Comments on: Singapore Vegetarian

By: Katherine

Katherine — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 06:12:50 +0000

hi, just need to check, is there any vegetarian food stall at Zion Riverside Food Centre?

Thank you.

By: gene

gene — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 19:11:47 +0000

I have an extended lexicon of Japanese food and honiaku is not there. I believe it should be konnyaku “devil’s tongue (firm) gelatin”.It is made from the root of a plant of that name and a popular ingredient in Japanese cuisine.It is made in blocks (square cakes), balls, fat noodles,short ones, and vermicelli. It is chewy and has no flavor but absorbs flavors.The spaghetti-like version is called shirataki,an essential ingredient in authentic sukiyaki.Shirataki is sold in a can along with some other special ingredient for making sukiyaki. The small block form is used in oden, a dish of exotic vegetables in a broth. Eating abowl of oden is eating Japanese as you can get,and it tastes good too.

By: cynthia

cynthia — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:41:14 +0000

i thought you might want to know, they’re closing the singapore in cherry hill this weekend!

we’re all so heartbroken!

By: maniy

maniy — Tue, 14 Oct 2003 21:52:30 +0000

I agree completely. I too was blown away by some of their dishes- not just because it was vegetarian but simply the taste and the new incorporations of ideas. A complete surprise in a sea full of the same-same.

It is definitely an original place full of creations that deserves culinary merit.. vegetarian or not.

.. One of the few places in the world doing so.. and doing so in a delicious way.

By: jim

jim — Sun, 13 Jul 2003 06:19:40 +0000

Sounds amazing. I wish we had something like this in our area (toledo). A lot of people/companies are still very ignorant and unsupportive of non-meat cuisine.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 24 Jun 2003 21:12:40 +0000

That could be, Lisa… it was listed on the menu as “honiaku,” but Googling returned no results. Perhaps it’s a misspelled alternate spelling…

By: lisa

lisa — Tue, 24 Jun 2003 21:07:11 +0000

Maybe what you heard as honiaku was konnyaku?

Lion’s head is the name for a traditional Chinese meatball dish.