Sizzlers by bismi biryani

And the search for Roti Prata Sarang Burung continues … it does seem that our recent adventures to look for the dish around the little red dot found ourselves heading to Ang Mo Kio for quite a bit; our last Roti Canai Sarang Burung being the one that is served up by Can-Ai that is located in a Mr Teh Tarik coffeeshop that is situated at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6. Sizzlers is an establishment that we had come across whilst going around the area in Ang Mo Kio closer to Mayflower MRT Station along the Thomson-East Coast Line; the name Sizzlers may ring some bells for some considering how the brand was operating at the Kedai Kopi coffeeshop at Clementi some time back — it does seem that these guys had made a recent move to the Kedai Kopi coffeeshop that is situated at Blk 108 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4 instead. Sizzlers is a brand by the same folks behind Bismi Briyani; Bismi Briyani being a stall that is located within Yishun Park Hawker Centre – pretty obvious considering how one can find the logo of Bismi Briyani just below the Sizzlers logo at the stall. Sizzlers is fairly easy to locate, with the stall directly facing the main road; they are also situated in between the beverages stall (i.e. Toko Ngopj) as well as the outlet of Hawkerman in the above-mentioned location of Kedai Kopi. Considering how Sizzlers does share its roots with Bismi Briyani, it comes with little surprise that one can find Bismi Briyani’s various Briyani offerings being served as part of the menu at Sizzlers, while Sizzlers seem to focus more towards the various Roti Prata dishes, as well as Roti John, Murtabak and mamak-style Sizzling Hotplate dishes that would be the highlight at Sizzlers.

Not gonna lie here but we were really tempted by the hotplate offerings — after all, we do always enjoy a well-executed hotplate dish that does not use the hotplate merely as a form of dining ware. That being said, we were here for their Sarang Burung; and since we were pretty much here by ourselves we decided to stick to just that anyway. For an establishment that serves up Sarang Burung, it does seem that Sizzlers offer quite a wide variety of variants of Sarang Burung as compared to other establishments that we have come across so far that serves up the same — there is even a dessert version of the Sarang Burung which is named Sarang Burung Nutella Cheese; this would be the only sweet option amongst other savoury ones such as the Sarang Burung Lamb Shank and the Sarang Burung Sardine that they also have to offer. We found ourselves opting for the Sarang Burung Chicken — the Roti Prata at Sizzlers seems to be made fresh-upon-order at least from what we had observed during our trip made to Sizzlers in a weekday evening. Interestingly, Sizzlers does serve up two variants of curry with their Sarang Burung Chicken without us prompting them to do so — the two different types of curry accompanying the Sarang Burung Chicken being a mutton curry and a fish curry. Coming with two eggs in the middle, the egg whites and egg yolk of the Sarang Burung Chicken comes wobbly and runny here; the Roti Prata itself being of an adequate thickness and mostly being on the crispier side of things — this also meant that the Roti Prata is best to be enjoyed hot since the Roti Prata has a tendency to stiffen a fair bit after being left around for a while. The chicken included here comes shredded in a red hue; something which feels a little similar to the reddish colour of Mee Kuah though this doesn’t seem to add much to the flavours of the meat anyway.

Aside from that, it does seem like they had also doused a layer of curry over the Sarang Burung Chicken considering the inherent note of curry and that fiery hint of spiciness that came along without even dipping into the accompanying curry that they served on the side — the level of spiciness being just about right to tickle the tastebuds even for those with moderate tolerance to spiciness in general. Between the two cruise that they had served up, our preferred curry would be the chicken curry — we did find their curries not being quite as thick as we wished to, though they were not disturbingly dilute as some others that we had come across which would have struck to us as bland; these were decent in that respect, with the Mutton version coming with a slight note of gaminess though not quite as intimidating as msome that we have come across while on this journey sussing out the various places that serve up Roti Prata Sarang Burung. The curries that accompany the Roti Prata at Sizzlers may not be the highlight here, though one thing is definitely for sure — their Sarang Burung does seem to match up against other establishments that serve up the same dish around the island. With around five versions of the Sarang Burung being served up here, they are also possibly the most inventive of the lot that we have tried when it comes to the Roti Prata Sarang Burung — prices do get a little steep depending on the type of meat opted alongside it however; the most basic Sarang Burung here with just the Roti Prata and the two eggs in the middle is priced decently at $3, while our order of the Sarang Burung Chicken costs us $6.50. The priciest variant would be the Sarang Burung Lamb Shank – this is listed at a whopping $16.50; also the only variant priced above $8. While Sarang Burung has indeed become a little more commonly found around the island these days, there is definitely still some novelty to the dish to bring one here if one is curious and really keen to try it out!