaurant is very traditional and chinese-styled. This is one of the places you can go back to if you do get bored of fusion food.

If you do intend to visit on a weekend, I would suggest you to place a reservation as it is really crowded.

Other dishes: Popular Fried Bee Hoon

Diet: Lacto-ovo, some dishes contain cheese

Location: 155, Kitchener Road
TeL: 6744 8009

Opening Hours: Till 10PM daily.

website: http://www.foyouyuan.com.sg/

~All About Veggie~

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Waterdrop Teahouse (滴水坊) @ Punggol

Fried Rice Paradise @ Supermarkets

Ming Hoe Vegetarian @ Paya Lebar (明和素食)

VeganBurg Revisited @ Eunos

Quan Xin Vegetarian Food @ Bedok Blk 538

Hong Kong - Veggie SF Cafe

Yuan Xiang @ Changi Branch

Hong Kong - World Peace Cafe @ Wan Chai

Recipes - Shared in VegVibe *Xmas Creations*

Shiang Hai Japanese Vegetarian @ Malaysia (KL)

Wedding Review - Shangrila Singapore

Wedding Review - Crown Hotel @ Airport

Merryland Vegetarian @ Johor Bahru

Ru Lai Vegetarian Food @ AMK

Vegetarian stall @ Bedok

Sin Sheng Huat Vege Restaurant @ Malaysia (Johor Jaya)

素GOOD Veg Stall @ Raffles Place

Yuet Sum Hin @ Malaysia (KL)

Rong Xiang Vegetarian Stall @ Geylang East

Recipe - Sushi

VeganBurg @ Jalan Eunos

Xian Long Vegetarian Delights @ AMK

Onn Vegetarian @ Kallang

Inflight Meal - Singapore Airlines

Nian Ci Guan Yin Vegetarian Stall @ Geylang

Su Man Yuan Vegetarian Stall @ Plaza Singapura

Iwannagetstuffed Vegetarian Restaurant @ Kallang Leisure (素芳斋)

Yummy Green @ Pasir Ris E-HUB

Ci Hang Vegetarian @ Aljunid (慈航中西素食)

Bali - Neno Vegetarian Restaurant *CLOSED DOWN*

Buffet Lunch @ Classic Lao Di Fang Park Mall

Shanghai - Song Yue Lou (松月楼)

Inflight Meal - Air Asia Budget Airline

Angels Bistro @ Raffles Place

Gokul Vegetarian Restaurant @ Little India

Lao Yu Kee Vegetarian Health Food Stall @ Bugis (老友记)

Bangkok - Ethos Vegetarian Vegan Restaurant

Zen Japanese Vegetarian Restaurant Singapore

Shanghai - Hao Niang Niang Vegetarian Restaurant (好孃孃素食馆)

24 Hours Vegetarian Stall @ Pasir Ris

Shanghai - Zao Zi Shu Vegetarian Restaurant (枣子树)

Su Man Yuan Vegetarian Stall @ Marine Parade

Shanghai - New Age Veggie (新素代 @ Zheng Da Outlet)

Beijing - Chamate (一茶一座)

Ru Lai Vegetarian @ Ang Mo Kio

Macau - Shanghai Yuen Vegetarian (上海缘素菜馆)

Macau - Vegetarian Farm (田耕阁素食馆)

Zhuhai - Ri Yue Xuan Vegetarian Restaurant (日月轩素食坊)

Ming De Vegetarian @ Lavender

Macau - Feng Cheng Xuan Vegetarian Restaurant (凤城轩素食)

Wedding Review - Grand Plaza Park Hotel @ Cityhall

VegSenz cafe @ Serangoon

Taipei - Quan Zhen Vegetarian (全真素食)

Just Greens @ Tampines

Vegetarian Villas (素雅轩)

Nature Vegetarian @ Sin Ming

Malaysia - Malacca - Yang Sheng Vegetarian Restaurant Sdn

Ru Lai Vegetarian @ Thomson

Cai Gen Xiang @ Singpost *CLOSED DOWN*

Recipe - Vegetarian Siew Mai

Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2009

Wedding Review - Happy Restaurant (双喜楼) @ Paya Lebar

Le Cafe Confectionary

Zi Zai Vegetarian Stall @ Old Airport Road

Wedding Review - Swissotel @ Merchant Court

8 Treasures Vegetarian Restaurant (八宝素食馆)

Wedding Review - Qian Xi Lou @ Paya Lebar

Tian Ran Vegetarian Food Supplier

Vegetarian Food @ Giant Tampines

Carrot Cake Stall @ Aljunied *CLOSED DOWN*

Loving Hut Japan (Tokyo)

Fo You Yuan Vegetarian Restaurant (佛有缘素食餐馆)

Recipes - Shared in VegVibe Xmas Creations

Bali - Neno Vegetarian Restaurant CLOSED DOWN

Cai Gen Xiang @ Singpost CLOSED DOWN

Carrot Cake Stall @ Aljunied CLOSED DOWN