Trying to figure out what to make of Bamas Kitchen (#04-01 Trio, 11 Sam Leong Road, tel : +65 9857 0023). Read about them and I had the impression that they were a regular Indian restaurant hidden in the building called Trio. Did not get the restaurant vibe when we were there. Noticed metal troughs which suggested that catering or buffet might be involved in their business.
There's also a retro-ish looking bar which implied that the place also functioned as a watering hole. Nothing's on tap in spite of what's displayed and most of the beers are bottled. There's even soju - did not expect those. Screen near the bar was playing pop MVs from the 90s. The guy who attended to us was Nepalese.
Moving on from the mixed signals, we came to try their duck briyani. Something I'm pretty sure isn't available anywhere else. We were given papadums minus the usual mint dip.
That duck briyani was pretty tasty. The meat was mostly slurp off the bone tender covered in curry that was described as a 'green chilli based masala'. The mound of basmati rice wasn't exactly flavoured with much besides that masala. Those being said, I also couldn't necessarily tell that the meat was duck. Hmmm...
There's achar for a bit of crunch and acid to cut through the richness of the masala on the duck.
We ordered a mutton chukka, which was similar to pepper mutton fry. That was delicious.
At this point, the proprietress came out with little glasses of cream topped rose milk. She said it was complementary for the Hari Raya period. Nice.
Some hot noodle-y payasam before we left. These were a lot less creamy than what we've had before but they were no less milky and was served piping hot. Lots of cashews and raisins in it.
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