Live Music on Valentine's Day

This year's Valentine Day happen to fall on the 5th day of Chinese New Year.

Loving Hut at Suntec Singapore has prepared a special program for couples who wish to celebrate their love with a romantic dinner..





The food looks great and the ambience is warm and comfortable. To make it a memorable 2013 Valentine's Day, head over to Suntec where there is a special live music evening going on at 6 pm and 7.30 pm. The vocalist Liyana will be crooning love songs to your ears accompanied by musical instrumentation.





The three course evening will start off with the Roasted Pumpkin Soup with Toast Almond Flakes. Non-alcoholic veggie wine will be served complimentary.

Dinners get to choose from one of four choices.





Choice A is Fillet Cacciatore with Herb Potatoes and Buttered Veggie. Yummy !! It's a Vegan celebration of Love and Life !





Choice B is Steak Ocean with Watercress Sauce, Anna Potatoes and Buttered Veggie..





Choice C is Fried Oat Crumb with Mushroom Sauce, Cream Potatoes and Buttered Veggie.

The mushroom sauce is delicious ! We never have enough of it..





For Choice D, the Loving Hut chef recommends Angel Hair Pasta with Crispy Sweet Basil Leaf. You can ask for onion/garlic or no onion/garlic version. Loving Hut spaghetti pasta is a House Special since the days of Parklane Mall.

Dinners will be treated to a delicate, sweet dessert of Poached Pear with Vanilla Ice Cream.

Many young couples have made their Valentine Date at Loving Hut, book early to avoid disappoittment !





If you are an animal lover, and the dog or cat at home is your Valentine, why not consider getting Vegan Food for your pet ?





Brought to you by Loving Food, Lively Doggie is the perfect dog or cat food for your animal companion.

It is made of all natural ingredients using a holistic and hypoallergenic recipe. This is suitable for all types of dogs and cat too !

They will appreciate your care and delight in the healthy, lively food as a vegan family.

Lunar New Year @ Suntec Loving Hut

It is the time of the year again when the Sun warms the Earth with Spring freshness in the air. Let's take a look at the special offer for the traditional Reunion Vegan Dinner at Singapore Suntec Loving Hut..





The year is 2013, we're one year past the end of the Mayan Calendar and anticipating at least another long life of the planet Earth for the next 8 million years or more.. with gratitude to the Most High..

The meal starts with a traditional Yu Sheng or Vegan Salad. For small size it cost $28 and for large size it is $38.





The Reunion Soup 合家团圆羹 looks awesome ! It comes in three sizes.. $18.80 (small), $26.80 (medium) and $38.00 (large)





The wholesome goodness of whole pineapple with lots of delicious nugget filings ! This meal brings hope of Peaceful Greetings 竹报平安 to the World..





Start the New Year full of Heaven's Blessings..洪福齐天 plenty of delicious vegan slices to satiate the appetite.





Abalone Mushroom in this dish called Delightful Blossoms 花好月圆! Ringed with delicious broccoli rich in anti-oxidants, the dish has a round shape of the moon, and the outer petal composed of carrots remind one of a sun-flower..





Auspicious Cabbage in Magenta color ! This dish Eternal Joy 佛陀悟禅 is full of phytonutrients goodness which reduce the risk of heart disease and diabetes..

Highly unusual and auspicious color which is very delightful to the eyes arranged as a lotus flower shape with brewed vegan rings and marinated peanuts... tasty !





And this is the Greater Success 节节高升! Sensational in dark sauce.. Does it make you wonder how the exquisite the taste is like ? This is a lovely and lively dish adorned with cute mini tomato rabbits.





Shining Luck 福星高照 ..Brinjal delightful goodness.. made delicious with the celebrated culinary skills of Loving Hut cook.





Money Bags !! Best of Fortune 福贵财聚 .. The auspicious tradition and legendary Loving Hut Chinese New Year specialty... A must taste dish arranged with aesthetic beauty shaped like a string-drawn money bag. There is nothing more auspicious and comforting for the practical minded and down-to-Earth realistic expectations of the Chinese psyche than this symbolism of wealth and prosperity. Handing money from the older generation to the younger generation is an age old culture to bring blessings and luck to the Chinese people.





In Double Bliss 锦上添花 the Loving Hut cook offered creative interpretation of the beauty of spring flower in an edible arrangement.. You must find it delightful, don't you agree?

Dinner starts in two time slots at 6pm and 8pm.Book your seats early by 3rd Feb 2013 to enjoy 40% discount !

The dinner is served in 4 family friendly sizes. A splendid New Year for 2-3 guests cost $58.80 at discount price. Best of Fortune for 3-5 guests and 6 course dinner cost $108.80 at offer price. Completely Blissful for 6-8 guests, 8 course dinner at %160.80 offer price and Daily Blessing for 8-12 guests, 10 course dinner cost $220.80

The number to call or SMS booking is 9651-3730.

Additionally, Loving Hut also offer catering menu for delivery to your private residence or party functions.

Have a wonderful, blessed, peaceful and vegan loving Lunar New Year !

Suntec City Loving Hut New Year 2013

Christmas is just over and now is the time to introduce the New Year treat from Singapore Suntec City Loving Hut..

Click on the brochure to view a larger version!





There is still a few more days to go, so those who have not tried the Loving Hut Special Meal should book early to avoid disappointment..





Just take a look at this mouth watering steak... !! Fabulous ! Dinner is served as usual on two time slots 6pm or 8pm on 30 & 31 Dec. And the price is the same as the Christmas Special.





On the Christmas blog, we talked about the fantastic entree. Here for the New Year 2013, it is going to be Stuffed Aubergine Dipper with Masculine Salad and Balsamic Vinaigrette. Expect to be pampered and surprised... We rate Suntec Loving Hut appetizer as first class and we never get enough of it.





The soup is Cream of Mushroom with Bread Bowl. We love the presentation, and the bread bowl is actually quite big with a bread cover. It is quite filling by the time you finish it..





A choice of one of 4 main courses will be offered. Course A is Grilled BBQ Nugget Fillet with Spicy Peanut Sauce, served with Buttered Rice and Veggie.





This dish reminds us of the famous Loving Hut satay, the same BBQ flavor and excellent texture. Many years ago, Loving Hut @ Suntec City was the first restaurant to introduce vegan satay to the Singapore food scene. We like the slippery vegan butter flavored rice too !





Course B is Char Grilled Black Pepper Steak with Black Pepper Sauce served with Sauteed Herbs Potato and Buttered Veggie. For all vegan steak lovers, this dish is a must-try !





Course C is Breaded Oat Crumb Ocean Fillet with Mushroom Sauce served with Creamed Potato and Buttered Veggie. Just take a look at the delicious fillet showered with mushroom sauce ! It is the pièce de résistance ..





For Course D it is the Pasta Alfredo with Crunchy Vacon Bits. It is generally conceded that Loving Hut has the best specialty spaghetti dishes for the Western cuisine including many tasty sauces as any vegan foodie can attest since the time when Loving Hut used to opearte a branch at Parklane Shopping Mall..





The last dish served for the new year dinner will be the Mango Crepe with Vanilla Ice-Cream. Hurry and call now to make the reservation..
Bon Appetit !

H. Pio Soup (Save the Fish Species)

Save the Fish Species in our Oceans and Rivers

No, it is not R2-D2 the robot, not C3-PO also. We are talking about H5Pio, aka colloquially He Pio soup (Save the Fish Beings on Earth). Before we start talking about the etymology and eschatology of the H5Pio, we want to orient readers to the physical location we are talking about. This post is to introduce you to the latest and greatest vegan outlet in Singapore, one of the many and unending waves of vegan outlets which we hope to see sprouting out all over the island and all over the universe..





We are taking our readers to the Eunos MRT station on the East West MRT line. This part of the island is traditionally inhabited by our Malay brothers who are a very friendly and family-oriented people. Just outside of the MRT gates as you exit to your left, you will encounter a row of hawker center at Block 4, and just behind that is block 7 which is the location of the latest branch of the Vegetarian Era.


A few meters away, and you will see the bus stop directly opposite VeganBurg, reputed to be one of the first pure vegan burger outlets in the whole world.. a national treasure of Singapore.





Etymology
A few words on etymology. The reason why vegans do not directly refer to the vernacular name of the animal species is simple. They have been exploited relentlessly and hunted to extinction. To mention the vernacular species names is an insult to the animal's dignity and further it feeds on the programmed negative predator complex of homo sapiens.

What is in the name ? What is H5-PO ? Well, it is up to the reader to interpret but we think of it as Healthy 5 spices-Pure Ocean Soup.





Eschatology
Here is an example of the extreme cruelty and murder that occurs on a daily basis without realizing the great harm that man has imposed on the weak and defenceless beings. This particular dish described as "tasty" actually is a part of the gas chamber of the free roaming fish. Now if you can imagine a superior, technologically advanced race of Extra-terrestrial who as a matter of hobby delight in fishing out homo sapiens from their homes and cook a culinary delight out of his ripped off lungs... then that is exactly how the fish will feel, helpless and in dispair of the impending death after its gas chamber is being ripped off by human fishing activities.

Without the gas chamber, the fish will lose its balance and overturn itself belly up. It will not be able to survive long and will die in pain and horror.

Amongst the injuries sustained by the ocean beings include acute decompression illness, internal hemorrhage, hernia and laceration. Finally after what seemed like eternal moments of endless suffering, pain and duress, the death comes swiftly and its cause is pronounced as "asphyxia due to lesion beyond moiety and multiple system failure".





Enough of the madness of this unkind world. People should start realizing that discoveries in nuclear physics already affirmed the interconnectedness of all beings in the universe. We are all one.





If we are all one, any part of suffering of any "lesser" beings will have an effect on us just as well. The quantum physicists called this the quantum entanglement, which is the fact that an atom or proton can and will affect its counterpart no matter how far away the pair is separated and information exchange takes place beyond the speed of light.





As vegans, we happily munch on the H5-Pio soup and realize that the texture and taste is good for the ethical enjoyment as no real fish has been hurt in the process. Oh my God, the taste is so good at this stall !

Vegetarian Era at Eunos 7

Great News ! The Vegetarian Era vegan shop had a new opening at Eunos Block 7 yesterday !





It is located next to the Eunos MRT just behind the bus stop along Jalan Eunos at Block 7.





This is directly opposite Vegan Burger which is just across the road ! So now there are two vegan outlets within walking distance from Eunos MRT ! Yeah !! Eunos is becoming a vegan heaven ... heh heh !





Take a look at the menu board... There are 19 dishes to choose from, and these are new dishes not found at the AMK branch or the Hougang Branch. The style here is Nonya cooking with Malaysian ethnic traditional taste.





We get to try the Melacca laksa here as well, but eating this makes me miss the Ang Mo Kio branch with the special Hericium laksa. H-laksa is certainly unique, but here at Eunos, the Nonya laksa is no slouch either.





Upon recommendation by the chief cook, we also tried the Pong Tahu Mee (dry). You need to remember to savor the soup slowly... and if you are new vegan, you will remember the taste which the ocean crustaceans will thank you for sparing their lives.





Pong Tahu Mee comes in soup version as well, and we will definitely feature more of this dish in future when we come back for another meal, and hopefully in better lighting condition to bring you more exciting photos of the Vegetarian Era specialty.





There are too many dishes to report but we are rushing out this good news, because the Hungry Ang Mo is also spotted at the opening day and he has threatened to be the first to post this news, and we have to beat him !! Hah Hah !

5 Saints' Dinner

On the first weekend of the opening of the vegan shop at Hougang 805, 5 Saints decided to gather together for a food sampling dinner session. We took the opportunity to reminise on the past year when four saints from the table were touring the US on the first ever musical the Real Love, featuring Supreme Master Ching Hai's awesome poems. Last year, the venue was at Pasadena Auditorium. This year, two saints from the table will be able to take the 12 hours long haul flight to LA to attend the upcoming second musical "Loving the Silent Tears" at Shrine Auditorium LA. One of  them may even get a small role to represent the culture of the local community !


Two of us were early for the date so we proceeded to order the Iron Rice Bowl.This is the $4 rice set featuring the delicious and tasty sun-dried vegan salted bits served in a hot iron bowl..



The next dish we ordered was the Unforgettable Lor Mee as we have heard that it's sauce is especially nice. While we were happily chatting away, another saint and her spouse appeared to join us and they ordered the Kway Teow Soup..



She was a vegan foodist and find the Kway Teow Soup was very tasty... 5 Stars for the Vegetarian Era cook ! Her spouse is also a foodist and ordered the famous Hainanese Hericium Noodle.. we will call it the HH noodle for short.

Very soon the samll table was getting crowded as two saint pairs showed up and we moved to another bigger table . All of us have been following the interesting development of the H.H. noodle since it first appeared on the East part of Singapore, so they all wanted to know how it taste like in this new location at Hougang..




Traditionally, the H-noodle is served in the white thick rice noodle version, similar to the one used in making Laksa. Just for fun, we ordered a yellow-noodle version of  the H-noodle and the cook is happy to oblige..

We talked about happy events in the last year when we were touring LA just before the musical and sampled many vegan dishes all around town. This year the event Loving the Silent Tears promised to be even bigger than last year in terms of cast number and celebrities involved. We were very envious of the lucky saints who are flying there and wished them an enjoyable and memorial musical of the year 2012 !

Vegan Vegetarian Era @ AMK, 122

We continue to take a look at the vegan restaurant over at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3, Block 122.



Remember this is just next door to Block 128, another famous vegetarian restaurant..



At block 128, the restaurant is established for many years, mostly vegetarian with vegan choices, but here at Block 122, it is all about veganism..



And this is the food we ordered to sample...





Hericium Mushroom Laksa !!! Need I say more ??? Need I say more ???

And a bowl of dried noodle with herbal soup..





This is a closeup of the super crispy noodle goodness...





While we were eating away happily, we were joined by another friend, who has dropped by to check out the place on his second visit... and he ordered the red mock meat noodle..

And is this cool or what ? No sooner had we warmed up for dinner, we were joined by another two saints impromptu !!

And this is what the saints ordered...





Vegan G Rice !!! Yeah !!! Yay !!!





Must come and support ok ? The vegan cookbook author is the owner of the restaurant, and if you check out Popular Book Store, you will likely encounter his second book and soon to be published third vegan cook book !!



Jay !!! Yay !!! Yipee-Ai-Ai !!