Wedding Banquet @ LingZhi Vegetarian Restaurant

Today is my friend, Mrs Pek's wedding and we were invited to her lunch banquet at LingZhi Vegetarian Restaurant. This is my first time dining at a vegetarian restaurant and I was so excited about it.

Here are the pictures of the dishes we had just now:

LingZhi Combination Platter

Braised Shark's Fin Melon with Lily Bulb & Golden Mushroom

Japanese Style Mashed Beancurd with Salad Sauce

Braised Vegetarian Delight wrapped in Beancurd Skin

Sauteed Monkey Head Mushrooms with Dried Chili

Sweet and Sour Vegetarian Fish

Braised Ee Fu Noodles

Chilled Honeydew and Sago Cream

The dishes which I like are the LingZhi Combination Platter, Japanese Style Mashed Beancurd with Salad Sauce and Sauteed Monkey Head Mushrooms with Dried Chili. They're really very yummy! :D

Eight Immortals Vegetarian

Eight Immortals Vegetarian

This is another vegetarian stall which i frequently patronise. Like the other stalls which i have introduced so far, this stall also serve a variety of dishes:

Eight Immortals Vegetarian
Horizon Food Mall,
1 Woodlands Square,
Causeway Point, #05-01
Singapore 738099

Hong Yi Vegetarian Food

Located at Blk 347 Jurong East Ave 1, this vegetarian stall sells a number of yummy vegetarian dishes.

Hong Yi Vegetarian Food

One of my favourite dishes is their vegetarian Lor Mee which has a generous serving of ingredients!

Vegetarian Lor Mee

We have tried vegetarian chicken rice from a few stalls and this ("Vegetarian Fragrance Rice") is the best! The rice is cooked with ginger juice and the ingredients include vegetarian chicken drumstick, cucumbers and Chinese parsley. Two slices of vegetarian duck meat (placed besides the cucmbers) are also included.

"Vegetarian Fragrance Rice"

Hong Yi Vegetarian Food
Blk 347 Jurong East Ave 1
#01-195 Singapore 600347

Vegetarian Prawn Tempuras

I believe most of you have tried prawn tempuras? But what about vegetarian ones? My chef has prepared these vegetarian prawn tempuras which taste as good as those using real prawns!
Wanna have some? Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:
1. Vegetarian Prawns*
2. Fry Powder*
3. Water
4. Cooking Oil

* Bought these from Friendly Vegetarian.

You can try using other vegetarian tempura batter mix.



Directions:
1. Rinse the vegetarian prawns.
2. Mix the fry powder and water according to the intructions available at the back of the package.
3. Dip the vegetarian prawns into the mix and coat them thoroughly.
4. Heat the oil in a wok and then deep fry the coated prawns in batches until golden and crispy.
5. Drain and then place them onto a plate containing some kitchen paper. Serve.

Xing Hua Vegetarian Restaurant

Xing Hua Vegetarian Restaurant

This is another vegetarian eating place which I would like to recommend. Located near the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple (四马路观音堂), this restaurant has a variety of rice and vegetarian dishes (Chap Chai Png or 杂菜饭) as well as Cze Char (煮炒) dishes.

Menu (Specialty Dishes)

Assorted Vegetarian Dishes (1 of 2)

Assorted Vegetarian Dishes (2 of 2)

I ordered red cargo rice and 3 dishes (sweet and spicy vegetarian fish, vegetarian curry mutton and stir-fried eggplant) @ SGD3.00.

Red Cargo Rice with Vegetarian Dishes

My favourite dish is the sweet and spicy vegetarian fish which I even bought some (3 pcs @ SGD2.00) back for dinner. :)

Sweet & Spicy Vegetarian Fish

兴化素食馆
Xing Hua Vegetarian Restaurant
180 Bencoolen Street #01-02 (S) 189646

Dragon Boat Festival 2009

Dragon Boat Festival (端午节) is a festival celebrated by many Chinese on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month to commemorate Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet and political figure who lived in the 3rd century B.C. The festival falls on 28 May (Thursday) this year. To celebrate the festival, the Chinese prepare and eat rice dumplings (粽子) which are made of glutinous rice and fillings (such as braised pork, chestnuts and dried shiitake mushrooms) wrapped in bamboo leaves. To cook the rice dumplings, wood stoves are used.

Wood Stoves

Cooking Rice Dumplings

There are a variety of rice dumplings available in the market. The most common savoury ones include braised pork rice dumplings and Nonya rice dumplings. Besides these rice dumplings with meat fillings, there are also vegetarian ones. I have just tried vegetarian braised meat rice dumplings and vegetarian Nonya rice dumplings and they both taste as good as those with meat fillings.

Vegetarian Rice Dumplings

Vegetarian Nonya Rice Dumpling (left) & Vegetarian Braised Meat Rice Dumpling (right)

Vegetarian Rice Dumplings (unwrapped)

Vegetarian Rice Dumplings (fillings shown)

Happy Dragon Boat Festival!

端午节快乐!

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Qing Ming Festival

Qing Ming Festival (清明节) which is usually known as the Tomb/Grave Sweeping Day in English, falls on 4th April (or the 9th day of the 3rd lunar month) this year. It is another Chinese festival celebrated by many Chinese, especially Taoists and Buddhists to remember their ancestors. Although the festival falls on 4th April 2009, many Chinese started paying respect to their ancestors at cemeteries or columbaria from 20th March. (i.e. the Chinese celebrate the festival from 20th March till 4th April).

Every year, we visit Mount Vernon Columbarium to pay respect to my ancestors.

Notice displayed at the Columbarium during Qing Ming Festival

As only vegetarian food can be offered, my chef prepare some vegetarian dishes like vegetarian noodles, vegetarian meat and vegetarian dumplings (kuehs) and also bought some vegetarian BBQ meat (char siew) buns.

Vegetarian BBQ Meat Buns

Rice with Vegetarian Dishes

There is this vegetarian stall which we patronise everytime when we visit the Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre. The stall which is located in the Kopitiam sells rice and vegetarian dishes (Chap Chai Png or 杂菜饭) as well as a variety of Cze Char (煮炒) dishes.

As shown above, this rice and vegetarian dishes set contains steamed rice, vegetarian sweet and sour meat balls, stir fried celery with carrot and vegetarian mutton curry. This 2 "meat" and 1 vege rice set costs less than SGD3.


Kopitiam @ Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre
Pasir Panjang Road, Blk 1 #01-02 Wholesale Centre, Singapore 110001

CNY Special - V

Yesterday was the 1st day of Chinese New Year and it's our traditional practice in my family to have vegetarian meal for breakfast.

Here're what we had:


Dishes

1. Vegetarian Sweet and Sour Fish

2. Stir Fried Pea Shoots (豆苗) with King Oysters (from Mycofarm)

3. Braised Vegetarian Meat

4. Fried Vegetarian Bee Hoon

5. Braised Mixed Vegetables [Vegetarian Chap Chai (Chap Chye)]


Besides these, we also had dessert - Cheng Tng (Dessert soup containing gingko nuts, lotus seeds, white fungus, dried lily bulbs, dried longans and red dates).

Cheng Tng

Vegetarian Noodles

The 2 red ingredients are vegetarian BBQ pork or Char Siew (叉烧).