Xin Yuan Vegetarian Food Trading

A little store conveniently located at level 1, next to infinite happiness. sells a huge range of vegan and vegetarian goods at reasonable prices, brings in seasonal goodies too such as CNY treats during the chinese new year. here are 2 of my favourite purchases: 1. vegetarian prawn paste $3 i used to get this for $10 at a temple, was shook to find it here for less than 1/3 of the price! taste-wise, it doesn’t taste like the typical “hae bee hiam” but has a very pleasant savoury flavour of its own. the closest i can get to describing it is the taste of oyster sauce? btw a little goes a really long way! goes sooo well with veg or tofu stir frys, i especially love it with sliced spicy eggplant/cauliflower! 2. vegetarian tomyam paste 227g $3.50 a non vegetarian fried recommended this to me and wow!!! it’s really good! just like the good ol tom yum i remember eating. if you’re reallyyy into the sour lime flavour, feel free to squeeze in extra lime! spiciness wise, i’d say it’s at a moderate level? those who hardly it spicy food would find this pretty spicy! i love to use this for my soup base when cooking udon! add a block of tau kwa, some mushrooms, tomato, and vegetables and you’ve got yourself a hearty meal.

A great variety, a lot of items not commonly found in supermarkets.

Included in the large range of items are various noodles, rice, sauces, pastes, seaweeds and condiments from across Asia. Dried mushrooms, powders, flours and frozen vegetarian items such as dumplings and Bao buns are available. There is a fridge as well with some dairy/ vegetarian items but check whether there are vegan. It is also worth asking which pre-made items are veg/ vegan to be sure.

Every time I visit Singapore, I always make sure to stop by this store to purchase kolomee noodles and belacan seasoning.

This restaurant may be small, but they have almost everything you could possibly want.