Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Kalam Restaurant in Singapore's Little India

Prawn Ghee Roast, Lady Finger Fry, and Mangalorean Buns

I liked this place a lot more than I thought I would (2 Veerasamy Road). See, on the surface it didn't look like much. A bunch of us had never heard of it, and the signage suggested that they were trying to be all things to all people. But it turns out they actually specialize in food from Mangalore and the city of Udupi, so that meant a softer coastal cuisine.

There were not only some rather notable dishes that one typically doesn't find at other shops, but they also they executed well with good quality ingredients and techniques, and even decent ambience and service to boot.

Some of the unique things included some puffy buns that looked like many other flatbreads, but were actually mildly sweet and came with a coconut chutney. The prawn ghee roast as well as a mutton sukka were nice in that they didn't sit in a thick gravy, but was seemingly more like a stir-fry. And I liked how the portions weren't outrageous here, which let us try quite a few things. This place is worth returning to.

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