India On A Plate

This ludicrously pink restaurant, coupled with cheesy Bollywood show tunes on loop, doesn't make much of a first impression. I was thus so surprised by how tasty their pav bhaji ($8), a popular snack of buttered toast and curried vegetable stew, is! Where many joints I've tried less me more than a little unsatisfied, these guys have got the punchy flavours right. Worth a visit if you're in the Katong area, or a pav bhaji fanatic like me.

A meal that throws me back to eating in a hole in the wall banana leaf joint in a Mumbai suburb with my friend Raghu. This place is buzzy and filled with hungry Indian families and the working class, the waiters are pretty efficient and the food is tasty. There's no price menu - waiters come around and you just point out what you want. Thankfully prices are very reasonable - this feast of free-flow rice and sambar, two meaty pieces of fish, chicken curry AND prawn curry set us back just under $30 for a party of three. 👍🏼

Appam ($4.80 for a set of two) that is crisp and brown along the edges and tender and fluffy in the centre, plus unfailingly great Madras coffee ($2.70).