I was invited to this vegetarian meal at Realm Court Vegetarian Restaurant. I have never eaten a full course vegetarian meal so it really interests me when I knew I was going to have one. Usually, the idea of vegetarian meal gives people the idea of eating the greens. Well, it may have been so a few decades ago but not now anymore. The vegetarian meal has grown to become an imitation of the non-vegetarian meals, in the sense that mock meat are being introduced to replace the meat and that's why you'll get to eat 'duck', 'chicken', 'prawn' and etc. The mock meat are made of flour and they are very much alike to the real meat.Realm Court Vegetarian Restaurant has 2 other sister restaurants as seen above. Didn't know it is a halal restaurant until I saw the logo on the wet tissue wrapper. It's another great place for our muslim friends to join us for a vegetarian meal cooked the chinese way.
The first dish as usual, was the cold dish. Handmade longevity peaches were placed at the edge of the plate. It was smaller and the filling was made red bean paste instead of the usual lotus paste. There was the chicken karage, sotong balls, ham with mayonnaise, fried samosas and the marinated chicken gizzards. The cold dish was good. The marinated chicken gizzards was very good. The mock meat did wonders.
This is the most unpalatable dish of all. An imitation of the shark fins soup. Beancurd strips replaced the shark fins. Ham replaced the crab meat. Very bland and there were undissolved starch clots in the soup.
Mock duck with preserved vegetables (mui choy) and beancurd skin. Though mock meat was used and supposely to contain much lesser oil, it is unctuous. The fried beancurd skin was accountable for this. I like the mui choy laid underneath of the dish.
Sea cucumber with mixed vegetables. We were all instantly attracted to how would the sea cucumber taste like. We were all amazed at the art of turning flour and maybe gelatine into the artificial sea cucumber. The texture and taste of the artificial sea cucumber was almost identical to the real sea cucumber. It was tangy like a real one would be. Other than the momentary draw to the artificial sea cucumber, the dish was just so-so.
This is the lotus wrapped rice. It was a huge ball of rice. What was wrapped in the lotus wasn't glutinous rice. It was the normal type of rice we ate. Despite not using glutinous rice, the rice was still quite sticky and yet every grain of rice so succulent. Bits of mock meat were added. There weren't any other ingredients. I felt the topping of mixed peas destroyed the dish. It somehow made the lotus wrapped rice not so delectable.
The yam ring with 'kung bao pork'. I must comment on the yam ring. It was very good. Must-try! The exterior was fried crispy and the interior so scrumptious. The yam was very soft and rich. 
I like the 'kung bao pork'. Slight sweet and sour and a tinge of spiciness from the dried chillies.
Another dish that surprised the table of people. Steamed mock fish, the teochew style. Ar har....see, the fish was without head and tail. Just a slab of fish like steamed ikan kurau. The mock fish meat's edge had seaweed which is like the fish's skin. It tasted a bit like fish cake.
Dessert was orh nee with pumkin added. It was good. Not too sweet but I didn't see any ginkos. Ginkos ain't a vegetarian food?
Since it was a treat, I have no idea how much does the meal cost. Overall, the food was pretty good and not oil-laden. It was quite a fulfilling meal. The mock meat were made of flour, too much of them will make one fat. This type of vegetarian meal ain't a good choice as diet meals. They are made so savoury. I will doubt the determination of the dieter. Haha.
Realm Court Vegetarian Restaurant
Orchard Shopping Centre
321 Orchard Road #05-00
Singapore 238806
Tel: 62352102
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