Showing posts with label vegetarian era. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vegetarian era. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Pong Tahu Mee (Save the Ocean Crustaceans)
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Saturday, December 8, 2012
H. Pio Soup (Save the Fish Species)
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Monday, November 26, 2012
Vegetarian Era at Eunos 7
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Evolution of the Vegan G Rice
This is the G Rice that is commonly found in Singapore, Malaysia food scene but the requirement to be vegan means that margarine or butter cannot be used to flavour the rice which is the standard practise in all vegetarian stalls for decades.
So we can definitely say that it is easy to make flavourful G Rice if the traditional ingredients like Planta or margarine is used in the cooking, in addition to other conditments like coconut juice.
Noticed that the vegan G Rice appeared in roasted version, without the use of margarine at all, using instead condiments such as pandan leave and vegetable oil for flavouring.
Much more rare, and harder to find, is the White Cut version of the vegan G Rice, which once again was poineered by the Vegetarian Era stall in the West Point Plaza days...
It's not easy to pull off this cooking feat. Most vegetarian stall owners who cooked the traditional way would not be able to produce a vegan version without doing some research on cooking techniques..
Let's take another look at the white cut G rice which we have said before is rather rare in the vegetarian food scene. In order to have a lovely product such as this, not only must the ingredients itself be vegan, the process of cooking should not involve any non-vegan products as well... Only such strict requirements will meet the expectations of the pure vegan Saints who are out looking for a good meal.
In the vegetarian Era cooking, the white cut G Rice was excellent. The white protein has texture and bite, and more importantly the rice flavour is authentic.
Which bring us back to the latest inarnation of the Vegetarian Era stall, now located at Block 122 @ Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3..
Their latest version is back to the Roasted G Rice, though one would hope that sometime in th'e future they could bring out the nostalgic White Cut version as well...
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We are looking forward to more trips to the Vegetarian Era and bringing to you news about the continuing evolution of the vegan G Rice here in Singapore...
Saturday, October 13, 2012
5 Saints' Dinner
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 !
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Vegetarian Era at Hougang 805
We are happy to see the opening of the second outlet at Hougang Central, just a stone's throw from Hougang MRT station NE line following from the success of the branch at AMK.
It is located inside Yong Soon coffee shop at block 805.
Just take a look at the 8 new auspicious dishes ! All new and different from AMK branch.
The large eager crowd at opening day were there to welcome the new neighbour in typical warm Hougang style.
And this is the famous Iron Rice Bowl.
I find the name humorous and imaginative.It is a throw back to the days when job security is the norm. In current times, such comfort has all but evaporated.
The bowl is real iron, looks nice too. The specialty of this dish is the salted bits, which were sun dried and imported from our neighbouring country, hence it is pretty expensive.
The soup is oily but suitable for an iron bowl dish, it has the same flavour as the Hainanese noodle..
It is located inside Yong Soon coffee shop at block 805.
Just take a look at the 8 new auspicious dishes ! All new and different from AMK branch.
The large eager crowd at opening day were there to welcome the new neighbour in typical warm Hougang style.
And this is the famous Iron Rice Bowl.
The bowl is real iron, looks nice too. The specialty of this dish is the salted bits, which were sun dried and imported from our neighbouring country, hence it is pretty expensive.
The soup is oily but suitable for an iron bowl dish, it has the same flavour as the Hainanese noodle..
Thursday, August 16, 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 !!
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 !!
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