Fish head curry is Singapore's signature dish and although you can eat it in Indian restaurants all over Singapore, the area which springs to mind is Little India.
The Little India MRT (mass transit railway) station has several exits. We took exit D but found E would have been nearer. You walk along Race Course road, passing several other restaurants and a Methodist church.
Mouth's Curry has a sign over the entrance recalling how it dates back to 1969. i remember going there when you had to take a taxi or a bus, before the railway station made the area more accessible and no doubt the prices higher.
You still get big green oblong living place mat banana leaf on your tray, ready to receive a dollop of curry.
The toilets are upgraded and the decor, all very civilised, clean and comfortable.
We ordered mango lassi. The fish head curry in a great sauce was the best feature of the meal. I must admit the chicken in a so-called cashew nut sauce did not taste particular like cashew nuts, not like chicken with cashew nuts in a Chinese restaurant. I'll bypass the dish next time.
Our desert was glulub jamun, very good. We could have had it with kulfi. Service is not fast, nor rushed. If you are in a hurry or impatient or want everything served together, perhaps an Indian restaurant is not for you.
But if you want fish head curry, this is the place. The fish head is large. I don't know what happens to the rest of the fish. It is too large to be swimming live in an aquarium like the ones at the Chinese restaurants down on the coast.
If you want wine, they have a wine list of wine by the glass or bottle, and a display of bottles.
We were at M u t h u ' s Curry, 138 Race Course Road, 01-10, Singapore 218591.
Tel:6392 1722.
Other branches are at Blk 7 Dempsey Road, 01-01 Singapore 249671,
tel: 64745128;
and Suntec City: 3 Temasek Boulevard, B1-109/177, Suntec City Mall, Singapore 038983,
tel:6835 7707.
www.muthuscurry.com
M u t h u 's as you see is a brightly lit, large restaurant, with big glass windows.
Banana Leaf Apolo is slightly nearer the station and slightly smaller and more secluded, but still large. Take your pick, or alternate between Mu t h u's and Banana Leaf Apollo:
The Banana Leaf Apolo, 54 Race Course Road, Singapore 218564,
tel: 218564.
48 Serangoon Road, 01-32 Little India Arcade, Singapore 217959.
tel :6297 1595.
thebananaleafapolo.com
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer.
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