Continuing our cruise through Singapore's ethnic neighborhoods, we explored Arab St. The first order of business was lunch and so we found ourselves at Singapore Zam Zam, purveyors of fine food since 1906.
Everything we read said stick to the murtabak and so we did just that.
We ordered two kinds, the first a mutton murtabak. This roti had been fried, then filled with mutton and egg, then fried some more. The oil was not in short supply. There was a huge bowl of dipping sauce that tasted a bit of meat gravy. This was really nice to eat, with the mutton not turning tough or gristly.
The second kind was a chicken murtabak. This fell a little short, though it perhaps aimed a bit higher. The roti was dipped in a flavorful red chilli paste and some point during the frying process. This added a nice taste but also rendered the resulting murtabak quite soggy and limp. All the nice texture from the fry had disappeared.
We did have two more glasses of delicious pulled tea with our lunch.
The main attraction of the area was the Masjid Sultan (Sultan Mosque), a center of Muslim life in Singapore. It was quite a site, with impressive architectural features jutting into the sky.
Finally, no walk on Arab St. would be complete without a stroll to look through the myriad textile shops that populate the area. Inside, they have rows and rows of fabric in all colors and prints, great eye candy.
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