The Opera Populaire

I love Persian-style kebab. But I haven't gotten to try a lot of it here in Singapore. Banoo, which is located near Clarke Quay, has been closed down. The last experience there was a favourable one, although, contrary to what some food blogs said, I did not get a raw egg yolk on my basmati butter rice! It was pretty affordable, though. And I guess the service was not too bad. I heard that service at its rival, Shiraz, is pretty dismal and the price steep, but I have yet to try it. The only time I passed by Shiraz, there was a belly dancer gyrating away to the crowd, but considering that she is Chinese, the exotism was lost on me. I like the Turkish version of the kebab served at Anatolia in Far East Plaza. The basmati butter rice has a richer taste (yumm!) and they provide more accompanying dishes like baked tomatoes and this lovely green chili that goes oh-so-well with the kebab and rice!

Had a kosher version of it last week at the Jewish Welfare Board at Waterloo Street. That was my first experience meeting the Jewish community in Singapore and also of trying out kosher food. Do you know that there is only 1 kosher mini mart in the entire of Singapore? Of course the community is not very large and according to the person showing us around, it is apparently sufficient in supplying for the community.

I guess I do like doing PR, but to some extent. It does gets tiring to be running about all day. But on another side note, I get extremely disturbed when people I consider to be friends use PR terms to reply my offer for help. I guess this is what happens when people grow apart and I am definitely not one who is good in keeping in contact. Oh well.

Labels: Saya Affairs, Se-lat-por Affairs