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Having met the stringent requirements, Asian Market Café at Fairmont Singapore is now halal certified. During the month of Ramadan, the restaurant rolls out the authentic flavours of the Middle East combined with traditional Malay cuisine, boasting an extensive spread including pan-Asian cuisines and local favourites with live cooking stations, fruit and salad stations and a dessert station. Ramadan dinner buffet S$55++ per adult / S$30++ per child (6-12 years) […]]]> https://sparklette.net/food/fairmont-buka-puasa-buffet/feed/ 1 https://sparklette.net/food/concorde-hotel-buka-puasa-buffet/ https://sparklette.net/food/concorde-hotel-buka-puasa-buffet/#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:41:19 +0000 http://sparklette.net/?p=1001

Throughout the month of Ramadan (Muslims’ fasting month), the Concorde Hotel is offering a Buka Puasa buffet every night. The buffet takes place by the swimming pool, and includes a range of Indonesian fares. Having enjoyed the hotel’s luxurious international seafood buffet previously, we arrive at the buffet line with high hopes. The poolside atmosphere is casual and relaxing, with tables laid out spaciously, some under the stars. Buka Puasa […]]]> https://sparklette.net/food/concorde-hotel-buka-puasa-buffet/feed/ 5 https://sparklette.net/food/real-kopi-luwak/ https://sparklette.net/food/real-kopi-luwak/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 06:53:42 +0000 http://sparklette.net/?p=963

Okay, I’ll admit it. I was wrong. Some time back I got all excited after having Kopi Luwak, the most expensive coffee in the world. While the real Kopi Luwak IS indeed the most precious and valued coffee bean in the world, the fact that its authenticity is difficult to verify has given rise to people selling fake or diluted coffee at high prices. Sadly, what I had wasn’t the […]]]> https://sparklette.net/food/real-kopi-luwak/feed/ 52 https://sparklette.net/food/bumbu-desa/ https://sparklette.net/food/bumbu-desa/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:31:48 +0000 http://sparklette.net/?p=960

How lucky are we in Singapore to have access to so many diverse cultures? Thanks to the fact that we are situated right within Southeast Asia, we get to taste various authentic colourful cuisines such as Thai, Malay or Indian food whenever we want. One of my favourites is Indonesian cuisine with its many savoury flavours and spices. A chance visit to the humble Bumbu Desa Javanese restaurant at Novena […]]]> https://sparklette.net/food/bumbu-desa/feed/ 13 https://sparklette.net/food/indonesian-grill-delights/ https://sparklette.net/food/indonesian-grill-delights/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:54:06 +0000 http://sparklette.net/?p=888

Once upon a time, there was a girl who loved chicken. She loved it so much she would have it in every single meal. One day, she was walking at Plaza Singapura when she came upon a stall at the food court which had a curiously long queue. Everyone bought a banana-leaf plate of food with the biggest chicken thigh she had ever seen! “This chicken comes with a magical […]]]> https://sparklette.net/food/indonesian-grill-delights/feed/ 27 https://sparklette.net/food/padang-corner/ https://sparklette.net/food/padang-corner/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:07:56 +0000 http://sparklette.net/?p=764

Like a typical Singaporean, I am very fond of spicy food, even if it means looking unglamorous while eating my favourite sambal dishes, nose dripping at the same time. For that reason, I love the robust flavours of Indonesian food, which tend to be red hot spicy most of the time. At the kopitiam food court in Plaza Singapura, there’s always an impossibly long queue at the famous riverside Indonesian […]]]> https://sparklette.net/food/padang-corner/feed/ 6 https://sparklette.net/food/pagi-sore/ https://sparklette.net/food/pagi-sore/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:21:57 +0000 http://sparklette.net/archives/pagi-sore-simply-sedap/

Something’s brewing in the local Indonesian food scene with the recent sprouting of numerous food outlets, most notably at Lucky Plaza. Even with the advent of new competition, Pagi Sore, a long-established Indonesian restaurant at Far East Square, is still cooking up a storm after all these years! Upon hearing rave reviews about the restaurant, a friend brought me there to find out if it’s as good as what people […]]]> https://sparklette.net/food/pagi-sore/feed/ 3 https://sparklette.net/food/pondok-jawa-timur/ https://sparklette.net/food/pondok-jawa-timur/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:58:41 +0000 http://sparklette.net/archives/pondok-jawa-timur-indonesian-javanese-restaurant/

A friend and I were at Plaza Singapura scouring for a dining spot. There were plenty of options. Within the shopping mall there’s already The Manhattan Fish Market, ichiban sushi, indonesian BBQ at kopitiam and many more. And of course there’s Giraffe Bar across the road at Istana Park. I wanted to visit some place new and so we tried our luck at The Atrium, the extension wing of Plaza […]]]> https://sparklette.net/food/pondok-jawa-timur/feed/ 16 https://sparklette.net/food/indonesian-bbq-at-fork-spoon-last-lunch-in-singapore-before-japan-hour/ https://sparklette.net/food/indonesian-bbq-at-fork-spoon-last-lunch-in-singapore-before-japan-hour/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:55:33 +0000 http://sparklette.net/archives/indonesian-bbq-at-fork-spoon-last-lunch-in-singapore-before-japan-hour/

By this time tomorrow I would have arrived in Tokyo, where I would be gorging on gorgeous Japanese cuisine for the next 11 days! In the days leading up to this trip, I have been stuffing myself fat with several meals of yummy Indian, Muslim and various other local food. I’m gonna miss the food here so much! Today, I had my last lunch in Singapore (there’s still dinner and […]]]> https://sparklette.net/food/indonesian-bbq-at-fork-spoon-last-lunch-in-singapore-before-japan-hour/feed/ 14 https://sparklette.net/food/riverside-indonesian-restaurant/ https://sparklette.net/food/riverside-indonesian-restaurant/#comments Thu, 17 May 2007 10:04:43 +0000 http://sparklette.net/archives/riverside-indonesian-restaurant-bbq-extravaganza/

In a recent post, I raved about the riverside Indonesian BBQ stall in Plaza Singapura. This is a stall I have been patronising for 5 to 6 years and I swear to god they have the best grilled chicken anywhere! After learning that the riverside Indonesian restaurant opposite Clarke Quay (right beside Café Iguana) has a direct affiliation, it scored the top spot on my list of “restaurants to check […]]]> https://sparklette.net/food/riverside-indonesian-restaurant/feed/ 17 https://sparklette.net/food/ayam-penyet-ria/ https://sparklette.net/food/ayam-penyet-ria/#comments Mon, 07 May 2007 12:33:15 +0000 http://sparklette.net/archives/ayam-penyet-ria-smashing-chicken/

Following my negative review of Ayam Bakar Ojolali in Lucky Plaza, several readers left comments urging me to visit another Indonesian eatery located within the same building – Ayam Penyet Ria. Ayam Penyet Ria is an Indonesian restaurant with franchises in Jakarta, Medan, Batam, Surabaya and now, Singapore. Apparently it is so popular, it has opened two outlets in Lucky Plaza alone, and a couple more across the island. Even […]]]> https://sparklette.net/food/ayam-penyet-ria/feed/ 32 https://sparklette.net/food/riverside-indonesian-bbq/ https://sparklette.net/food/riverside-indonesian-bbq/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:54:40 +0000 http://sparklette.net/archives/riverside-indonesian-bbq-best-grilled-ayam-of-all-time/

My, that’s one bold statement to make, and I make it with utmost confidence. (Ayam is chicken.) The Riverside Indonesian BBQ food stall is located at the innermost corner of the Kopitiam food court at Plaza Singapura. It is positioned at the worst possible spot in the entire food court. Yet at any one time, it also has the longest queue of customers. Doesn’t that say a lot? Normally, I […]]]> https://sparklette.net/food/riverside-indonesian-bbq/feed/ 33 https://sparklette.net/food/ayam-bakar-ojolali/ https://sparklette.net/food/ayam-bakar-ojolali/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:23:52 +0000 http://sparklette.net/archives/ayam-bakar-ojolali-forgettable-javanese-cuisine/

Despite our close proximity with Indonesia, one would be hard-pressed to find an authentic Indonesian eatery in Singapore. My favourite Indonesian or Javanese place to dine is limited to The Rice Table Indonesian Restaurant. Then there’s also Riverside Indonesian BBQ at the Plaza Singapura food court which is awesome, though not exactly authentic. Over at Lucky Plaza, there are three small Indonesian-run eateries – Ayam Penyet Ria, Resto Surabaya and […]]]> https://sparklette.net/food/ayam-bakar-ojolali/feed/ 20 https://sparklette.net/food/rice-table-indonesian-restaurant/ https://sparklette.net/food/rice-table-indonesian-restaurant/#comments Fri, 14 Apr 2006 11:33:35 +0000 http://sparklette.net/?p=363

We were at The Rice Table Indonesian Restaurant recently and really loved the food! I like their unique concept where they serve all twenty different dishes in small portions once we are seated. This way, we get to sample each and every single dish at the beginning, before ordering the ones that suit our taste buds more. Lunch buffet: S$17.88 Dinner buffet: S$28.49 Buffet rating: Most of the dishes were […]]]> https://sparklette.net/food/rice-table-indonesian-restaurant/feed/ 9