Tuesday, September 02, 2008

A Good Vegetarian Meal

The girlfriend took me all the way The Whole Earth Vegetarian Restaurant in Geylang. She liked the Peranakan menu. She texted, "They serve buah keluak." I was sold.

Their bibik's nutty buah keluak had only 3 nuts in one serving. I sputtered when told that the extra nuts were S$3 a piece. But when I dug into those nuts, I realized why it was pricey. They gave you the pure stuff. We fell in love with the simple sambal brinjal. The olive rice was really tasty. But a tad oily. I suppose they didn't have time to squeeze out all the oil from the olives before they cooked them.

Lightbulbs went off in my head when I realized that this eatery was halal certified. That opened up alot of dining options with the different groups of friends. The rainy evening was great for a spicy meal with the girlfriend. It felt so good catching up with her and hearing the very hilarious stories happening in her life.

Better still, I stepped out to the roadside and hopped into a cab within 3 minutes. It's been a long time since I hailed a cab just like that, instead of getting them through a phone booking.

12 comments:

ShutterBug said...

ahh must try liao.. recently have been developing a crave for chilli stuff :p

kachunknorge said...

omg, i gotta try that place.

=eLaiNe= said...

loooks good! yesterday heavy rain made me go so frustrated and resulted me too took a cab back home instead of train!

Anonymous said...

Yea was sooo happy that food was still good after four years! :)

Amazing cab luck we had all evening, especially considering the rainy weather!

Anonymous said...

Aiyo, you make me wanna go there immediately to try leh. All along I haven't been able to sample the famous peranakan buah keluak because it is normally cooked with chicken, which I don't eat.

NOW *with flourish*, finally now I get to dig at my first buah keluak nut in their vegetarian version of the dish! I can't wait.

Oh oh oh! They have a catering menu too, I'm so gonna order for my gatherings with friends. Impie dear, you really made my day! :)

Anonymous said...

oh! halal-certified! options for me too! catering for functions etc!

mummybean said...

$3 per piece! but i love buah keluak... i had spicy food yesterday too -- indian. perfect for rainy weather as you say.

Anonymous said...

expensive but buah keluak is so difficult to find these days. am gg to check this place out next time!

imp said...

shutterbug: heh. rainy days!

kachunknorge + fen: go try! but i read some bad reviews too abt festive days. so prob can try them on weekdays... hope the food standards remain good for u!

elaine: hope u got a cab easy!

b.muse: amazing indeed!

opal: aye.

beanbean: yah lor. S$3!!! ooh. i feel like indian food tonight.

muffin girl: pan pac orchard's peranakan restaurant still does an ayam buah keluak quite well. can try too!

Dawn said...

i just went today for the first time because someone else also mentioned it to me. Seven Sensations does an awesome buah keluak and I think it was less pricey.

imp said...

dawn: OOH! cool.

Anonymous said...

Yums..!! and yes.. yer lucky.. i never can get a cab.. without booking in singapore or canada.