Curry Magic, an authentic Kerala and North Indian restaurant at Jln Riang in Serangoon, started with a small hawker stall in 2007 by Chef Raja and now to a nice cosy Indian restaurant serving mainly the residents around the area.
The restaurant opens daily from 1130am and they are very popular for their grilled prawns and butter chicken dishes. Without much hesitation, these 2 dishes are on our order list accompanied with 2 pcs of fluffy prata.
The prawn priced at $14.90 is heavily marinated with spices and grilled with onions. Its a little spicy for non spicy eaters. Portion is small but dish was good.
The preferred one will be the butter chicken ($12). Tenderly grilled tandoori chicken pcs with tomato based butter sauce. Tasted rich yet not overly powering. The prata accompanying it was fluffy as well. A very nice authentic north indian delicacy.
For drinks we tried their Lassi and lime mint. The lassi is thick and sweet and we definitely preferred the lime mint anytime. Much more refreshing.
For 1st time Indian food eaters, Curry Magic is a good option as food is not over powering with the very strong Indian flavour. This is definitely an awesome recommendation by our friend.
A summary of what we had:
Butter Chicken & Loti Prata
Grilled prawns
Papadum
My overall ratings:
Food: 4/5
Price: 3.5/5
Service: 3.5/5
Ambience: 3.8/5
You can locate them here:
Curry Magic
15-1 Jln Riang, Singapore 358987
This is our very first time trying out authentic Indian food at Farrer Park. We finished with our shopping at Mustafa with our lovely buddy and out we are having dinner at Usman as highly recommended by our buddies.
The open-air restaurant was spacious and looks clean. Place was crowded with many tourists trying out their authentic dishes as well. We left the ordering to our frenz since they are regular customers of the restaurant.
1. Butter and plain naan ($2/$1.30) - the naans are very well baked. Not too floury in taste and goes very well with the curries. Rating: 4/5
2. Butter chicken ($5.50) - yew!! Not recommended at all as it tasted real weird with a burnt taste. Rating: 2/5
3. Chicken karahi ($26) - we ordered the full version. Its pcs of chicken fried with sauce and spices. Did not like the chicken as it had a strong chicken taste. But the sauce was good. Rating: 3.5/5
4. Daal ($1.60) - very delicious curry lentil dish. Recommended to order. Rating: 4/5
5. Chilli fish ($11.90) - freshly fried fish with hot sauces with lots of onions and bell peppers. A little salty but goes well with naan. Rating: 3.8/5
6. Mutton bryani ($6.90) - delicious curry mutton with bryani rice. Surprisingly it has no strong mutton taste. Rating: 3.8/5
7. Bhindi ($2.70) - curry ladyfingers. Not too bad. Just like the standard curry. Rating: 3.8/5
8. Mixed vegetables ($2.70) - eggplants with potato in curry sauce. Not bad as well. Rating: 3.5/5
I am not an Indian food lover but Usman does serve quite good Indian food, especially the naan. Price is reasonable and staff is friendly as well. So give it a try when you are at Farrer Park.
A summary of what we had:
Butter and plain naan
Butter chicken
Chicken karahi
Daal
Chilli fish
Mutton bryani
Bhindi
Mixed vegetables
My overall ratings:
Food: 3.5/5
Price: 3.8/5
Ambience: 3/5
Service: 3.8/5
You can locate them here:
Usman
238 Serangoon Rd, Singapore 218085
