Eat Vancity

As today was my Mom’s birthday we decided to take her out for lunch. Being in Delta we are usually limited to eating either Indian food or marginal Chinese food. We decided to go to Richmond to eat. I had to make a pit stop at the Future Shop on Scott Road and noticed the Taste of Singapore sign out of the corner of my eye. Visions of laksa and char kway teow were dancing through our head so we decided to check it out. Taste of Singapore is a small family run place that focuses on Muslim Singaporean food. You will not find pork or alcohol on their menu; in fact they claim to be halal. Upon perusing the menu we decided what we wanted. Much to our shegrin most items we wanted were not available. I think they had 1 out of 5 dishes we wanted available. No satay, no char kway teow, no chicken rice. We were debating going somewhere else to eat at about this point. They did recommend some dishes and we decided to stay as we were running out of time as my Mom had to get to work. We ordered their nasi biryani, beef rendang and peppercorn fish. All dishes were $9.00 , which was pretty reasonable considering the portion sizes. The nasi biryani was excellent. The chicken pieces were very juicy and tender and the rice was well spiced. It was probably the best biryani I have had in Vancouver. Usually we avoid ordering biryani as it is either too greasy or the meat is way too dry. The beef rendang was also good. I wasn’t looking forward to eating rendang as most places we go use fatty hunks of beef brisket. I think they used stewing beef in their rendang which was a plus to me. Though rendang usually permeates with the smell and flavour of coconut, this one didn’t. I did feel the coconut flavour was missing. The fish we ordered was lightly dusted in flour and pepper and deep fried. It was tossed with crispy tiny dried shrimp, fried shallots, and garlic. We found the fish a bit too salty for our liking but the the shallots and garlic went well with the plain rice they gave us with the rendang. Overall we will definitely be back, hopefully next time they will have their menu woes sorted out.

Plus

• Good Value
• Awesome Biryani
• Pleasant Staff

Minus

• Many items on menu not available