Zam Zam - Thank You Man

Out for Sunday breakfast.

Murtabak cooker next to his grill.

The man making the dough - eggs and ghee - heart attack time!

Peace and good eating!

And all for about $15 Singapore dollars.

Yesterday morning Sophia, Ronak and I went out in search of the best murtabak in Singapore. http://www.answers.com/topic/murtabak We have tried several places but have noticed that the Zam Zam Muslim food restaurant is always listed near or at the top. Located behind the Mohammad Sultan Mosque, off Arab street, Zam Zam figured to be pretty good for this type of food. We were not disappointed.

We took the bus to Bugis Junction and walked a few blocks to Zam Zam. It is indeed right behind the Mosque and I am told that several times a day the cooks and staff take a break to pray. Seeing as it was Saturday morning and Singaporeans don't get moving too early on the weekends we were able to get a table right away. I heard the portions were big so we ordered two murtabak to split. One chicken and one mutton. We also ordered our favorite teh haliah (ginger tea). the teh arrived first and I have to say it was rather weak and boring. Our happy server brought us our plates, forks, spoons and two bowls of curry - one mutton and one chicken (I think). The murtabaks were soon served. They were bigger then we are used to and had meat inside and out. The mutton mutabak looked like a sausage pizza and the chicken like a big burrito. Definitely unlike our usual food court versions. Ronak and I dug into the mutton and Sophia took aim at the chicken. We certainly found them to be flavourful. The prata (dough) was very crispy, light and sublime and the filling was big chunks of meat as opposed to the usual minced meat. The currys were both very good. Tons of curry flavour but not too spicy - the mutton curry was a bit sharp, but good sharp and the chicken was smooth. Sophia really liked the chicken and basically had no need to even try the mutton but she did. She did not like it as much as Ronak and I did, but we like everything.

We gorged for quite a while and still couldn't finish the two murtabaks. We were very full when we left and paused to snap a few pictures of the happy Zam Zam staff. This place is really good - I give it a 4 on the 5 burp scale. I knocked down a bit because Ronak tells me this morning that he had a little stomach upset last night. Not sure if it was courtesy of Zam Zam so we will have to send him back again soon to confirm.