Al-Azhar Eating Restaurant (Bukit Timah)

Their rendition is functionally the baseline standard.
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With medium sized, chunky boneless king fish, flaky and lean with mild smoky meaty spice savoury salty flavour.
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Served with a crunchy juicy cucumber and red onion salad, with vegetal sweet spice notes.
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Fish Tikka
Al-Azhar Restaurant
@ 11 Cheong Chin Nam Road
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Their rendition has the most pronounced use of fresh and pureed tomato, including large sliced tomato and tender sliced red onions, resulting in a thick creamy chunky gravy with vegetal sweet savoury spice flavour.
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The boneless cream dory fish fillets are moist and flaky, absorbing the tasty flavours of the gravy. Feels like there's more vegetables though.
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You can request more or less spicy, as the default packs a mild heat.
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Fish Kadai
Al-Azhar Restaurant
@ 11 Cheong Chin Nam Road
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Sized for 2, their generous portion makes it easy to share.
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The boneless chicken chunks have a fragrant smoky aroma, and borders dry and moist; a more generous rub of yoghurt would be good.
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Flavour is on point, the mellow smoky salty spice notes overlaid on the meaty savoury sweet flavour of the chicken.
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Better when paired with the mint dipping sauce for its bright herbal sweet flavour.
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Chicken Tikka
Al-Azhar Restaurant
@ 11 Cheong Chin Nam Road
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More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2022/07/best-of-singapore-hawkers-chicken-tikka.html

Pretty straightforward rendition, slightly fluffy with a chewy texture that tears nicely with some effort.
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Has a grainy bready savoury sweet flavour, slight hint of wheat on the aroma. Nicely warm.
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Chapati
Al-Azhar Restaurant
@ 11 Cheong Chin Nam Road
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Marinated, roasted, then stewed to finish in the curry, the large pieces of boneless chicken chunks are so tender, with a satisfying light chew and smoky sweet savoury salty spice flavour.
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The curry gravy is creamy and smooth, the blend of tomato puree, yoghurt, butter, and spices (including fenugreek seeds and powdered coriander) lending bold vegetal sweet savoury milky spice notes.
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Tasty enough to make you reach for more.
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Butter Chicken
Al-Azhar Restaurant
@ 11 Cheong Chin Nam Road
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More details:
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They serve a good North Indian dum style rendition, where the primary flavour comes from the spice-infused basmati rice.
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Slow cooked in a sealed pot for hours, the complex layering of spices, including cardamom and turmeric, infuse the rice, resulting in fragrant sweet grainy spice savoury flavour.
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The fish version has boneless chunks of basa fish buried within, flaky and tender with a sharp spicy salty sweet kick from the curry gravy.
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The mutton version has bone-in chunks of mutton buried within, chewy and tender with robust meaty savoury salty spice flavour from the curry gravy.
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Both served with a bouncy hard boiled egg with eggy sweet notes, and a creamy raita yoghurt with crunchy cucumber and carrots with milky vegetal sweet flavour. Large enough for 2 persons.
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Biryani
Al-Azhar Restaurant
@ 11 Cheong Chin Nam Road
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More details:
https://ivanteh-runningman.blogspot.com/2022/04/best-of-singapore-hawkers-biryani.html