Komala Vilas Singapore

As a hardcore Chennaite, I am used to devouring rice for all three meals a day from breakfast to dinner, be it in the form of Idli, Dosa, Sambar or curd rice. I don't get  a wholesome feel unless the morsel of food spreads throughout the mouth leaving the taste and flavour even long after you have finished your meal. This can only be got with the polymorphs of rice mixed with south Indian specialities like Sambar or Rasam. For the uninitiated, Sambar and Rasam are basically stews that are meant to be mixed and consumed with cooked rice called Sadam in Tamil. Especially with Sambar, there are innumerable versions like Onion Sambar, Drumstick and Radish Sambar, each one transcending the consumer to a different level.  Having said this, I have tried eating in almost all the Indian restaurants in Singapore, right from Annalakshmi to the moderate Mani Iyer mess on Hindoo Road in Little India. With ~15% of the population of Singapore belonging to the tamil diaspora, there is no dearth of South Indian food and restaurants. You can find them all over the Island. But of the lot I have tried here, the Komala Vilas restaurant in Serangoon Road stands out among all.

They have an awesome spread on the menu from Naan and Aloo Palak to the piping hot sambar Idli. The taste is amazing. My favourite here has always been the rice meal here. They have a different menu each day. With a variety of 3 vegetables, along with Sambar, Thuvayal, Vathal Kuzhambu, Rasam and Kheer, etc., Its very much a likeable option for me whenever I visit Komalas.  The best part about this restaurant is the quality of food which remains consistent whether you go at 8 AM in the morning or at 10 PM in the evening just before they close. The reason that the restaurant is in Little India makes it a much more enticing reason to visit this restaurant on all weekends.