Merry Land Vegetarian (Taman Pelangi)

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Nice to have made to order vegetarian food w actual flavour. Not bland or overly spiced food at all. Reasonable priced too.

Always grab my vegetarian lunch and dinner here , serving size is small , but alot of variety , black noodles is nice , I love their vegetarian sambal fish dishes ?

The tofu tender, brocoli cooked just nice, vegan fish are fried nicely. Taste are spicy not. I just wanted to try something different cooking for lunch. Therefore I choose Merryland Vegetarian dish. Dishes are packed separately and I love it. Price are reasonable for one person lunch. But the price differs due to the delivery charges cum distance.

湘酥金片 Mock Goose (Small) = RM5.00 羅漢上齋 Luo Han Zhai Mixed Veg (Small) = RM10.00 當歸保健湯 Healthy Herbal Soup (Small) = RM12.00 No Service Charge For Strict Vegans, you'll be glad to know this place Does Not Serve Eggs. This Place seems somewhat Old and although it is Air-Conditioned, it wasn't very Cold. There were a Few Customers within when I entered on a Friday Afternoon and I did not see any Staffs around so I had to Self-Service. The Boss is very Friendly, Courteous and Eager to Serve and clear in his explainations of the Dishes in the Menu. All the Dishes were served up in about 3 Mins. 湘酥金片 Mock Goose (Small) = RM5.00 This is also known more popularly by its Hokkien Name "Chay Ngor" here in Singapore. It's basically a Sheet of Fried Beancurd. Its a Popular Vegetarian Dish in Singapore because of its Savoury Fried Taste and Crispy Bitefeel. The Version here is Alot Lighter Coloured compared to the Deeper Fried Versions we usually see in Singapore. It's not Super Crispy, More of a Soft Crisp with a Slight Tender Bite at the End. Taste is Sweetish Saltish, Sweetness is more prominent than Salty but its also not Overly Sweet. Taste quite different from the Usual Mock Goose I've tasted in Singapore. Not Bad Tasting. 羅漢上齋 Luo Han Zhai Mixed Veg (Small) = RM10.00 Also known as "Buddha's Delight", This is basically a Mixed Vegetable Stir-Fry with Gravy. The Soul of the Dish is the Gravy Sauce. Its more Watery, not Thickened with any Starches. Doesn't have that Distinct Taste of Mock Vegetarian Oyster Sauce and has a Very Nice Savoury Umami Taste that is Not Overly Salty. The Whole Thing is served Very Hot and Every Piece of Vegetables are Soaked Beautifully in that Gravy making everything taste Soft and Tender and not Nua Nua. Imagine a Slightly More Atas Tasting version of Mixed Veggies that you normally see in a Cai Fan Stall and you'll get the General Idea how this tastes like. Very Nicely Done. This would be very nice to 下饭. 當歸保健湯 Healthy Herbal Soup (Small) = RM12.00 This here absolutely does not have any 當歸 taste. Not surprising as using Actual 當歸 would have been alot more Expensive. Its made up mostly of White Fungus, 2 types of Mushrooms, some Occasional Pieces of Mock Meat, Goji Berries and Parsley. Even for the Small Size I ordered, there is enough Soup here comfortably for 2 People. The Whole Soup has a Very Strong Veggie Smell to it. Taste of the Soup first strikes me as Bland but subsequent tastes feels like there is a Very Subtle Undercurrent of Vegetables within. Completely Not Sweet or Salty. Even if Salt is used, I reckon it's used very sparingly. There are Generous Amounts of Goji Berries and they help give an Occasional Sweetness to help with the Overall Blandness. None of the Vegetables give any Extra Taste. They're all there just to provide a Subtle Veggie Chew texture. Only the Mock Meat does give a Slightly Different Mushy type of Mock Meat Taste to it. Conclusion and Closing Thoughts At a Total Combined Price of RM27.00 (S$7.80), this is Worth the Money to give it a Try. I especially enjoyed their 羅漢齋 Mixed Vegetables. That said, I feel you can skip the Herbal Soup which will help shave off S$3.50 off the total. After interacting further with the Boss, so apparently this place has been around for at least 30 years. Amusingly, when the Older Chap Main Cook came to the Front Counter, I Complimented him and gave him a Thumbs Up for his 羅漢齋 and it drew an Initial Suspicious Stare from him. Even his Boss's Reply to my Compliment was "可能今天他煮的比较适合您的口味吧." which seems to imply that their quality is not consistent? The Older Chap eventually did smile and appreciated my Compliment after realizing I wasn't a Wierdo or something. Hahaha! If you are looking for a Nice Simple Cozy Vegetarian Restaurant that does not serve Eggs, I can recommend this to give it a try. Thanks for Reading. Come join my Facebook Food Blog: "A Solo Singaporean's Guide to JB Foods" to view the Full Review with Photos.

Great vegan food and very humble staff. And when I gave a small tip, the server put it in a donation box instead of pocketing it!