Now, you can have prata at any prata place, whether in Tekka, or whether at any other neighborhood in Singapore.
Just drop in to Sakunthala or Ananda Bhavan or Minora if you're in the Tekka area, or head to Jalan Kayu if you're in the Seletar-Seng Kang area, or even just about any one stall (or shop) in any residential neighborhood. Whether you're at Tampines or Ang Mo Kio or Jurong West or Yew Tee or Serangoon, there is bound to be at least one roti prata stall in the 'hood.
And me being a "just-eat-lar, chin-chai-lar" kind of diner, I won't recommend nor will I enter into debates over which is better, or which is not, which is good for this, or which is better for that.
But there are places that you make very special trips for... and Springleaf Prata Place is one of them.
I say very special trips, because one outlet is at Thong Soon Avenue, one outlet is at Rail Mall, and the other is at Jalan Tua Kong.
Which means that if you're not in that 'hood, and want to have their pratas, you're gonna have to go to somewhere along Upper Thomson, somewhere along Upper Bukit Timah Road, or somewhere along Siglap, and save for Rail Mall which is along the main road, the other two places are 'further inside'.
Which also means that if you're going to make a very special trip there, you might want to try something more than the regular prata kosong, so at Springleaf, you've got the "Murtaburger" and the "Plaster Blaster".
The Murtaburger is their version of the Ramly burger, so you've got two mutton patties wrapped in egg with a generous serving of cheese, doused with lots and lots of mayonnaise and chili sauce and black pepper sauce and then sandwiched between two crispy, hot pratas. The Plaster Blaster takes its cue from Eggs Benedict, so you've got two lovely poached eggs, above a layer of ham slices, above a crispy, hot prata and Hollandaise sauce ladled over and atop everything.
I've tried both, and funnily enough, I've got no pictures of either. ;)
What I do have are of their murtabaks.
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| the murtabak |
They're seriously huge, they're beautifully and skillfully done, their filling is solid, they're served hot, and they're wonderfully crispy and tasty. Plus, they're cut into nice little squares, so it's easy to share and whatever pulling that needs to be done is done on your own little slice.
We order the mutton murtabak most of the time. Because the size of the meat inside is appealing. None of the little mutton bits that offer me nary a taste, this one has pretty solid pieces- at least I can see the meat- folded inside and which make for a way, way more filling meal.
But it's not just the specialties and the murtabak that's good. Their regular prata offerings are fantastic too. Let's see, I've had the egg, the onion, the egg and onion and the kosong, and next time I'm there I'll give a shot at their banana prata. :)
Accompanied by a steaming cup of Teh Halia, or a glass of Lassi, or that cute drink with mint leaves floating about inside.
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| Drinks |
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| my Lassi |