Fo You Yuan Vegetarian

surviving strong
This traditonal vegetarian restaurant had been serving Vegetarian Food for many years. Previously they are located at Geylang but now shifted to Kitchener Road. They are still renovating the shop but u can still have ur food here.

I am not sure whether their new location is ideal for biz. Located just adjacent to the new shopping mall, city square mall. There are several restuarants surrounding- Hillman, Putien, New Zen Fut Kai. They must face some competition. Being around for so many years and still surviving strong, it means they are doing the right thing.

The restaurant is quite small(still renovating it). The interior is clean and simple.
The menu is simple and easy to read but there are just too many choices. They provided some pictures of the food for easy reference. This made ordering easier!
Appetitizer: Some fried seaweed crispy. Very crispy but there's a little fishy taste. You can buy it at $4/box if u like them.

The boss recommended the Lychee Ham ball ( a.k.a Gulao rou). The ''ham ball'' is actually made from mushrooms and not gluten. It is lightly deep-fried and stir-fry with capsicums, lychee meat and some shoots in honey sauce. Simple yet addictive. I like the sweetness of the lychee meat and the ''ham ball'' goes well with the honey sauce.

Sugar cane Flowers($10)- Seasonal

This is a seasonal dish(indicated in the menu). I have not seen or heard of sugar cane flowers. Sugar cane, maybe....pretty common but the flowers, uncommon. The sugar cane flowers resembles deep-fried fish roe. It is lighly blanched and topped with some sauce to preserve it's natural flavour. It looks and taste like cooked fish roe. The boss joked and asked me whether is there any fishy taste/smell. Definately not! Surprisely, it was good, crunchy and naturally sweet.

This vegetarian restaurant is worth visitng again as there are many choices available. Who says vegetarian are boring? U can find ''suckling pig'', ''french escagots'', ''pork knuckles'' here!