Singapore Garden
83 Fairfax Rd
London NW6 4DY
Nearest Transport: Swiss Cottage Underground or South Hampstead Overground
4.1 Yummy stars
Price ££ Starters/soup £5.50-£42 (for whole crispy duck); Mains £8-£40 (at time of writing)
☏ 020 7328 5314
Chicken curry at Singapore Garden
Buzz factor 4.2/5 stars
Food 4.2/5 stars
Value for money 3.9/5 stars
Eat-in or Takeaway
A long established institution here, originally a family-run restaurant started by its matriarch, famed for its authentic Singaporean dishes.
You enter the restaurant bathing in a sophisticated setting, greeted by some beautiful fresh flowers on the counter of the bar. There is an unusual find in this restaurant – table cloths. You soon feel at home with their friendly staff and their regulars at the restaurant. Buzzy atmosphere in the evening. In warmer weather, the front patio doors are open and you can sit outside and pretend that you are in Provence.
Laksa here is legendary – rice vermicelli with prawns and slices of fish cake in a spicy coconut soup. It is pretty hot though, I warn you. Their satay is the next best thing here – especially its spicy peanut sauce. Their chicken seem to have lost more and more weight over the years but they still taste amazing. The chicken is tender and the ginger definitely comes through.
Many other delicious dishes on offer eg Chiew Yim soft shell crab (fried with garlic and chilli), Chiew Yim Dover Sole, Ayam chicken curry in its coconut sauce and spicy aubergine in yellow bean sauce. There is a variety of bean curd dishes to choose from including their speciality of Tauhu Goreng – with peanut sauce (though a bit sweet for my liking).
It is somewhere that I would go back to time and time again.
