421 River Valley Road
Singapore 248320

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Hadn’t really been continuing on our hunt for mamak establishments all across the island but we did find ourselves stopping by Al-Afrose Restaurant on one fine day after going around Zion Road Food Centre only to realise there wasn’t anything much that we were craving for there. The initial train of thought was to swing by the always-reliable ZAMAS River Valley Restaurant, though little did we know that they were also at full capacity as well. Al-Afrose Restaurant has been around River Valley for the longest time; often seen as the establishment that is not quite as popular as the more well-patronised ZAMAS River Valley Restaurant that occupies the shophouse located right at the corner. If anything, Al-Afrose Restaurant has always looked slightly more tired than the other establishment that is situated along the same road; while the restaurant sports a blue signboard than attempts to attract the attention of passers-by, the interior decor does veer towards the more traditional mamak stalls that we know — wooden tables with plastic chairs that looked kinda worn out by now. Despite being well-lit, the yellowish lighting used by Al-Afrose Restaurant is also less eye-catching than that of the brighter lights that ZAMAS River Valley Restaurant uses. Al-Afrose Restaurant’s menu is pretty typical to that of any other mamak establishment around — the menu comprises of a large variety of dishes which includes Prata, Murtabak, Dosai & Vadai, Soup, Chops & Steaks, Goreng, Chappathi & Poori and North Indian Cuisine which includes Naan, rice, poultry, seafood and vegetable dishes that works best as communal dishes to be shared across the table. Beverages include the usual suspects; think cordial-based drinks, coffee, tea and fruit juices — just to name a few. Al-Afrose Restaurant does operate another outlet at Bishan, if those staying near the area does find some familiarity in the name.

Since it was our first visit to a mamak establishment after a really long time, we seemed to be really excited to go a little bit crazy with the choices of Prata that we were going to order. Truth to be told, the Prata offerings at Al-Afrose Restaurant aren’t too out of the ordinary like the ones that one can find at establishments such as Springleaf Prata Place, Casuarina Curry or Prata Lahhh! at Hougang; that being said, there are still quite a number of variations of Prata served up here including those that involve the use of cheese, butter and Milo. It wouldn’t be fair not to give their savoury prata a go when we usually would do so at other locations; our choice would be the Chili Onion Prata. It seems that Al-Afrose Restaurant does their filled Prata with a soft and fluffy Prata base that still comes with plenty of tension to tear apart. Filled with slices of green chili padi within, biting on the seeds would evoke a slightly spicier sensation that is likely to send one sweating, though it should not be particularly intimidating to those whom are accustomed to moderate levels of spiciness; the onions adding a zing amidst the crunch that they gave. The curry, despite being a little more watery than we thought, came with a good flavour — also carrying a level of spiciness that would do well with those whom are able to take moderate levels of spiciness. Meanwhile, the Cheese Milo Prata that we had went for came slightly savoury from the slice of processed cheese that was strewn all around the Prata — there was evident traces of mill powder sprinkled atop though the malty cocoa sweetness didn’t quite pull through here perhaps due to the lack of condensed milk; probably not too different from their rendition of the Cheese Prata here. All in all, perhaps we would still prefer ZAMAS River Valley Restaurant when it comes to the Prata — though to be fair, we hadn’t had the Plain version at Al-Afrose Restaurant, and that we were not too impressed by the filled Prata that ZAMAS River Valley Restaurant dishes out as well. No harm trying them out whilst in the neighbourhood nonetheless.

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I got a Masala Thosai [$3.00] and Tea Halia [below$2] and the mix of spices was so aromatic and delightful for me, especially after a long day at work. Imagine whole spices of cinnamon, peppercorns, coriander seeds, cumin seeds and other kinds of spices toasted together with potatoes. How delicious. I loved how generous they were with the masala — I felt satiated after one masala thosai.

Al Afrose has one of the most consistent Maggie goreng around. I like this cause it’s the dry type, not too spicy and i asked for onions to be removed but it’s still as tasty. My friends usually ask for a higher spiciness level.

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Few doors down from spize, we decided to try on a Friday night. Relatively empty. Curry is diluted. Lassi is diluted. Egg prata and garlic naan passable. #burpple #instafood #prata #naan #lassi #spize

Just travelled by foot for 30 mins back and forth, just to eat Prata at this place

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But it also one of our supper favorites.

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