Al-Ameen Eating House (Chu Lin Road)

When people say Al ameen, they always think about the branch at Bukit Timah Road. But seldomly they think about other branch.

Let take a look at the plus points.
The prata there is good!
It is not overcooked and not undercooked.
The skin is crisp and it's rather chewy on the inside.
It's like a different kind of bread.
The only problem - the oil is rather visible, so health conscious people or people who wants to lose weight (Like me) probably will start using kitchen wipes to remove as much fats as possible.

Another item that i always try there is their simple fare food. Rather much like a zhi char stall. It has about 25 types (if i am not wrong) of NASI GORENG. & i have tried almost all. My favourite ones are the Nasi Goreng Cina Dagang Merah. The beef they give is rather resonable and the rice is not bad. Only thing is that the peas they use to fry with have a different taste.

This place is a more convinient eating place for residents nearby or fr people who like an early supper.

But you will have to catch it fast. (It closes at 12 midnight. Last orders are at 11:45pm). & they are strict on the time. One second also cannot.

The ambience is just average, considering a new restaurant that is just next to it. The place here is not too bad, quite affordable. (most of the times, i see construction workers eating there. So it means the food their is affordable).

I would go back there, cause it's very near my house. HAHA. (i have been quite a regular customer, the people working there knows me).

Al-Ameen Eating House (2, 3, 4 Cheong Chin Nam Road, tel: 64621996), located just across the road from Beauty World at Bukit Timah is probably a very recognizable landmark for food for many people here. I know it is for me since the time I was a student and till today, it's an attraction to people who live in the vicinity (or even those who stay farther) for dinner, supper and after drinking chow. Operating 24 hours a day also means that those fellas are dependently available for hunger (or oil and carbo) fixes no matter what time of the day. Prices are very affordable to everyone across a range of very recognizable local Indian and Thai Muslim favorites. All to be readily washed down by our favourite teh tariks or any of the variable sweet milk and caffeine drinks.

I've been curious about the bunch of conspicuously colored grilled meats at the front for quite a long time already and haven't had the opportunity to see what they're about. So chance brought me to the vicinity of this end of Bukit Timah and dinner it was here.

To be honest, I got a little greedy and ordered a tad too much food for two persons. There was a mixed kebab which features chicken tikka, tandoori chicken, reshmi kebab (grilled chicken again, marinated in yoghurt), hariyali kebab (those green looking, mint marinated grilled chicken). Accompanied by a small dish of mint and coriander dip which I didn't quite touch beyond an experimental dip just to check. Coriander isn't my friend. The chicken was lukewarm instead of hot which I would have preferred. Also, these colorful bunch of meats didn't quite taste as boldly as they looked with each variable marinate flavorful enough just to be identified and nothing more. There was also a tasty and spicy bee hoon goreng which I thought was really wonderful. Not many places make a good old spicy bee hoon or mee goreng these days. Fried till the noodles are dry, coupled with chilli and cabbage bits and ground mutton. Then, there was also a deliciously rich paneer butter marsala with cubes of tau kwa textured cottage cheese and some cheese naan to dip into the cholesterol laden gravy.

And as I said, all washed down with a nice milky mug of teh tarik.

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