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2010-07-10
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What type of restaurants/cuisine would you expect to find in Little India area? Other than the typical Indian restaurants or coffeeshops, there is this restaurant called Fifth season offering Fusion flavours of China, Tibet and India.The restaurant itself looks simple and you would probably have walked past but missed it.Their Belief:” Unlike the four seasons, which come and go, Fifth Season remains open throughout the year with the same love and passion to serve the best of Indian Chinese cuis
The restaurant itself looks simple and you would probably have walked past but missed it.
Their Belief:
” Unlike the four seasons, which come and go, Fifth Season remains open throughout the year with the same love and passion to serve the best of Indian Chinese cuisine.”
Expect to find a blend of fusion cuisine here. The dishes that are spicy and chef’s recommendations are clearly labelled for easy reference. Unlike the Typical Indian restaurants, you would not find lots of curry dishes , pratas or Naans. Instead, they serve different types of fried rice and even American Chopsuey!
The award-wining Tibetan Momos is a ”must-try” there. The Momos had been award the Best Dish Award in Singapore Food Festival 2009. I would leave with regrets if I didn’t try this.
You can choose either the Chicken/ Vegetables fillings and choice of pan-fried or steamed.
Pan-fried Vegetable Momos ($9.50++)
5 momos were being served . The momos resemble the dry version of Chinese XLB.The momos were garnished with spring onions. The 5 momos looks quite ”adorable” and I took a final glance at them before ”devouring” it.
I expected the skin to be thick and chewy but the momo skin were not too thick and in fact, it has a nice crispy texture due to the slight pan-frying.The momos were then served with their special chilli sauce (slightly spicy for me).The vegetable fillings consist of finely shredded cabbage, carrots, onions, ginger and a dash of pepper. The vegetables were shredded finely but I can still taste hint of ginger in it.
Exotic Vegetables with Sweet garlic sauce ($10.90++)
You can choose the type of sauce to be stir-fried with the vegetables ( Mild garlic, sweet garlic, sweet and sour, hot garlic, Szechuan or chilli garlic soya sauce). It depends on individual preference whether you would like the sauce to be spicy or on the sweet side.
I opted for the sweet garlic sauce and it turns out to be tomato sauce with minced garlic. I guess that is what they call sweet garlic sauce. They incorporated quite a variety of vegetables in a simple vegetable dish ( brocoli, carrots, bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, mushrooms, asparagus and corn).
Fried Ice-cream ($7.90++)
The typical indian ice-cream is Kulfi but personally I didn’t like the ginger and cardamom which is quite evident in Kulfi. Frankly speaking, this is my virgin experience enjoying Fried ice-cream. I was wondering how to deep-fry an ice-cream…possible??? Definitely it is possible! There is even fried mars bar so fried ice-cream is no longer a novelty.
Fifth season’s fried ice-cream is coated with a layer of cornflakes and a scoop of vanilla ice-cream in the centre( frozen). The crushed cornflakes were were drizzled with chocolate sauce and it is so crispy after deep-frying and in addition, it is not oily at all!
A scoop of vanilla-flavoured ice-cream in the interior. The ice-cream is frozen, to avoid the ice-cream from melting during deep-frying. When the ice-cream melts slightly and ”soaked’‘ the cornflakes, it taste really good! I was glad that my virgin experience of enjoying fried ice-cream was a memorable one.
Verdict: The momos and Fried ice-cream is recommended. The restaurant is rather quiet during lunch time but I am not sure about dinner time. Fifth season is suitable for people who wished to enjoy a fusion of Indian and Chinese cuisine at a reasonable price.
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