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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One of the highlights of the many delicious meals you can order at Vegetarian Era @ Eunos must surely be the Pong Tahu Mee.. We have already posted on this location at the convenient Eunos MRT station, just behind the bus stop opposite Vegan Burg.


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Etymology

Pong Tahu Mee has its roots when people used to eat seafood and kill crustaceans wherever they can be caught in rivers and oceans. This particular dish is the veganized version of the noodle developed for local taste buds. The traditional ingredients are the yellow noodle, kang kong vegetable, crunchy vegetarian bits and of course the ocean crustacean beings are replaced by the tofu pellets with vegetarian filling. The soup is deliciously tasty with its unique authentic flavour garnished with faux onion shavings.


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Eschatology

Warning: Graphic description of the armageddon follows. If you are leaning on an excuse of sleeping on carnivoric ignorance based on mass media mind-controlled negative programming, then do not read further. Parental guidance is advised.


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Eschatology

The decapod crustaceans beings of the infraorder Brachyura are often crucified and immobilized through the use of nylon or rope fabric because of the particular fear of the powerful defensive action of the pincers when attacked by the butcheries of "humane" fisher-men. Death for the Brachyura comes almost instantaneously through the guillotine bisection effect of disembodiment usually executed via a ventral assault with a blunt tool such as a sharpened cleaver. The Chinese butcheries are also notorious for using a single chopstick in a direct jabbing action to the myocardial region or thoracic cavity thereabouts. This particularly heinous and beastly assault usually resulted in a painful, slow death.


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Eschatology

From the moment the crustacean beings were caught from the rivers or oceans, their fate is sealed as they are quickly crucified and kept in steel cages preventing any form of escape. During the long arduous journey of transportation and shipment and the eternal wait for the ransom of their lives which cost a pittance, they endured long periods of claustrophobic confinement and debilitation. Circulatory irregularities such as dizziness, hyperthermia, dehydration and atrial fibrillation are common amongst many other disorders.


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Eschatology

The gastronomic preparation of the carnivore diet does not respect the sex of the Ocean Crustacean beings. If the species happened to be an impregnated female, then the guillotine insection procedure along the sagittal plane of the crucified Crustacean being lying in the supine position more often then not, dichotomizes the ovarian cavity resulting in the swift effusion of yellow spawn, which is apparently highly prized and whetted by the voyeuristic, carnal and canivoral appetite of the H. sapiens.


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Eschatology

Needless to say the many injuries sustained by the ocean beings include hernia, massive internal hemorrhage and systemic shock. Upon execution of the guillotine, the beings also suffered from exoskeleton fracture resulting in permanent and irreversible structural collapse of the anatomy. Frequently the cause of death of the ocean beings can be attributed to "evisceration, and massive, multiple systemic failure".


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Eschatology

In the case of the Chinese malevolent butcheric preparation, death can also be caused by "myocardial infarction due to repeated morbid incisions using an extraneous tapered but elongated object of coppice or planktonic origin, resulting in immediate rupture of thoracic cavity leading to multiple failure of internal organs and secondary trauma caused by systemic shock and convulsive epileptic seizures moments before imminent mortality". Such preparation then leads to further post mortem 4th degree burns and inflammation of the cordovan cadaver which together with some spicy sauces added to mask the offensively malodorous stench of organic decay, presents itself in ceramic ware to appease the mighty and insatiable appetite of the carnivore who raises about $12 for the bloody slaughter. Such preparations are routinely carried out in carnivorous restaurant kitchens all over the world by affectless employees with robotic albeit clinically apethetic efficiency.


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Eschatology

The fate of the Dendrobranchiata crustacean beings are not any more merciful than the Brachyura cousins. They are routinely decapitated and deshelled with impassive invertebrate disdain after their death from asphyxia. Chinese butcheric practice also often dictate the instantaneous removal of fecal excrement through post mortem colectomy and rectal resection using bare hands and fingers. The black thread of feces is deftly removed from the dorsal antero-posterior axis as they are considered too "bitter" to taste in carnivorous gastronomic preparations.


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Eschatology

We will spare you the grisly details of the other medieval, carnivoristic practice of alcoholic imbibition of the Dendrobranchiata in vivo, which is the most barbaric, diabolical, right in your face slap of misanthropically dehumanizing procedure ever invented by the Chinese butcheries, but you can imagine for yourself the process involve utmost cruelty and the unspeakable denial of universal suffrage on the rights of the persecuted Crustacean beings.


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Eschatology

Now you know the real meaning of the word "seafood" and the power behind hypnotic mass media bombardment of daily doses of mind-controlled advertisements. In the eyes of the Carnivora, the whole "sea", and every single living thing that ever moves in it, irrespective of size, is "game" for "food". What kind of voracious, egocentric, eat-until-nothing-is-left appetite, borne of a necro-sacrilegious and agnostic world view, can one find in such a philosophy of paramount imbecilic arrogance that is espoused in that one word alone ! Now you understand why the eschatology of the Ocean Crustacean Beings prognosticate the eschatology of man"un-kind".


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Pong Tahu Mee - Vegan World



So we are done with the grotesquely distasteful description of the carnivorous, holographic "un-real" world. We are now back to the safety of the vegan world.


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Pong Tahu Mee - Vegan World

This vegan dish comes in two version, dry or soup. The dry version has a small bowl of soup to compliment the noodle. For the foodist, no dish is considered complete if the soup is not up to the standard expectation. The highlight of Pong Tahu Mee, therefore is in the soup preparation. The taste is sweet and excellent. The stock is rich and delicious. The cook has put much thought into the details. As you savour the soup remember to look for the faux onion rings. Highly realistic texture that reminds us of the tasty fried onion rings used to garnish this dish. There is of course no onion or garlic used. This fact should make it attractive a lot of Buddhists clients, who by tradition, prefer meals without the onion and garlic flavours.


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Pong Tahu Mee - Vegan World

Another way to eat is to order the Pong Tahu Soup itself. With an extra bowl of rice, there is more soup to dig in and to fulfill the vegan's appetite. Price of each dish range from $2.50 to $3.50 and it is certainly cheap and affordable.


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Pong Tahu Mee - Vegan World

With the company of some friends, it is a great eat-out location for a warm meal and nice conversation. We have been there many times and tried out the various dishes which perhaps we will blog in another post.


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Pong Tahu Mee - Vegan World

So the next time you alight at Eunos MRT, head over to the vegan stall and order the Pong Tahu Mee.. and you can help save the Ocean crustacean beings' lives.. and it is a halal meal too !

Saturday, December 8, 2012

H. Pio Soup (Save the Fish Species)

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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..


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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.


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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.


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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".


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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.


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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.


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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 !

Monday, November 26, 2012

Vegetarian Era at Eunos 7

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


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


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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 !


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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 !

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Evolution of the Vegan G Rice

Looking back, one of the earliest offering of vegan G Rice could possibly be the Vegetarian Era stall a few years ago when it first started at West Point Plaza @ Pasir Ris...
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.

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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...

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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..
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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.

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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

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 !


Iron Rice Bowl 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..

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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..

Hainanese 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. Hainanese Noodle

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..


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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..

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.

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

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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..

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

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

And a bowl of dried noodle with herbal soup..



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



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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...

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

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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 !!