Vansh

I was so excited yesterday, both about turing 30 and my hubby bringing me out for dinner to celebrate my birthday. We went to a restaurant that I have been wanting to try out ever since they opened a few years back - Vansh.

Eversince 2 weeks back when my girlfriend and I went to Melt at The Oriental for buffet and tasted the delicious Indian fare there, we have been yearning for more Indian food. So I told my hubby why not try out Vansh.

And my wait has not been in vain. The food is really good quality Indian food, and the balance of spices is not overpowering. For a person who doesnt really mind what he eats, my hubby actually said the food was excellent and it was the best he has ever had, speaks a lot eh?!
We ordered the vegetarian tandoori combination platter, black bean dal, deccan vegetable curry and a chickpea curry, accompanied by pilau rice and garlic naan.

As a starter, we were served pappadums served ala love letter style and accompanied by 3 dips - yogurt mint, mango chutney and a spicy chilli tomato sauce.....yummy. I love pappadums and was expecting the usual white round pieces but this one is different. It is speckled brown, rolled up like a love letter and served in a goblet! A tad salty though but the dips were yummilicious. I am salivating now as I type. *haha*

Pardon me, we were too busy enjoying the good food and forgot about taking pictures of the food *hehe* by the time I remembered, only 1 dish left. Here is the shot of the chickpea curry.

The tandoori combination platter comes with smoked cottage cheese, spiced mushroom fritters, tandoori cauliflower and a potato cum lentil croquette. All very fragrant and nicely spiced. The vegetable curry was ok but the black bean dal and chickpea curry are must tries. You know the usual dal we get outside is watery and from the yellow lentils? This is is creamy and the taste of the black beans comes through very well. A refreshing change. My hubby tried that first and kept singing its praises. *lol*

When it comes to pilau rice, I usually hate biting into a piece of star anise or cardamon pod when, but this one was free from those chunks, very fragrant. It almost reminds me of chicken rice!!! As for the naan, it was passable. Too dense for my taste.

Now comes in the interesting part. We brought a cake along to celebrate. So when we were ready for cake cutting, we waited and waited. We thought they had lost the cake. But see what they did in the pic above.

We were very pleasantly surprised. I didnt expect them to dress up the presentation of the cake, with tea lights and all. It was cool!!!

Overall, a memorable dining experience and we will return for more for sure. Thank you dear hubby for bringing us there!!!

For meat lovers, I hear their lamb kebabs and tandoori are very good. Check with the waiter or restaurant manager for recommendatios. They know their stuff well.

http://www.vansh.com.sg/

Vansh

2 Stadium Wlk

#01-04 Singapore Indoor Stadium

Singapore 397691

Tel : 6345 4466