Loving Hut @ Parklane

I've earlier blogged about loving hut @ Suntec and I'm a frequent customer of this outlet. As for the parklane outlet, I've never been there, but heard that business is brisk too. Here's miumiu's contribution from the parklane outlet.

Parklane Mall is just besides Paradiz Centre and you could easily recognize the store along the Selegie road. The nearest MRT station is Dhoby Ghaut. Note: some of the dishes do contain onion or garlic. If you don’t consume, you should mention when ordering.

Lemongrass Curry Rice Set $5.80

This dish I ordered is a set meal, which comes with rice and soup. You can also choose to order the main dish, which costs only $4.50 (just the bowl of curry). The plate of brown rice comes with curry brinjal (aka eggplant), which is not a fixed side vegetable for this dish, depending on what they are cooking on that day. I must compliment that their brinjal is well cooked. As for the curry, it is not so fragrant. However, it does compliment with the rice. Comprises of some potato chunks and vegetarian mutton meat.

Loving hut's soup is one of the best I've tried. It also consists of carrots, corns, melon and some vegetable. Overall, it’s definitely worth trying.

Pumpkin Soup $3.80

The soup is quite blend and I think that the herb (not the coriander) is also unnecessary for it. It doesn’t add to the taste but spoil the flavor of the soup.

Thanks miumiu for your contribution!

Locations:

1. 3 Temasek Boulevard, Suntec City Mall,Sky Garden #03-016, Tower 2, S 038983; Tel: 65 6238 6755; Opening Hours: Till 9+PM daily

2. Parklane Shopping Mall, 35 Selegie Road #01-07, Singapore 188307
Opening Hours: Till 9+PM daily

3. Block 161, Bukit Merah Central, #01-3725, next to POSB; Tel: 6377 4354

Website: http://www.lovinghut.com.sg/

Loving Hut

Finally i'm writing about this cafe since it opened last week. Anyway, loving hut is a new cafe replacing the previous indinine. Its quite a pity as Indinine has built a reputation over the years. Anyway, If you do know where indinine has moved to, please let me know!
I'm quite happy that it is yet another vegetarian cafe replacing and this gives me more options to choose from since Im working at suntec.

Thats the cafe.. the Sofas are gone, but the tables, chairs are still the same. One thing is you wouldnt know its vegetarian till you see the poster or menus. This is a good marketing strategy, as loads of meat eaters shun the word veggie.

Thanks to Gill who made the trip down to lunch with me!

Mee Pok Dry ($4.80)

I remember seeing the price tag at $2.50, maybe my eyes did play a trick on me. Anyway, the portion was big and the soup tasted good. The most important part in making good mee pok is the tactics of cooking the mee pok. Luckily this tasted just right, it wasnt too soggy and in fact was chewy enough to make me finish the entire bowl. Ingredients comprises of fresh lettuce, minced vegetarian meat with mushrooms and fishballs. Soup is brewed with corn, sweet potato and carrots, making it real sweet. I like it! If you do order this dish, remember to request for no onions.

Silky Tofu Mushrooms Set $5.80

The silky tofu mushroom is served with brown rice and stir fried cabbages and completed with a soup. It is a big portion for 1 serving. If you are a small eater, I guess you may just order this set meal and add another plate of rice to eat with another person. The tofu tasted normal and i reckon the ingredients used on top is the same for my mee pok. The mushrooms are chewy though.

Tofu Jacket $3.80

Doesn't look good on pictures, but it is quite a surprise. The tofu jacket is a side dish we have ordered to share. 5 big pieces of Tofu stuffed with ingredients. I couldn't really make out wat are the ingredients (other than carrots and minced tofu), but it was really juicy.

Sunny Forest/ Rose lemon Juice $3.80 Each

Im not really into juices as I usually requests for plain water since most places do not charge a fee. Anyway, since I wanted to write about this place, gotta write something on the drinks... so we ordered the Sunny Forest and Rose Lemon Juices. Sunny forest is a lemon, mint and soda mixed drink. I thought it was good, and it comprises of a combination taste of sweet and sour. As for the rose lemon juice, there is far too much lemon taste that I could hardly make out the taste of the rose petals available. You can just order plain water to save the money.

Do request for no garlic/onions if you do not take them.

All in all, loving hut seems to be going all out this year to promote vegetarianism in view of the growing global crisis. They are planning to open (some are already opened) outlets in HK, Taiwan, USA, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, and this is definitely great news for us vegetarians. Do google for more information!

Location:

1. 3 Temasek Boulevard, Suntec City Mall,
Sky Garden #03-016, Tower 2, S 038983
Tel: 65 6238 6755
Opening Hours: Till 9+PM daily

2. Parklane Shopping Mall, 35 Selegie Road #01-07, Singapore 188307

Opening Hours: Till 9+PM daily

Website: http://www.lovinghut.com.sg/

Indinine Cafe (MOVED to MALAYSIA)

I heard from Jamie this has moved to KL. Will update again!

Had dinner with my girlpals the other day and as usual I wasn't disappointed with the food here. One of my top favourite is the side dish Fried Papadums.

Papadum Surprise ($4.50)

Though the serving is small, I personally loved this "deep-fried" food. Tastes crunchy on the outside, and chewy on the inside. It is your usual papadum (which you may find at major supermakets), wrapped with tofu in the middle. Deep into the special sweet sauce and it tastes simply heavenly. Note: Sinful! The only thing i hated is I saw oil dripping down each piece, but still, it went into my mouth. hah. Guess the cook could have dripped off the oil first before serving though.

Portobello Supreme ($9.80)

For big eaters, this is one of the good choices available, as the mushroom burger is huge and hard to resist. The portobello mushroom is grilled to perfection, and wrapped together with fresh lettuce, capsicum and tomatoes, blending the taste really well.

Shrooms Simplified ($8.50)

This is the very basic mushroom fried rice. However, the aroma was good and we might not be able to cook till the same taste at home. Mushrooms are fresh and chewy making it complimentary to the aromatic rice. Comes with 2 papadums too.

Note: Garlic & Onions are optional. Hence, do remember to enquire with the staffs if the dishes contain onion/garlic or not. It may be full on weekends.

Location: 3 Temasek Boulevard, Suntec City Mall Sky Garden

Level 3 #03-016 Tel: 6238 6755

素满圆 (Su Man Yuan Vegetarian)

Was chatting with the owner the other day and found that they have opened more outlets these couple of years. This is from the Suntec outlet and is ALWAYS packed with long queues during lunch time. The Brown Rice is one of the best so far.

Black Pepper Chicken with Rice $4

You may choose either brown or white rice. The serving is really big that I could not finish the whole plate too. The black pepper sauce may be a little spicy for some, but it is totally marinated into the chicken slices which makes you want to crave for more!

Location:

1. Suntec City Food Court (Basement), Opening Hours: 7+am till 8+

2. Tiong Bahru Food Court, Level 3

3. Marine Parade Hawker Centre, Blk 84, Marine Parade Road
Serves: Mixed Vegetables Rice and Tze Char