Yummy Green @ BEDOK

Please note that Yummy green has shifted to Bedok! New Add: Blk 537 #01-511 Bedok North Street 3 Singapore 460537
 
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:
Blk 537 #01-511 Bedok North Street 3 Singapore 460537
Website: http://www.simplefood.com.sg/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simplefoodsg

Ci Hang Vegetarian @ Aljunid (慈航中西素食)

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*

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

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)

*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

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

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)