This is a main all on its own, not so much a side dish.
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The centerpiece features a creamy mashed chickpea hummus, bright with grainy earthy sweet savoury flavour.
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Dressed with juicy pickled gherkins with bright vegetal sour sweet flavour, bouncy brined black olives with sharp vegetal earthy sour salty flavour, and chunky sun-dried tomato paste with lovely vegetal sweet flavour.
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It's served with juicy fresh slices of tomato with vegetal sweet flavour, and a warm pita bread with firm chewy spongy soft texture and bready nutty sweet flavour.
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Love how tasty everything was, couldn't stop using the wam pita bread to mop up all the lovely creamy hummus.
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Zuzu Kebab
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You almost forget it's vegetarian.
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The warm pita bread, studded with white sesame seeds and black sesame seeds, has a firm bite to the exterior, then you get the chewy spongy soft interior.
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The large chunky falafel balls, made with ground chickpeas, parsely, coriander, and spices, crumbles easily.
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Completed with fresh vegetables (crisp lettuce, juicy tomato, crisp red onions, and bouncy black olives), finished with house kebab sauce.
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It's thick and filling, almost face-sized in diameter, bursting with wholesome bready sweet vegetal spice savoury salty earthy nutty flavour. So tasty.
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Zuzu Kebab
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Their kebabs are incredibly satisfying.
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Within a soft chewy flour flatbread, is wrapped slices of chewy tender spice marinated beef or chicken doner kebab meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie, along with fresh vegetables (crisp lettuce, juicy tomato, crisp red onions, and bouncy black olives), finished with house kebab sauce.
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It's large and hefty, as thick as a forearm, bursting with bright smoky meaty savoury salty spice vegetal earthy sweet flavour. So yummy.
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Zuzu Kebab
More details:
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This features the classic Turkish pide bread, an oval-shaped leavened wheat-based dough topped with slices of chicken, slices of beef, red onions, tomatoes, and mozzarella cheese.
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With a firm crisp crunchy exterior to the pide bread, and a moist tender soft warm interior of the fillings, this carries lovely smoky bready meaty vegetal sweet savoury salty earthy flavours.
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Served with a sun-dried tomato paste with bold vegetal earthy sweet sour flavour, and a creamy tahini with bright milky nutty herbal sweet flavour.
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Note that a baking time of up to 15 minutes is required for each pide order, as they make it from scratch.
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Zuzu Kebab
More details:
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Now this is a heaping mountain of food, suitable for 2 persons.
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The base is warm pita bread, firm chewy spongy soft in texture with bready sweet nutty flavour.
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Stacked with large chunky slices of chewy marinated beef doner kebab meat with smoky savoury salty spice flavour, and tender marinated chicken doner kebab meat with smoky spice sweet savoury salty flavour.
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Garnished with bouncy brined black olives with sharp vegetal earthy sour salty flavour, and juicy pickled gherkins with bright vegetal sour sweet flavour.
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Covered with rich chunky juicy fresh tomato sauce and large slices of fresh tomato, lending beautiful vegetal sweet flavour.
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Completed with a large helping of dense chilled sour cream which lends a milky sour flavour to contrast the richness of the meats.
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Visually looks messy, but it's yummy.
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Zuzu Kebab
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2023/07/zuzu-kebab.html
This iconic Turkish dessert confectionery consists of multiple layers of fragile thin filo pastry, dressed in a sugar syrup and garnished with finely crushed pistachio nuts.
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When served warm, the crisp crunch of the pastry and the soft chew of the nuts is lovely, however, there was occasions when it wasn't warmed properly, and the middle was cold.
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Taste is lovely though, with bready buttery floral earthy sweet nutty flavour.
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Zuzu Kebab
More details:
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The house signature Soondubu Jjigae Samgyeopsal / Silken Tofu Stew With Pork (SGD $23.90) is among the best renditions of its kind in Singapore.
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This classic stew is packed full with tender cubes of pork loin, soft silken tofu bean curd, and wobbly egg, all served in a hot bubbling broth.
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With robust grainy meaty eggy sweet savoury salty spicy flavours, this is delicious and comforting. Nourishes the tummy and the soul.
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The Soondubu Jjigae Haemul / Silken Tofu Stew With Seafood (SGD $23.90) is a delight.
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The stew is packed with a good range of fresh seafood, including tender white clams, springy black mussels, juicy succulent shell-on tiger prawns, bouncy squid, and crisp swimmer crab, alongside soft silken tofu bean curd, and wobbly egg, all served in a hot bubbling broth.
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With robust grainy eggy sweet savoury briny salty spicy flavours, this is luxurious and satisfying.
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The Soondubu Jjigae Eomuk / Silken Tofu Stew With Fish Cake (SGD $23.90) is a unique and uncommon rendition.
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The full-bodied stew features bouncy springy soft eomuk / fish cake slices, soft silken tofu bean curd, tender minced pork, and wobbly egg, all served in a hot bubbling broth.
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With robust grainy eggy sweet salty savoury spicy flavours, this is mellow and homely.
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SBCD Korean Tofu House
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The signature Bulgogi / Marinated Beef (SGD $29.90) is served sizzling on a hot plate, piled high with slices of tender bulgogi / marinated beef, tender carrots, soft white onions, crisp leeks, and crisp spring onions.
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Dressed with a sprinkling of sesame seeds, this carries a combined meaty savoury vegetal sweet earthy nutty flavou.
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The popular Jeyuk Bokkeum / Dweji Bulgogi / Marinated Pork (SGD $29.90) is served sizzling on a hot plate, piled high with slices of tender jeyuk bokkeum / dweji bulgogi / marinated pork, soft white onions, crisp leeks, and crisp spring onions.
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This carries a combined meaty sweet savoury vegetal herbal spice flavour.
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The LA Galbi / Los Angeles Style Marinated Beef Short Ribs (SGD $39.90) arrives sizzling on a hot plate, stacked with wide slices of tender LA galbi / Los Angeles style marinated beef short ribs that peel easily off the bone, soft white onions, and crisp spring onions.
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This carries a combined smoky meaty savoury salty fatty vegetal sweet nutty flavour. Feels luxurious and decadent.
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SBCD Korean Tofu House
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This is large in portion size, with the soft crisp batter studded with crisp spring onions, crunchy red chili, bouncy squid, and fresh springy deshelled prawns.
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With a lovely savoury herbal sweet salty spice flavour, this makes for an addictive sharing appetizer.
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SBCD Korean Tofu House
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This features a base of pan-sized potato rosti, crisp fluffy with good starchy savoury salty flavour, but slightly greasy.
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The sauté mushrooms (shiitake, button) are tender with vegetal milky earthy salty sweet flavour.
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The grilled boneless chicken thigh has a crispy skin and tender juicy chicken meat, with lovely smoky meaty savoury sweet flavour.
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I asked for less salt to be added, so this was just right.
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Wursthans
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This feels wholesome.
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The potato rosti is crisp and fluffy, albeit slightly greasy, with good starchy savoury salty flavour.
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The spicy chicken sausage is snappy and crunchy, with smoky meaty savoury spicy salty flavour.
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The roasted vegetables include crunchy cauliflower and broccoli florets, bursting with bright vegetal sweet flavour.
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Completed with a thick creamy dollop of house sour cream, lending lovely milky sour flavour.
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Wursthans
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This features a small rosti of sweet potato, crisp on the outside and fluffy on the inside, with starchy earthy sweet flavour.
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Sprinkled with white sugar crystals and topped with creamy vanilla ice cream, lending floral earthy sweet flavour.
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Overall, this was decent, but seemed to lack the edge to make it memorable. Perhaps a better quality sweet potato or other garnishes may help.
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Wursthans
More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2023/06/wursthans.html