Indian Restaurants

Well being in Singapore and not writing about the Diaspora of food delights that exist here is a big Crime. So as a true Singaporean (at least I will be while I am here), I will use this space to chat about some of the food joints that I visit from time to time.

Being an Indian, my family loves to eat out at these joints, so I thought of writing about couple of these places that I have been visiting in the past few months.

Rangoli (226 Pasir Panjang Road, Pasir Panjang Village Singapore 118586 ph (65) 6777 6413)
Reaching Here - it is a row of shophouses that stands at the junction of south buona vista road and pasir panjang road. since 1993, it has been slated as a conservation site by the URA.
Food – my favourites are Samosas, Palak Paneer, Mutton Kheema, Chapati, Yellow Daal.
Rating – Food (3/5); Service (3/5); Presentation 3/5)

Zurna (417 /419 East Coast Road (S) 429004 Phone number 63461550)
Reaching Here – Get down at Kembangan MRT, take the south exit, take a taxi, make a right into Jln Kembangan, drive down the Frenkel Road, till you reach the East Coast Crossing. Take a right here and the shop is on the first block on the right side.
Food – tried the Bengali specialities like “Kosha Mangsho” – the literally gravyless mutton, “Chingdi macher malai kari” – the prawn speciality, dal, amongst others.
Rating – Food (2.5/5) Very Spicy; Service (3/5); Presentation (2.5/5)
I hope people visiting my site have a dekko of these places to give me feedback on their experiences.

My next on list to visit is Chilly Code and Bawarchi.

Night Safari

Took the family to Night Safari for the first time yesterday night. These days my parents stay with me. They came along for a view. Never knew that it is so popular touristy spot. The place was crawling with people.

I have to tell ya, this Family card of the Zoo, its amazing, so thoughtfully it allows for the family plus the grandparents all included. Though the tram ride is not covered, I would have loved to get that also as part of the deal. But anyway, I had three free tickets from the promotion that Samsung ran for their LCD. Used them.

The Singapore zoo and its experience is really awesome, but can at times give you a dent in the pocket. And when you have a growing kid who loves Animal Planet or Discovery, you have to dent your pocket a number of times in a year. Use the family card if you want, I liked it. Give me an opportunity to visit Zoo once a quarter to break even.

Visit the night safari website before going coz you would necessarily want to chalk out the time of various shows. We reached the safari gates at about 7:20 pm time enough to get ourselves seated at the entrance to the Safari tram lines to watch the first show of the night. The cultural performance of Bornean Tribals was loved by my kid. He was looking at the fire eaters with agape. I thought the music and hoola could have been a bit more rhythmic and the chanting could have been a little more realistic. But anyhow worth it if you are there for the first time. Here is a picture I took of the fellows.

The trip through the jungle was awesome to say the least. Moderate night temperatures – no rains (luckily): we saw plenty of animals. My camera did not function in the low light, coz the trams were moving and if I had to click, I was not supposed to move. So do not have any pictures to share from that experience. The trip takes 45 minutes. If you have a handycam, it may work coz the light system and illumination may just be enough for you to take pictures of moving creatures by the night.

Reached the end of the trip just in time for the 8:30 pm Creatures of the Night Show. The most awesome display of nature friendly folks. Oh the game keepers are so good. And the show they put up is something worth all the money you spend at the Safari. Very entertaining. Actually Mom was commenting how good the guys are that the show they put up with those smiling faces and cheer in their voices for show after show without failing to entertain the crowd. That is an achievement worth any fine movie performance. And the entertainment with the owls, pythons, the mountain cats, the raccoons, et al. Amazing. Entertaining. Must do if in Singapore.

We finished off the evening with dinner at the Ulu Ulu restaurant. Had the Indian food. Wont say I had a great experience. Would recommend to those who are extremely home sick for Indian food. Ordered one veg and two non veg combos. The chicken was good, but the biriyani rice was tad dry and not too "biryani" ish as claimed to be. Did not get to taste the cocktails or mocktails but that I will leave for another time.

Returned home to a night of thrilling encounters with creatures of the night.