Chinatown Food Complex - Thousand Vegie

 Chinatown complex is one of the favourite haunts of many a foodie. Gems of good creations are buried within this myriad of a food centre and once upon a time during my meat eating days, I can be found here with best bud, sharing a grilled or steamed fish among other dishes.

But that was the past. So with my non meat agenda, I ventured this place again.

 The layout of this food centre can be daunting. Divided into red, yellow, blue and green zones, each with its maze of hawkers, it simply felt like walking into rubric cube, especially when I'm simply exploring and have little idea where I'm heading.

When I'm almost but give up after 2 rounds, I finally see a vegetarian stall. Having never saw it before, I assume it's new.

Spinach Noodles - $4

BBQ 'Fis' - $7

There's  two aunties manning the stall. The variety was pretty interesting but most of which involves mock meat in fried or grilled form. Despite my love for chlorophyll in my food, I gave it a try in the name of vegan spirit.

Waiting time was a bit long, around 15 minutes. From my observation, the aunties seems abit new at hawkering, thus they are climbing the steep learning hawker curve of multi-tasking.

The spinach noodle are alright. It tasted home cooked which is nice and in its favour, I don't taste much MSG. What I do lament is the lack of ingredients. Which were capsicums, carrots, mushrooms and strips of mock chicken. With some spinach and stewed mushroom, it might live up to its cost.

The BBQ 'Fis' arrived when I'm almost done with the noodles. I was slightly taken back by its appearance. But that aside, the sizing was a reasonably satisfying chunk. It was grilled in chili oil and sambal chili. Very much resembling the sambal stingray. It's quite spicy which I very much enjoyed.

It could been better if served sizzling hot in a hotplate instead.

Thousand Vegie would be where I might headed when I'm in the area and the mood for some vegan junk food (fried chiken, fis etc). I found it a little pricy for its standard though.

A sidenote, I found all 3 vegetarian stalls in Chinatown complex in the red zone.They are laid out in a triangle with the stairs in the centre.




Thousand Vegie
Chinatown Food Complex 2nd level #02-122
Opening hours: Everyday 11am - 930pm