Although I had plenty of it, I’ve realized I have not yet written any article about Indian food. Just a side note Indians are Singapore’s third largest ethnic group after Chinese and Malays; consequently there is a wide choice of Indian food restaurants in town, from Indian vegetarian, Indian vegan (yes there is a difference), and normal Indian food with meat. I particularly like the latter, but overall to fully appreciate Indian cuisine one must like spice, rice, chicken, mutton, and vegetables. Beef is quite uncommon since the cow is considered a sacred animal in most Indian religions.

Back to food, last week I went to Telok Ayer (a famous district in Chinatown, Singapore) to try an Indian food shop a colleague recommended. I do not remember the name of the shop, but the front shop looks like this…

There is plenty of choice, just point to what you want…

I ordered rice with butter chicken or murgh makhani (chicken cooked tandoori style which was previously marinated in yoghurt and spice mixture, the sauce is made by heating and mixing butter, tomato puree, khoa and various spices), spicy mutton, crispy bread, a soup (yes here even with 30°C temperature, you still can have a soup), and as always cheese nan.

Overall good stuff except maybe the rice which I thought had too much water on it, butter chicken was excellent, but my favorite as usual was the nan, very tasty and melting, as I like.

It is a good spot to check out if you are around, but again there is so much choice here that I know the next day I’ll find a better one.

Bon Appétit! 🙂