Fu Lin Xuan VegetariAn Restaurant

2nd Visit

There's only 1 vegetarian restaurant that is around the vicinity of JB thus this is my second visit.

Due to the experience that i had last week, i asked them to reduce the oil and salt in my dishes. I was afraid that i would suffer from high blood pressure if i continue to consume salty food.

Stir-fry baby kailan

A simple dish with shreds of ginger in it. As vegetarian food does not contain onions or garlic, they used ginger to replace it. This time, the vegatables were not oily and the kailan wasn't hard and diffcult to chew.

Sweet and sour meatball

The meatballs were made from mushrooms thus there's a chewy texture and nice fragrant of mushroom in it. The meatballs were stir-fry in sweet and sour sauce but there's a tinge of spiciness in it. I like anything that is sweet and sour thus this is good.

I chat with the person in charge of this restaurant and shared my experiences on vegetarian food with him. He would also visit some of the vegetarian restaurants in Singapore, perhaps to seek for areas of improvements? I also gave him my blog so he can check on some of the vegetarian restaurants that i've visited .

Su Shi Piao Xiang

Some of us would know that Fortune Centre is well-known for vegetarian food.
There are quite a number of vegetarian food here- on the first , second level and 4th level. You would have difficulty in deciding which shop to have ur food if you are the 1st time here.

Su Shi Piao Xiang ( Level 2)

Very obvious when u reach the second level. There would be lots of people having lunch/brunch especially during the 1st and 15th day of the lunar calendar. Reason being- the food is cheap and portion is generous.

The menu is placed on the table, simply just take a look at the menu and the pictures pasted on the walls. Repeated customers do not even need to see the menu.
The boss there is very friendly and would recommend you some dishes if you are undecided.

I ordered:

1X stir-fried nai bai($4)
1X Gu Lao Rou - Sweet and sour pork($6)

The nai bai comes in a big portion and it's not oily at all.

Sweet and sour pork

The mock pork is made from soy protein and cooked in sweet and sour sauce with pineapple chunks, cucumbers and tomatoes. Again, big portion.

Generally the food here is quite acceptable. The food is cheap and portion is huge. I asked the boss why the portion given is huge and he smiled & replied :'' it's ok, as long as ur tummy is full!''. Well, it's true.

CNY IS around the corner and bugis area is crowded with people. Can get some groceries here at bargain prices.

Fu Lin Xuan VegetariAn Restaurant

BLOGGER is not working yesterday thus the posting on Fo you yuan vegetarian is done today instead.

Fu Lin Xuan Vegetarian (174, Jalan Sri Pelangi, JB)

I came across several food blogs introducing Vegetarian food and it prompted me to try all the vegetarian restaurants in Sinagpore. At least i do not feel guilty when eating vegetarian food as they are normally made from soy protein, mock meat or mushrooms.

Fu Lin Xuan Vegetarian

Today is the chinese lunar 15th day and many of us who are buddhist/ taoist who at least have a vegetarian meal. I decided to try Fu Lin Xuan Vegetarian which is one of the few vegetarian restaurant in JB.

As CNY is around the corner, they decorate the place to have the new yr ''feel''.
They serve quite alot of dishes and i had a hard time deciding what to order thus i seek help from the young boss. He recommended quite a number of dishes that are popular with the patrons.

I ordered the Cereal Abalone mushrooms and Stir-fried Kangkong.

Stir-fried Kangkong

Tad too oily and greasy. My mouth & lips turn gloosy after a few mouthful. I just merely took a few mouthful.

Cereal Abalone mushrooms.

Clear winner! Just like the typical cereal prawns, which is replaced by deep-fried abalone mushrooms. The cereals taste a little sweet, salty and a hint of spiciness(chilli padi). It was so addictive and i finished the whole plate of it.

Service

The service here is really good. The young boss did everything himself-take orders, serve, collect $$$. I feedback abt the oily kangkong to him and he promised to reduced the oil used. I found a good vegetarian restaurant in JB and i would visit them occasionally!

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!