A rather new cafe at Fortune Center

Had a Vegetarian Thai Green Curry Rice Set ($6) at this little cosy cafe with soft cafe music.

Where: Red Apple Veggie Café. Fortune Center #01-32 Middle Rd S188979

Instagramable Vegan Cafe!

 

This place is one of the Instagramable vegan cafes in Singapore! I picked the warm option on the menu - Teriyaki Udon. Simple and tasty.

Where: Soul ALife. 5 Changi Business Park Central 1 #02-40 Changi City Point, S486038

Awesome Food @ Original Sin

Original Sin has been around for very long and still able to impress the meat eater diners.

Where: Original Sin Restaurant. Blk 43 Jln Merah Saga, Chip Bee Gardens, #01-62, S278115

Web: Original Sin

A different shopping experience! Eco friendly.

Where: Scoop Wholefoods - Paya Lebar, 10 Paya Lebar Rd #B1-07/08/09 PLQ Mall, S409057

Web:scoopwholefoods.com

Lunch @ Elemen (Paya Lebar Quarter)

Is full house on a weekday lunch time, great to see more and more diners enjoying Vegetarian Cuisine. Lucky, we have made a reservation. Had a 5-course set meal. Tried the new dishes on the menu - Dry Truffle Ramen! Simply love the deep-fried cocoon. The dessert - Chilled Pumpkin Puree with Coconut Ice Cream, is another item that I love.

Where: Elemen @ PLQ, 10 Paya Lebar Rd, #03-13 PLQ Mall, S409057 

Web: Elemen

Walk to Water Drop Tea House for lunch!

 

At the moment, due to Covid 19 situation, No walk-in, call in +65 6411 0596 to make a booking if you want to enjoy the Taiwan Temple Food Cuisine. Was considered lucky, managed to have my lunch and drink a cup of fruit tea. Couldn't decide what to order, the cute little Cherry Tomato Rabbit on the Salad Mushroom Rice set stole my heart ...

Where: Water Drop Tea House @ Fo Guang Shang (Singapore) 1 Punggol Place S828844. Tel: +65 6411 0599
Website: Water Drop Teahouse

A lovely meatless fine dining restaurant ...

With covid-19, the world has changed. Impermanence. Hence, treasure the opportunity to dine-in, we won't know when there could be another lock down or will the restaurant or good delish food still exists.... My first encounter with this beautiful restaurant was having my farewell lunch in a private room with a surprise. A recommendation from my non vegetarian ex-boss, he just said - Let's go Joie! (*smile*)

Where:  Joie by Dozo. 181 #12- 01 Central, Orchard Road, S238824. Tel: +65 6838 6966. 

Website: Joie by Dozo 

Vegetarian Yong Tau Foo

Delicious Yong Tau Foo Soup base, quite lots of choices but rather expensive, 70 cents per item. Some of the Yong Tau Food items like Tofu, Eggplants are without filling.

(5 items at $3.50) 

Where: Choo Zai Zhai Vegetarian. 79A, Circuit Rd, Circuit Road Food Centre, #01-90 S371079

Vegetarian Fried Kway Teow

Was at Victor Veggie eating vegetarian satay, saw this stall, so ordered fried kway teow $4). Quite delicious.

Where: Su Shi Jia Xiang Wei （素食家乡味) 79A, Circuit Rd, Circuit Road Food Centre, #01-86, S371079

Solo Vegetarian Food Hunt @ Circuit Road Hawker Centre....

Vegetarian Satay! Normally, I can easily get good delish Vegetarian Satay and Otah from the Wholesaler and BBQ at home. Today, I was out for a vegetarian food hunt at Circuit Road Hawker Centre which is a Vegetarian Food Heaven and ordered the Vegetarian Satay ($8 for 10 pcs) and Vegetarian and Otah at $2. Authentic taste. It would be much better if it is served with Satay Rice and thicker satay sauce.

Where: Victor Veggi.  79A, Circuit Rd, Circuit Road Food Centre, Unit 01-92 S371079 (daily 2.30pm – 10.30pm, closed on Wednesday)

Finally they are open! ...

I've been waiting and waiting and waiting. Finally, enjoying A La Carte Lunch Buffet at my favourite vegetarian restaurant (LingZhi Vegetarian at Liat Tower) which I have been visiting for a quarter-century. Some of my favourite items are no longer on the buffet list but I still have a good and enjoyable meal.

Where: LingZhi Vegetarian Restaurant (Liat Towers) 541 Orchard Road #05-01 S238881. T: 6734 3788.
Website:LingZhi Vegetarian

Meatless Monday! What did you have for lunch?

Finally tried this Vegetarian Chicken Rice ($6.8) served in the Hawker Centre. Atas! The way it is been served and with 2 variants of vegetarian chicken. Rice is nice but not the most fragrant vegetarian chicken rice I have tasted. I like their clear soup, it uses Solomon's seal and reddish. They do have normal Vegetarian Chicken Rice ($3) too. Plus few other options like Curry Rice/Noodle ...

Where:  409 Ang Mo Kio Ave 10, #01-33 S560409. Open Mon, Thu-Sun (12pm-8pm)

Jobless Day Activities: Cafe Hopping, Afternoon Tea @ Starbucks savouring Impossible Rendang Pie ...

So nice and finally have the time to dine in at Starbucks, using my X'mas gift card. No rush and slowly savour the Impossible Rendang Pie, suitable for Vegetarian (Lacto-Ovo) not Vegan. Simply delish and spicy. This meatless pie is using Impossible meat, only available till August 11.

Vegetarian Roast Chicken Rice

Vegetarian Roast Chicken Rice ($6.8) from Vegetarian Express

Where: Vegetarian Express Café. 205 Hougang Street 21 #02-04 S530205. T: 6383 5672.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VegetarianExpress/

New Fut Kai's Crispy Cereal Prawn (S$13) ...

This is awesome! Love this, one bite and I sense the difference. Normally, mock prawn used for this dish which I have before are hard. Today, this mock cereal prawn from New Fut Kai is big, soft and I love the texture. The crispy coating is just nice. The curry leaves used are fresh and crispy. Thumbs up. Plus 20% discount. This definitely make my trip there worthwhile.

Where: New Fut Kai Vegetarian Restaurant. 282 Jalan Besar S208925. T: 6398 0836.

Website: www.newfutkai.com.sg

Facebook:www.facebook.com/newfutkai/

Dine-in @ New Fut Kai after Circuit Breaker ...

Finally made a trip to New Fut Kai Vegetarian Restaurant. Taking precautions, I went early, it is as if I have booked the whole restaurant for myself. They still maintain their food standard, with 20% discount and some new items on the menu which I yet to try, I will go again... Food taste so much better while hot from the kitchen and served in proper dinning cutlery. 

Where: New Fut Kai Vegetarian Restaurant. 282 Jalan Besar S208925. T: 6398 0836.

Website: www.newfutkai.com.sg

Facebook:www.facebook.com/newfutkai/

So good, WFH and no need to cook lunch today!

So good, WFH and no need to cook lunch today! Had a quick late lunch dinning out at Shu Vegetarian. Quite rush too, as we still need to factor in traveling time. I discovered we always order the same dishes from this eatery -- Vegetarian Chicken Rice and Vegetarian Fish and Chip. Don't know why. Habit, I guess.

Were there after 1.30pm, there were still customers enjoying their lunch there and some coming to the eatery.

Where: SHU Vegetarian. 259 Jalan Kayu. S799488. T: 6493 7265
Facebook: SHU Vegetarian

Vegetarian traditional snacks and pastries

On my way back, bought some Vegetarian traditional snacks and pastries from Kwan Im Vegetarian Restaurant. Guess what I bought?

Where: Kwan Im Vegetarian Restaurant. 190 Waterloo Street. S187965. Tel: 6338 2394.

Website: www.seahotel.com.sg

No cook or simply easy cooking ...

Got this instant product from Friendly Vegetarian Wholesale ($4.5). Just heat up to go with Congee or Rice. Otherwise use it to do a simple Stir-fry with Big Green Chile. I'll not recommend this to those who doesn't like the smell of bamboo shoot. : ) 

Deep Fried Tofu stuffed with cucumber and tomato...

Normally I would add blanched bean sprout too. Firm Tofu from wet market is the better than those in the supermarket for this dish. Just dip in your favourite dipping sauce. I prefer it to go with chilli sauce.

Fun adaptation skills... What to Da Bao?

Limiting groceries outing, Da Bao more, put in refrigerator and warm up in rice cooker for dinner. Still good if consume within the day. Vegetarian Chicken $3, good to go with rice or Vegetarian Chicken Rice (cook plain rice by adding ginger paste/chopped fresh ginger, lemongrass paste/Lemongrass, pandan leave, seasoning, sesame oil/butter). Garnish with cucumber slice or tomato slice. Chilli? Instant Chicken Rice Chilli or just Chilli sauce.

#bringyourowncontainer

Flexibility in cooking during nationwide 'Circuit Breaker' measures period ...

Tonight, I use whatever leftover ingredients in the kitchen, whipped up a simple dish - Braised Bittergourd with Vegetarian Oyster Sauce. Throw in Bittergourd, Oyster mushrooms and deep fried beancurd bits, with water, Sesame oil, Vegetarian Oyster sauce, pepper, bring to a boil and simmer. Dried red chilli are made from leftover fresh chilli which I had cleaned and put in my refrigerator.

Sedap!

You don't need to know how to cook to enjoy a simple nice meal. Pan fried this Black Pepper Veg Crispy Meat Chop for lunch! Got this 6pcs for $5.5 from Friendly Vegetarian Wholesale. Good to go with salad or cucumber or tomatoes slices, mayo or chilli sauce. .

What's for lunch?

What's for lunch? Work from home and adding some fun. Whipped up a simple easy to cook quick Vegetarian Fried Udon with Cabbage, Carrot and Mushroom. Sprinkle with nori, sesame seeds and black pepper (optional)...

Support Local ...

Observing Circuit Breaker measures, picked a road less traffic and people for evening exercise and detour to Jalan Kayu to Da Bao(order takeaway) from Shu Vegetarian. Petai Fried Rice $6 and Hokkien Mee $5, my favourite. And of course，be environmental friendly, bring my own container. So blessed to be in Singapore, with Covid-19 situation, most of us still can get different varieties of food and living in comfort.

 

Where: SHU Vegetarian. 259 Jalan Kayu. S799488. T: 6493 7265
Facebook: SHU Vegetarian

今天居家办公...

今天居家办公，利用午餐时间快速煮了这个非常简单的甜品 - 🍈蜜瓜西米露，还加了杏仁豆腐（几天前煮的）。 真的好久好久没煮这道甜品了，有十年那么久。。。利用那还有没吃完的密瓜，用超快简约的方式，把它搞定。水，糖，椰汁的分量和次序就凭感觉拿捏，丢几片班兰叶（冷冻的），就随便乱煮。 以前死板板，照食谱，总是煮不好。有时放开了，随便乱煮，反而还能煮的出。也许人生就是如此，go with the flow, 好像画禅翘画zentangle 那样吧， 会有出乎意料的结果。

盼望周五快点到来，虽然不能往外跑，可以在家好好休息，补充睡眠，放空。近来真的好累，快累垮了。

又来菩提斋，超爱他们的Mee Rebus。

虽然知道那里有新的素食店，有几家经过但没吃过，还是老是跑来这家吃Mee Rebus。红辣椒是我在点餐是 时说明加的。觉得这样吃非常好吃。今天Mee Rebus特别好吃。试过这家的Laska, Mee Siam, Fried Wanton, Chicken Cutlet Rice...

个人觉得Laska不怎样，Chicken Cutlet Rice 蛮好吃，Mee Siam不错蛮大盘，价格非常合理但不是最好吃的。下次，我想我可能会尝尝粥。干捞面没吃过，也许没点, 可能蛮多地方吃的到。来这里点餐，吃东西，感觉很好，店员很自然又友善。当然这里的价格和分量，是让我常来的原因之一。

Gosh! This is awesome Chendol!

You can choose from few different variants (red bean, sweet corn or durian) or just Chendo which I ordered to taste the authentic Nyonya Chendol @ $1.5. So good to find good Chendol and reasonable pricing. Nowadays, you can't find good Chendol in Food Court.

So, where is this place? Nyonya Chendol at Albert Centre Market & Food Centre, #01-69, it's near Bugis MRT.

Innovative and having fun ...

Being a Vegetarian, it has indirectly trained me to do thing out of the box, be innovative. COVID-19 outbreak ..., life still goes on, adding a bit of fun for today. Playing in the kitchen, whoohoo ... churn out a new version of Vegetarian Prawn Noodle recipe.

For the broth, I added 2 new ingredients - Cinnamon stick and Star anise, beside the Kelp, carrot, ginger slice to make the broth. Then add seasoning and pepper. Soy sauce a must for the taste.

Of course, with the Traditional Vegetarian Prawn Noodle Paste I got, gave the oomph to this soupy noodle - moving a few steps closer to mimic the taste of the non-veg prawn noodle ...

2020 元宵节

今年元宵节约了我禅修班同学去我们学禅坐的禅林所主办的新春晚宴。十年前，咱们一起学禅坐，我们的关系是同学，同修也是母子。

近来，武汉肺炎，搞到人心惶惶，“疾病爆发应对系统”调高到橙色警戒，我想还是用智慧，平常心来过日子，就去吃顿饭吧。New Fut Kai Vegetarian Restaurant 新佛界的素素食好吃。吃的非常开心，我感到平静，安详，也许出席者，他们都带着正能量来吃饭，因此，磁场就不一样，感觉就不一样。

自古以来，瘟疫，战争，时不时都会发生，就学着以平常心，正面，正能量来过日子。保持愉快，轻松的心情，吃饭时吃饭，困了就睡，也许是最好的防疫。

是最好的防疫。