I'm not entirely sure how to describe Mr. Uncle & Auntie Kitchen (#01-01 Anna Illam, 35 Norris Road, tel : +65 8661 5899). In not so little words, they're a restaurant that looked like a food court - with flamboyant disco lights, plenty of alcohol options, a pool table and loud music emanating from the Bollywood videos they're playing on screens. Try putting that image together.
That's a pomegranate shake. It's wasn't the sort of shake I had in mind. Maybe it's because the menu didn't say milkshake. It was more juice than a shake. I asked and they confirmed I had gotten the correct order.
We ordered some food to eat with naan. Their egg podimas was nicely done. A little spicy, savoury and with a bit of sweetness from the finely diced onions. Preferred this over the egg burji at Urban Roti.
Paneer korma was not good. Nothing was wrong with the paneer. It was the korma that tasted off. Can't put a finger to what exactly made it weird but it might have been the freshness of the cashews that were used to make it.
Their kashmiri naan tasted nicer than the looks suggested. Plenty of dried fruits and we could taste the bits of nuts in there.
What I was looking forward to was their satti sorru; a curried claypot briyani that's could be described as an Indian 煲仔饭. I hear that it's a Malaysian thing.
This one had canned sardines and curry folded into rice that's topped with crispy ikan bilis and a boiled egg. What got me in this pot was the moreish savoury spiciness that kept me continuously spooning mouthfuls of that curried rice.
The sweet lassi looked a wee bit pink because the funky disco lights had been switched on at this point. Anyways, their rendition is thin but not diluted. Kinda refreshing.
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