Appam Place, Tekka Food Centre

Came across Appam Place (#01-235 Tekka Market & Food Centre, 665 Buffalo Road) recently. Left's chocolate and right's cheese. The picture they had led me to believe that they batter was folded with chocolate but it wasn't the case. These had some hazelnut chocolate spread over them. And curiously, color rice sprinkles as well. Noticed that they also gave jaggery.

Mint rice from Sri Aachi Aappakadai Pte Ltd

Tried another of the colored rice from Sri Aachi Aappakadai Pte Ltd. This one was mint/pudina. Tasted quite different from the savoury one from MTR or the ghee-y one from Bangalore Cafe. This one tasted like mint chutney with heat. It was savoury as well but also seemed to have more mint flavour along with the coriander in the background which I did not mind. Peanuts, curry leaves, mustard seeds, dried red chilli and green chilli inside too. Oh, and that sour achar sauce on the size

 Not bad. 👍🏼

Annapoorna Pure Vegetarian, Kitchener Road

First time at Annapoorna (#01-26, 320 Serangoon Road, tel : +65 9680 9577). We've seen it a number of times while in the vicinity. While the address is Serangoon Road, the place is actually accessible along Kitchener Road somewhere across the road from Toast Box at City Square Mall.

Vadai's so so. Light, crisp and freshly fried. We've had vadai a number of times from different shops/restaurants around the area and while it wasn't bad, we didn't feel the ones here were as tasty as others.

Something called deepawali idli, which was basically a couple of idlis in a vegetable korma with some cashews. I liked this one.

Milaga podi cashew idiyappam sevai. Shredded idiyappam with presumably podi, ghee and cashews. Not bad. Tasted better with the coconut chutney.

Mr Naan & Mrs Idly, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur

Catchy name there (190 Jalan Tun Sambanthan, Brickfields, 50470 Kuala Lumpur, tel : +60 17-762 9070). Though for a restaurant with idly in the name, I was expecting them to open early enough for breakfast. 

Nice salty spicy masala lassi with cumin and a bit of burn on the throat.

Wanted a go with their special idly even though I had a good idea how it tasted. What with the nice drizzle of ghee and all. The texture's a little less dense than what I'm used to though. Still delicious with the chutneys and tangy sambar.

Their dal tadka was delicious. Believe it or not, it was deliciously savoury in a manner that reminded me of fried chicken. With a bit of heat as well. Nice one. 👍🏼

Some cheese naan to go with their dal. Good pairing if I might say so.

Vegetable briyani was well spiced and moreish. Portion didn't look huge but it was pretty filling.

Masala tea's milky and a little weak on the spice.

Recently at Murugan Idli Veg. Restaurant (June 2026)

There appears to be more new items at Murugan Idli Veg. Restaurant (一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十).

They've included masala tea which wasn't available before. This one's milky, not so spicy. Kinda pedestrian.

Ghee pongal seemed dryer today than I remember them. Flavour's still good though.

There's also benne podi masala dosa which wasn't available previously. Not bad tasting but they weren't as good looking as the ones from MTR.

Saravana Special Meal from Saravanaa Bhavan

First time dinnering at Saravanaa Bhavan. This was their Saravana Special Meal; pretty much a south Indian thali topped with a poori - hence a veritable platter of flavours coming from the spices in the soups and gravies and yoghurt to be enjoyed with bread and rice. There's a slew of other items on the menu at dinner which looked like things we could come back for.

Breakfast and thoughts at MTR 1924

I remember back in the day when MTR first opened up, I was trying to figure out their menu online because they had a different selection every day of the week which was then further split between breakfast, lunch and dinner. The variety was noticeably larger then. Fast forward to today, it appears that there's a fixed menu that doesn't vary like it did. I sense fatigue there.

Got ourselves a bisibele bath to remember how good it tasted.

I recently mentioned being on the verge of declaring my favourite rava idli at Bangalore Cafe after getting the one again here for a fresher comparison.

I've decided that there will be no declaration. I like them both as much. 😅

We also had a chow chow bath today because it's been a while since I last had it here.

It's still delicious if anyone's wondering. The coconut chutney was good with both the khara and kesari portions.

Dinner at Bangalore Cafe

Happy dinner at Bangalore Cafe. The boss came over and commented that he hasn't seen us in a while. I'm still surprised that he remembered us and could even venture to narrow down to the month when he last did. 😨 Things were off to a good start with their delicious rava idli.

That's the tandoori gobi. Cauliflower. Tangy, smoky and nicely done.

A kichadi is a dish of spiced rice and lentil, texturally not dissimilar to pongal or uppuma. This one was their palak kichadi, a rendition with pureed spinach folded into the rice and lentils. It's both creamy and piping hot with a hint of cumin and garlic amidst other things. Like ghee. Flavour was nutty even. Nice. Needs to be eaten hot.

There are possibly other good ways to end this well but we know this one and we're happy with it. Lightly sweetened and creamy masala chai.

More breakfasting at Bangalore Cafe

Here's getting more breakfast at Bangalore Cafe.

I'm on the verge of declaring my favourite rava idli here but I think I should get it again at MTR just to convince myself which one is better.

Bisibele bath tasted better than it looked. Aside from the robust warm savoury spices in the porridge, there's also boondi for some contrasting crunch.

Neer dosa's texture was a little different from what we've had at MTR and Kalam Restaurant. It's more moist/wet. Sweet coconut/jaggery was also more coarse/rustic and I didn't mean that in a bad way. There's the other coconut chutney infused with cumin that came with the dosa as well. It's not the same as their usual coconut chutney which doesn't have cumin. Not bad tasting.

Ghee onion rava masala dosa from Saravanaa Bhavan and......

More breakfasting at Saravanaa Bhavan. Pretty good ghee onion rava masala dosa. There's coriander in it which had its flavour cooked out so woohoo! Loads of crunch and nice flavour from the black peppercorn in the dosa.

The yummy uppuma of theirs was as yummy as before.

Some new stuff from Murugan Idli Veg. Restaurant

At Murugan Idli Veg. Restaurant (一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九)  during lunch to check out some of the new-er items on their menu. I don't know when they were introduced but we noticed them from our last visit.

The reason why we were here at lunch instead of the usual breakfast timing was because their vegetable briyani is only available from 11am.

It's pretty good. Savoury with warm spices and pepper with bits of vegetables like green peas, string beans, tomato, nuts and if I wasn't mistaken, some paneer. Flavourful yet not heavy. It's a single portion per order for this one. Why did I mention it? Because some briyani come in big assed portions that can feed two. 

Came with sambar, korma, raita and some kesari. Sambar was delicious.

The other new item on their menu was their kizhi dosa. From what I found after some brief search, kizhi translates into pouch/parcel/bundle in Tamil/Malayalam. So this was a parcel-ed dosa wrapped in banana leaf and subsequently steamed. They even have an IG reel showing how it's cooked.

Kinda similar to a banjir prata with the gravy soaked in and all. Obviously there was none of the crisp like the regular ones have. There was something between the layers of dosa which I couldn't identify though. Anyways, this one was pretty hefty. Not bad tasting. 

Murugan Idli Veg. Restaurant in January

First breakfast at Murugan Idli Veg. Restaurant (一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八) for 2026.

It'll probably be the end of days if we ever said no to these buttery rice/lentil porridge infused with black peppercorn and cumin. Today's ghee pongal was nicely salted and awesome!

Couldn't resist their always delicious freshly steamed ghee garlic podi idli.

Just noticed today that we can buy the podi/garlic powder from them. Hmmm...🤔

Ghee mudakkathan podi masala dosa - the masala rendition of the ghee mudakkathan podi dosai. If anyone's still struggling with what masala is in the context of dosa, it refers to the curried potato/vegetable stuffings. Anyways, great podi flavouring paired with ghee that you could further flavour bomb with the chutneys.