Palek Paneer At Muthu's Curry
Palek Paneer from Muthu's Curry Photo (above).
Muthu's Curry Restaurant at Suntec City Mall was the place that I sank my teeth into this Palek Paneer dish. This north Indian dish of cottage cheese and spinach is an unusual delicacy that diners must try to gain an insight into another culture's culinary specialty.
Their North Indian version of the cottage cheese with grounded spinach was presented in a thick seaweed-green coloured paste that had chunks of cheese within.
I liked the taste of the spinach gravy as it does not have the vegetarian taste of spinach at all. The cottage cheese was firm yet soft. The Palek Paneer remined me of tou fu or bean curd.
Somehow, the sweet and spicy Palek Paneer gravy complemented well with the simple almost bland taste of the cottage cheese.
Recommendation:
Palek Paneer from Muthu's Curry = 6.5 out of 10.
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Saffron-laced Basmati Rice
I am a "rice-bin" kind of person. When I eat out at restaurants, I often look for rice to complement my dishes. The yellow (saffron) laced Basmati Rice at Muthu's Curry in Suntec City was chosen as my staple recently.
I am a "rice-bin" kind of person. When I eat out at restaurants, I often look for rice to complement my dishes. The yellow (saffron) laced Basmati Rice at Muthu's Curry in Suntec City was chosen as my staple recently.
Presentation-wise, I like the colour and wholeness of the yellow rice grains, without broken bits and bent grains. Spices that are added like the star-anise tend to interfere with chewing if I am not careful about separating them out before spooning into my mouth.
Their basmati rice comes in a slender-shaped grain, coated with North Indian spices. While the texture was firm, the grains tasted too mild for my liking. It would improve a lot if more spices had been used to coat the basmati rice grains.
On top of its mild flavour, the basmati rice was a tad too dry. Perhaps this might have contributed to its disappointing lack of taste.
You could use the gravy from the main dishes to improve the taste of the basmati rice. But then, I could have paid less for plain white-grained rice to do that in the first place.
Recommendation:
Score for Yellow Basmati Rice, Muthu's Curry = 6 out of 10.
Their basmati rice comes in a slender-shaped grain, coated with North Indian spices. While the texture was firm, the grains tasted too mild for my liking. It would improve a lot if more spices had been used to coat the basmati rice grains.
On top of its mild flavour, the basmati rice was a tad too dry. Perhaps this might have contributed to its disappointing lack of taste.
You could use the gravy from the main dishes to improve the taste of the basmati rice. But then, I could have paid less for plain white-grained rice to do that in the first place.
Recommendation:
Score for Yellow Basmati Rice, Muthu's Curry = 6 out of 10.
Muthu's Curry Tandoori Chicken
This plate of Tandoori Chicken from Muthu's Curry at Suntec City branch is a wonderfully delicious North Indian dish. I was in Suntec City and had a chance to sample the Tandoori Chicken recently.
Their Tandoori Chicken appeared as a tantalising fiery red pieces of fowl, covered with streaks of burnt bits. Before my first bite, I suspected that it could be spicy. The initial suspicion was confirmed after taking a few tentative bites.
The piece of Tandoori Chicken that I ate felt soft to my palate. The chicken flesh gave way easily between my teeth, releasing its aromatic fragrance. The Tandoori Chicken marinate was a giddy mix of sweetness and spiciness.
As I have a low threshold for hot and spicy stuff, I needed gulps of ice water to wash away the hotness after devouring a large piece of Tandoori Chicken.
Recommendation:
Score for Muthu's Curry Tandoori Chicken = 8 out of 10. Would be higher if chilli concentration could be lowered.
Picture: Tony Roma Fried Shrimp is next to the corn.
Fried Shrimp Tony Roma Suntec City
The fried Shrimp came as part of the Family Feast that was served at the Suntec City branch of Tony Roma.
I like seafood, especially prawns and shrimps. However the Tony Roma fried shrimp that's lightly breaded and fried to a golden brown crisp did not turn out as expected.
I have tasted fried shrimps that were more crunchy and tasty than Tony Roma's. The breaded coat was rather insipid and not crunchy. The shrimp felt a little too dry and tough to bite. I suggest using the cocktail sauce to enhance the flavour of the Fried Shrimp.
Recommendation:
Score for Tony Roma Fried Shrimp = 5.5 out of 10.
The fried Shrimp came as part of the Family Feast that was served at the Suntec City branch of Tony Roma.
I like seafood, especially prawns and shrimps. However the Tony Roma fried shrimp that's lightly breaded and fried to a golden brown crisp did not turn out as expected.
I have tasted fried shrimps that were more crunchy and tasty than Tony Roma's. The breaded coat was rather insipid and not crunchy. The shrimp felt a little too dry and tough to bite. I suggest using the cocktail sauce to enhance the flavour of the Fried Shrimp.
Recommendation:
Score for Tony Roma Fried Shrimp = 5.5 out of 10.
Side Dish: Tony Roma Corn
I love the corns that come as a side dish in Tony Roma's Family Feast.
The Tony Roma corns looked a healthy yellow. Unlike those sallow pieces that have been squeezed of moisture like some supermarket corns that often appear in tin cans that you add as a side dish at home.
The individual grains of corn offered a robust bite, with enough juice in this side dish to keep the mouth moist. The corn had intrinsic sweetness that was not due to added sugar. If you like to coat your corn with butter that comes with the Family Feast, the combination of butter and corn sweetness with thrill your tastebuds to no end.
Unfortunately, I could not get enough of the corn side dish as I had to share the portions with other family members who were also enthusiatic over it.
I surprised myself at my fondness for the corns, as I am usually considered to be a "rice bin" person. I'm glad I switch the side dish from rice to corn instead. If you have not tried these, do consider having a go at them.
Recommendation:
Overall score for Tony Roma corn as a side dish = 9 out of 10.
Picture of Tony Roma Family Feast with BBQ Chicken (arrowed)
Tony Roma BBQ Chicken
I sampled the BBQ Chicken of Tony Roma's Family Feast. Earlier I've also talked about the St Louise-styled ribs.
Presentation-wise, the well tanned thick slabs of chicken looked tantalising. The dark BBQ stripes on the well-glazed chicken skin signaled to me that it was hot off the BBQ grill and appeared very appetising.
One small bite on the Tony Roma BBQ Chicken revealed its soft, juicy and fleshy meat. It's got that wholesome chicken flavour that makes the tongue lust for more. The secret BBQ sauce that Tony Roma used to cook their BBQ chicken tasted sweet and thrilled my tastebuds.
This is one of the better BBQ chicken that I've tasted, that doesn't come with a thick coat of batter. I prefer it this way was batter coating often adds an unnecessary layer that masks the chicken taste.
Recommendation:
Score for Tony Roma BBQ Chicken = 8.5 out of 10.
St Louis-Style Ribs
I liked the St Louis-Style ribs of Tony Roma, Suntec City restaurant. This was part of the Family Feast that I tried recently at Tony Roma.
Picture: Tony Roma's Family Feast with St Louis-style ribs featured.
The St. Louis-style ribs were finger-linkingly sweet. The meat on the rib has a consistent texture that releases the flavours with each chew. I was able to seperate the meat from the ribs with ease and wasted none of it as I licked it until rib-bone dry.
Pity that the St Louis-style ribs did not come with more pieces in the Family Feast. Perhaps next time, I might order the St Louis-style ribs only.
Family Feast at Tony Roma
This huge plate of yummy goodies is known as the "Family Feast". I sampled the Family Feast at Tony Roma in Suntec City's dining restaurants.
Picture of Tony Roma's Family Feast.
The Family Feast comes with popular samplers from Tony Roma's menu that a family of three to five would be happy to feast with. Whether the Family Feast can satisfy hunger for such families really depend on the stomach capacities of individual family members.
I suggest you do not try the Family Feast on a first date, or with another small eater. You may end up gorging yourself silly on such a high calorie, high fat meal. You would also not want to waste any food on the Family Feast menu.
Try the Family Feast at Tony Roma if you can afford to bring family or a group of friends along to taste test it.
Price of Family Feast = $62 before GST
I will comment on the individual items on Family Feast meal later.
Photograph: Swenson's Kids Burger.This Kids Burger comes from Swenson's family restaurant. I sampled this kids burger meal at the Suntec City branch last month. Wasn't feeling very hungry then so it may have affected my taste buds for this Kids Burger dish.
The main beef I have about the Swenson's Kids burger meal was the patty. The patty was pretty stiff and unyielding to my loose teeth. I have tasted softer patties, the way I like my beef. In fact, the softer and tender, the better. However, this kids burger did not fall under the 'soft' category.
The Swenson dough covering the beef patty was average. I like my bread soft and this did not feel soft. The introduction of lettuce was a good initiative for my kids, as they seldom like to ingest vegetables.
The Swenson's corn was sweet and palatable too. Not really outstanding but anyway how outstanding can corn be? The potato side dish did not impress my taastebuds. As I said, I wasn't feeling really hungry enough to eat my kids share.
Overall, nothing to shout about. So I'm giving this a 6 out of 10.
Kids will still like the cute flag as a Swenson toy gift though.
We ate at Swenson's Restaurant, Suntec City recently. I chose the chicken as I was feeling carnivorous. This Swenson's restaurant is a branch located at the basement where there were many other crowded restaurants around the Fortune Fountain.
The chicken was very soft, easily cut by teeth, with bits of chewy tendons. As expected of chicken, the fatty parts under the skin were minimal but not overshadowed. I liked the texture of the chicken, although the seasoning was too salty for my liking.
The carrots and vegetable were softer than I had come to expect. I severely felt the absence of an outstanding sauce, and it really affected the overall chicken taste in this dish. Otherwise I would have given the chicken dish at this Swenson's restaurant branch a grade higher than 7.5 out of 10.
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