A re-revisit to MTR 1924 that's been a long time coming

It's been some years since we've eaten at MTR 1924 (一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六). The last time was back in 2017. Menu's changed a little so that presented a tiny problem. We'd be overwhelmed by the choices again since there's new stuff to explore and old stuff in the background beckons. 

The strategy was to get a bunch of stuff we haven't had before and also not to neglect the oldies.

Oldies like their delicious and hearty bisibele bath which was in no way diminished compared to what we had in the past. I've just learnt that there is nutmeg in this. Still satisfying like how we remembered it. 

The same could be said for their competent masala dosa.

Getting their rava idly still makes me a little skittish because of the chopped bits of coriander in the steamed rice cake. Today's look greener and fresher than usual. 😅

Thankfully as with previous experiences, the coriander flavour was mild to non-existent. Especially true when it's eaten with chutney and those wonderful drizzles of ghee.

This is where the stuff that we haven't had before begins - the shavige bath. Yes it's vermicelli and looks like bee hoon. There're bits of bell peppers, long beans, mustard seed, cashew, lemon and shredded coconut. And probably a couple of other stuff I've overlooked. Flavour's mild in spite of the colour intensity but that being said, it was delicious.

This was their rasam vada. Pretty sure it's been around on the menu for forever because it's just a vada in rasam. Great flavouring from the tangy broth. Was surprised that a large part of the dense fluffy insides of the vada wasn't soaked through.

Pudi idly - I'm guessing that's another way to call podi. A salty spice powder packed with heat mixed with ghee I think, coats these mini idlys. This was the spiciest item we've had here so far and I love it for the buttery heat on the rice cakes.

Interesting, this was call 'buns'. Looked like a non-oily poori...or hum chim pang. Skin's thicker than both of those and was a little sweet. We ordered this because the ingredient listed bananas and it did have a faint banana taste. Served with coconut chutney. Nice.

That's a kashaya - a drink that was said to be spicy and bitter when we ordered it. Tried it out of curiosity. From what the menu described, it's a milk based drink with ginger, pepper, cumin and coriander seeds. The flavour reminded me of Po Chai pills (保濟丸) or guilin gao (龜苓膏). Took a while for me to reconcile that Chinese herbal flavour with the colour and that it was a spiced drink from an Indian restaurant.