Su Man Yuan Vegetarian - Dhoby Ghaut

I remember visiting Plaza Singapura back in 2007, I was merely a skinny 20 year old tourist back then.  Six years later, now I'm a 26 year old skinny resident, returning to PS.  Six years ago, this stall didn't exist.  In fact, there was no vegetarian stall at the Level 6 Kopitiam.  Therefore I was quite delighted to discover that there is finally a veggie option at this huge shopping centre.

 
Su Man Yuan Vegetarian
Location: 68 Orchard Road, Plaza Singapura, Level 6
Contact:Unknown
Opening Hours: Daily 

For those wanting white/brown rice options, this stall has quite an impressive spread of fresh dishes to choose from. 
I decided to start my little adventure of with the Brown Rice and Dishes.  I opted to get eggplant, vegetables and mock fish as my dishes.  The eggplants were suitably creamy, and light in flavour.  The mock fish thankfully didn't have much spice, but was a little too salty for my liking.  Finally, the leafy vegetables were still crunchy and had a nice mild ginger flavour.  Overall it was a satisfying meal, but price wise this is pretty high just for rice and dishes.

Price: $4.00.     6/10


Eating alone at a table with two plates of food certainly catches the curious glimpses of passers-by, but I don't tend to care.  The second dish I picked was theChicken Rice.  The oddest thing about this dish was the rice.  It was clumped together, almost Malacca-style, into a ball.  The rice was cooked in such a way that it all stuck together - Personally, I am a fan of hard rice, so this didn't excite me too much. The mock 'chicken' and tofu were a little too salty, but well flavoured. The chilli was thankfully not as mind-blowingly spicy as it look.  The quality of the rice and price are the two biggest let downs for this dish.

Price: $3.80.     5/10

Conclusion - If you're at Plaza Singapura, and don't feel like taking a walk out in the baking hot sun - Then your equation is very simple, Su Man Yuan is your only vegetarian option.  In a way, I guess we should think ourselves lucky that there is one option.  In the past, PS had nothing at all for vegetarians.  The quality of the food isn't great, but I am just thankfully something vegetarian is there.

Overall Rating
Food - 6/10
Ambiance- 6/10
Service - 6/10
Value - 4/10