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Padang Corner – Tasty Corner

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By Veron Ang

Like a typical Singaporean, I am very fond of spicy food, even if it means looking unglamorous while eating my favourite sambal dishes, nose dripping at the same time. For that reason, I love the robust flavours of Indonesian food, which tend to be red hot spicy most of the time.

At the kopitiam food court in Plaza Singapura, there’s always an impossibly long queue at the famous riverside Indonesian BBQ stall. But for people that are too hungry to endure the long wait, there’s another Indonesian food stall. The name is padang corner, a rather apt one as it is a corner stall too.

You can order the food here in the form of ala carte dishes, or rice sets.

Beef Rendang
S$2.50
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The beef rendang is prepared only upon ordering. Hence you can be assured of a freshly cooked bowl! Chunks of beef are served in a simmering rendang gravy. While the tasty gravy has just the right amount of spicy condiments, it is very oily too. (lately I’ve become more health-conscious so I tend to pay attention to such things.) had it been less oily, I wouldn’t think twice about slurping it all down!

Seafood Rice Set with Prawn

Seafood Rice Set with Prawn
S$4.80
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For rice sets, you can choose from seafood, curry chicken or beef rendang, just to name a few. Each set comes with vegetables, and either an egg or fried beancurd. We ordered a couple of the seafood sets — one with prawn, the other sotong (calamari).

One conclusion I have come to is that the lady boss must really love to cook! All her dishes are cooked in different gravies. Even for the chilli gravy, she would have variations. For example, the prawns and the sotong are cooked in two very different chilli sauces. The prawn gravy is a bright chilli red colour with a sourish tinge. The sotong gravy is a deeper red, with a sweeter taste that is similar to sambal chilli.

And both of them taste good!

Seafood Rice Set with Sotong

Seafood Rice Set with Sotong
S$4.80
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I do have a few major gripes though. The portions for the prawns and the sotong are rather skimpy for a $4.80 set meal. Also, the stall has yet to invest in a proper heater. So most of the food get cold if you go there in the evening. If you want non-soggy food with hot gravy, it’s a better idea to go there in the afternoon when all the food are freshly cooked.

Curry Chicken

Curry Chicken
S$4
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After discovering my most favourite curry chicken at Xin Wang, nothing else seems to compare. The one here is nothing to shout about, with a curry that’s watered down, non-spicy and bland. At the end of the day, it really is the curry that makes or breaks a dish like this.

In any case, an additional alternative for Indonesian food is always welcome. (it’s halal too!) the flavours at padang corner are tasty alright, without you having to wait long to be served your food. Just be sure to go there earlier in the day before the food turns cold.

Padang Corner (Stall 3) (

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Kopitiam, Plaza Singapura
68 Orchard Road
#06-15/20 Singapore 238839

Tags: curry, Dhoby Ghaut, dinner, food court, Halal, Indonesian, lunch, Malay, Plaza Singapura

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Veron Ang is the Founder and Chief Editor of Sparklette, a Singapore restaurants guide, lifestyle and travel blog. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science from the National University of Singapore and runs a web design firm at Sparklette Studio. To get in touch, head on over to the contact page or follow @Sparklette and @VeronSG on Twitter.

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py
183 comments

I didn’t even realised that there was a Padang Corner when I was at Plaza Sing. I only noticed the long queue at the famous riverside indonesian bbq stall, remembered one of your reviews…and I went to queue for food at the Riverside Indonesian BBQ stall.
I can see that you pretty much like seafood?
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Posted August 28, 2008 at 11:38 pm
X Wings
50 comments

Good Morning People,
(1) Ever noticed there’re some who just starts sweating in their face n hair whenever they eat spicy food, even if they are in air con-ed place ?
Its quite funny (if they’re your friends, eeeky if they’re strangers) when the sweats start to drip into the food……
(2) One word of advice, I always make sure I remove any remaining hair on the bbq meat whichever stalls/restaurants I went, remaining hair on bbq meat is something which I can never tolerate…. so next time before you start your meal whichever stalls/restaurant u go….remember to check 1st ??? especially if you’re overseas or eating from roadside….
(3) Cold or room temperature curry is a big “no, no” too !!!…..just imagine the oil n coconut milk solidifying under that sort of condition…. horror !!!
Enuf said…..”talk” to you people again…
Regards
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Posted August 29, 2008 at 8:52 am
Xtie
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Hi,
There’s a similar stall in NUS engineering canteen selling indonesian bbq. It tastes pretty good and it’s very cheap! About $3 for a plate. But beware of the long queue during lunch time.
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Posted August 29, 2008 at 9:42 am
Veron
3438 comments

py: Did you like the Indonesian BBQ stall? I assumed you had the grilled chicken. That’s their bestseller, and for good reason too. Yup, I love seafood. Give me prawn, calamari, stingray and I would be a happy girl!
X Wings: Haha I know of quite a few people that sweat when eating spicy food. Hair on meat? Yucks! That’s just gross! I don’t think I have ever come across that, maybe because I tend to go for chicken (little hair) and seafood (no hair).
Xtie: Thanks for the recommendation! I’m sure many undergrads there would find it useful :)
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Posted September 1, 2008 at 10:56 pm
r.p
15 comments

the portion looks small to me and your rating is quite low. So I don’t think I will try it. haha.
Anyway, usually I ordered BBQ chicken with rice and egg at Indonesia BBQ Stall in Kopitiam in IMM.
Not sure if PS Kopitiam has that stall.
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Posted September 4, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Veron
3438 comments

There’s the famous Riverside Indonesian BBQ stall at PS Kopitiam which, in my opinion, serves the best grilled chicken ever!
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Posted September 8, 2008 at 8:37 pm