Have been wanting to try the food at Omar Shariff (#01-02 Sixth Avenue Center, 805 Bukit Timah Road, tel : +65 6466 7318) for a long time. They have been around since the 90s and have a menu that has a pretty large spread. The restaurant is just a couple of cartwheels away from Meat n' Chill.
They serve papadum, like most Indian restaurants here do. The accompanying yoghurt mint dip for the papadum has cumin in it. From experience, they usually don't. This was nice.
Trying tandoori prawns, for the first time I think.
These were awesome. The spice and yoghurt coated prawns were firm, meaty and smokey from their time in the oven. Amidst the smoke infused tanginess, they also packed more heat than we expected.
Samosa.
These were the regular variety with peas, curried potatoes and there's also chilli. Not bad tasting.
First of their curries was fish korma Kashmiri. Creamy, sweet and filled with chunks of fish and fruits. The latter tasted like they came from cans and the only fruit I managed to definitively identify were pineapples. In it's creamy sweet manner, this was delicious with both rice and naan.
This was called mutton rara. Never had them before. It's kinda like a spicy and nutty Indian bolognese made with minced and chunks of mutton. The meatiness was pretty intense. Here's where I repeat that they're great with rice and naan.
Speaking of rice, we ordered a serving of their sultana pulav. Basmati with sultana raisins and a bunch of spices like cardamom, star anise and cloves. And saffron. It's pretty visible from the picture that the pot of rice came with very generous amounts of raisins.
Not forgetting some freshly baked butter naan which are perfect with the gravies.
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