Jaggi's Northern Indian Cuisine

Reservation: recommended for big groups; long aluminium-top tables seat up to eight persons each.

Go if you want: authentic North Indian Punjabi food in casual airconditioned setting.

Parking: Along Race Course Road and the area.

Tel: 6296-6141

It was Sunday and Mother's Day and there was no better place to go to avoid eateries packed with families taking their mothers out to lunch than heading off the beaten track to Race Course Road to find a charmingly simple ethnic restaurant that serves up ambrosial Punjabi favourites that look as good as they taste! This day, the dad has taken the right alimentary course to delight the mum! 

Finger-licking good surely originated in India - there's no other way to consummate a meal with fragrant, hot naans and curries than with bare hands.

 

 

 

Samy's Curry @ Dempsey

Reservation: Not required as there's ample seating in large dining hall and alfresco outside facing mature trees and greenery.  

Go if you want: A more local feel compared to other updated and glitzy airconditioned Indian restaurants elsewhere. A great place to sweat out a spicy meal and wrap it up with superb teh tarik. It's never hot here because of the fans and foliage around that keep temperatures low.

Parking: Free, at open-air parking area at the foot of the restaurant.

Tel: 6472-2080

Menu avail @ http://www.samyscurry.com/

There's nothing like the combination of light showers, cool breeze and being surrounded by trees dripping with rain that make the perfect setting for a spicy Indian meal with teh tarik! But the crucial thing about eating Indian is: you gotta go with someone who knows the food and knows what to order so you don't get ripped off with 'chef's recommendations'. Service today was fast and attentive, and we noticed more Chinese nationals than before which warranted the comment: 'You would never imagine having Chinese servers working in an Indian restaurant 10 years ago.'

For a group of three, we had 5 dishes for lunch [black squid not shown], plus generous servings of dhal and longbeans. We even had a basket of parpedum today [some days, they are simply deposited on your banana leaf aka plate, and not even crunchy]. No wonder our bellies were burning hours after the meal!

Deep-fried Pomfret

Chicken Masala and Curry Mutton

Curry Fishhead

Generous dose of Dhal and Longbeans