I was recently scowering the West of Singapore (which will soon by my future home) to try and unearth some decent vegetarian stalls in the area. A while back, Fu You Yuan was recommended to me by one of the readers. The name 佛友缘 translates to mean 'Buddha friendly fate'. Jurong is a large area of Singapore that does have a number of vegetarian eateries, it is just a matter of unearthing them - Which is what I intend to do in the future!
Fu You Yuan Vegetarian FoodLocation: Blk 959 Jurong West Street 92Contact: None Opening Hours: Daily 5.00am-3.30pm. Closed alternate Tuesdays.The meal begun with the all time favourite Singapore dish -
Laksa. I was quite disappointed by the quality of this dish over. Firstly, the mock char siew was some of the poorest quality I have ever consumed. It is doughy beyond belief, almost to the point where its texture resembled soggy bread - Truly unpleasant. Unfortunately, this poor char siew was also matched with a diluted flat laksa sauce, with other uninspiring ingredients lurking inside. I like the chopped pieces of fried beancurd skin, but that was the sole pleasure I took from this otherwise miserable dish.
Price: $3.00. 4/10Next dish was the
Wanton Mee. Once again, this foul version of mock char siew was on the plate, which definitely didn't win any points with me. The noodles and wanton were acceptable - But I was longing for a more flavourful dark sauce to go with the noodles.
Price: $3.00. 5/10Conclusion - Surprisingly the queue for this stall was quite long. I am not sure whether it is due to the limited amount of vegetarian options in that area, or maybe I just caught this stall on a bad day. Whatever the case, based on what I ate, I was not impressed all by the offerings from this stall, and couldn't see myself returning in the future.Overall Rating
Food - 4/10
Ambiance- 6/10
Service - 7/10
Value - 6/10
