Shiang Hai Japanese Vegetarian @ Malaysia (KL)

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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.