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Ananda Bhavan
Little India specialises in unappealing fluoro-lit, plastic-table eateries that look more like burger joints, but swallow your aesthetic concerns and plunge into the wonderful North and South Indian veggie fare here - the set meals are truly enormous. There are other Little India outlets at Tekka Market, Selegie Rd and Syed Alwi Rd, opposite Mustafa Centre.
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Anjappar
The two Little India outlets of this Chennai-based dynasty serve up outstanding Chettinaad cuisine, from the deep south of India. Our favourites are the mutton uppu kari and the chicken nattu koli masala , the latter guaranteed to have you gasping in blissful chilli heaven. The flagship branch is on Race Course Rd, but the service is better here.
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Annalakshmi
Something of an institution, this volunteer-run Indian vegetarian restaurant serves up excellent limitless lunchtime buffets that attract hordes of office workers. When you're finished just pay whatever you feel like to the cashier. Around S$5 to S$10 is acceptable - it all goes to charity. Other branches at Lau Pa Sat and in Chinatown Point are open for dinner as well.
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Bombay Woodlands
Moved from its original location to a new spot a few doors down, this is still one of the hidden gems of the Orchard Area. Try the bottomless lunchtime buffet or choose from the small but uniformly excellent menu of vegetarian staples.
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Bombay Woodlands Restaurant
Ethically and spiritually aware, this heavily-wooded vegetarian joint's mission is to help you kick the 'meat habit'. Its set thali meals (around S$15 to S$25 ) are bountiful.
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Coastes
Best of the Sentosa beach eateries, serving up excellent pizzas, pasta and curries to a relaxed crowd. Grab a rustic table under the pergola, or look louche on the sun loungers. It's not exclusively for the hip, tanned and beautiful, as the thumping music suggests.
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Dosa Corner
This lurid-lit vegetarian place is wicked! Wash your hands at the basin near the counter then chow down on 2ft rolled paper dosas (crispy pancakes) stuffed with funky potato, turmeric and onion masala.
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Food Republic
Perennially packed, it's survival of the quickest when it comes to grabbing a table at peak times, but the food is worth it. If it's full, head for the private sitting areas attached to the Chutneys Indian and Waan Waan Thai stalls, where you pay a little more. We also particularly like the teppanyaki counter and the beef noodles.
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Komala Vilas
Wildly popular Komala Vilas serves terrific, cheap vegetarian meals all day long. Try some spicy samosas (stuffed pastries), or order the thali - veggie curries, dhal and condiments served on a banana leaf (scoop it up with your right hand). Its outlet at 82 Serangoon Rd sells sugary Indian sweets.
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Lucky Prata
One of those little surprises that pops up in unlikely and not entirely encouraging places. The north and south Indian fare is excellent, the fish-head curry particularly good. Wildly busy at lunchtimes, so get there early, or expect to muck in with everyone else.
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Rang Mahal
Much-praised Indian in sophisticated stone and teak subcontinental surrounds. The vegetarian selection offers silky dhals, while we can confirm the scarlet masala prawns are 'gutsy' rather than 'gusty' as the menu suggests.
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Samundar
Avoid the air-con inside and grab an outdoor table, a few beers and order up big from the tandoor menu at this beachside beauty. The North Indian bias suggests it's aimed squarely at the legions of Indian tourists on Sentosa. Features an extensive vegetarian menu.
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Samy's Curry Restaurant
For 25 years, the ceiling fans spun above the banana leaves in this leafy, open-walled, timber-shuttered colonial throwback. Then, as the area developed around them, some genius decided it was time for the timber shutters to go. The food is still magnificent, but much of the atmosphere has gone.
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Tekka Centre
Queue up for biryani, dosai (South Indian savoury pancake), roti prata and teh tarik, then wedge yourself into a table at this legendary hawker centre wrapped around the sloshed guts and hacked bones of the wet market. Not for the faint-hearted.
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Tiffin Room
The very name evokes pith helmets, linen suits and parasols, and the elegant interior only reinforces the image. Open all day, but best visited for the dinner buffet starting at , which is something close to curry heaven, though you may need to be carried out after.
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