Vegetarian Korean cafe with Instagrammable meals doubles up as a pottery studio

When it involves vegan and vegetarian meals, one dish might come to thoughts: salad, salad, and extra salad. As a lifelong meat eater, I’ll admit that I used to suppose the identical. However, Am I Addicted is a restaurant that caught my consideration for having a complete slew of non-salad vegan and vegetarian dishes.

Located inside Capitol in City Hall, Am I Addicted is a vegetarian and vegan Korean cafe that doubles as a pottery studio. All their dishes are meat-free, with a large number of totally plant-based vegan choices.

As somebody who doesn’t eat vegan meals usually, I used to be excited to have the ability to attempt vegan meals like by no means earlier than. I used to be additionally accompanied by my vegan pal, in order to assemble a extra unbiased view of the meals.

What I attempted at Am I Addicted

The first dish we tried was the Doenjang Truffle Risotto (S$25), containing doenjang (Korean miso), truffle oil, dashi inventory and combined mushrooms. Most curiously, the Doenjang Truffle Risotto was made with barley as an alternative of rice, not like conventional risotto. 

The Doenjang Truffle Risotto got here with the choice of getting a sous vide egg, cheese, garlic and onion, however I opted to not have them to get the total vegan expertise.

The barley was chewy and the perfume of the truffle oil was evident with every mouthful. I may style the salty, umami doenjang and dashi inventory, and the mushrooms had been beneficiant and smooth. The complete dish was packed filled with flavour, and I used to be very pleasantly stunned!

The vegan cheese sprinkled on high of the Doenjang Truffle Risotto didn’t have the identical creamy, melty mouthfeel or wealthy flavour as in comparison with actual cheese, however it added a little bit of texture and saltiness to the dish.

While I’d not name this dish a risotto attributable to it missing the identical creaminess that common risotto would have, I discovered it to be completely scrumptious and bursting with flavour.

Next, we had the Grilled Cheese Kimchi Sandwich (S$16), consisting of bread sandwiching kimchi and vegan cheese with a facet of backyard salad.

The sandwich was generously stuffed with components, whereas the salad was drizzled with a sesame sauce.

The kimchi inside the sandwich was salty and flavourful, with the kimchi sauce properly coating the floor of the bread. I discovered the vegan cheese to be quite underwhelming compared to actual cheese, as texture-wise, it was barely rubbery and didn’t have the identical melty, gooey high quality as actual cheese. The vegan cheese didn’t add a lot flavour or dimension to the sandwich, and I felt that the Grilled Cheese Kimchi Sandwich would have been higher complemented with different vegetable fillings.

The salad was extremely recent and crisp, and I discovered it to be refreshing and scrumptious.

Generally I wasn’t extremely impressed with the Grilled Cheese Kimchi Sandwich, however my eating companion loved this dish extra out of the 2 that we tried. However, I nonetheless discovered the addition of kimchi inside a sandwich to be ingenious and inventive, and it was nonetheless a satisfying dish nonetheless.

I usually don’t pay a lot consideration to the drinks served in eating places and cafes as my focus is normally on the principle dishes, however Am I Addicted’s drinks seemed too visually interesting to disregard. We first bought the Strawberry Chung Ade (S$6.90). For the uninitiated, chung is a type of preserved puree made utilizing fruits and sugar, and the Strawberry Chung Ade got here with strawberry chung and soda.

The soda was fizzy and really refreshing, with the strawberry chung tasting pure and never too candy. My eating companion and I each cherished this drink, and the addition of recent strawberries made it all of the extra scrumptious.

The Strawberry Chung Milk (S$7.90), alternatively, got here with an attractive darkish chocolate rim round it. Like the Strawberry Chung Ade, the strawberry chung tasted pure and candy, bringing out the perfume of the oat milk.

I fell in love with this drink, and I’d most actually get it once more sooner or later!

Final ideas

To many meat eaters, vegan and vegetarian meals might not sound very interesting, particularly with many having the misperception that vegans and vegetarians solely eat salads. Am I Addicted impressed me with their vegan dishes, and as a meat eater, I may undoubtedly envision myself having these dishes on a regular basis. 

Am I Addicted offers scrumptious and healthful vegan and vegetarian dishes that may be loved by each meat eaters and non-meat eaters. Even as I’m scripting this overview, I’m beginning to crave some Doenjang Truffle Risotto and Strawberry Chung Milk. Oh no, am I addicted?

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