Bismillah Biryani Restaurant

With a huge banner and signboard that boasts "Singapore's Best Dum Biryani", Bismillah Biryani was however, especially quiet when we walked in at around 8pm on a Monday evening.

Front and side view of the restaurant

A really flattering review from an authentic customer..

I really like the bold red colour.

Nice. But..

It's nice to know that they think making money is less important than the taste of the food and the health of the customers, but their biryani and drinks are not cheap at all leh...

Papadum and the awesome mint yoghurt sauce!

We were served papadums with this mint yoghurt sauce shortly after we ordered the biryani. The papadum tasted great as there was no overdose of the spices and it was really thin and crispy. But it's better to finish this fast as it got soft and soggy after half an hour (must be the humidity in the air).

Love this!

I really enjoyed the flavour and refreshing taste of this uplifting and yummy sauce so I asked the boss about it and got to know it's a mint yoghurt sauce with coriander and some chilli added.

Teh Tarik ($1.50) & Iced Teh Tarik ($2.50)

I was surprised at the the huge difference in the colour of the tea when they served it to us but both hot and cold version tasted good.


Dum Mutton Biryani ($9)

Really long grains of rice!

The first thing we noticed were the very long grains of rice. They use Basmati Rice which is more expensive and supposedly to have a better fragrance when cooked. To be honest, I really couldn't taste the difference as I'm not an expert in biryani. However, the mutton was really fragrant, tender and flavourful which I enjoyed eating. It would have been a perfect biryani for me if the rice were wetter and the curry less spicy though. Makan Boy and I found it hard to fully appreciate the dish because we were constantly going "Urghh.. spicy!!!" *Gulps Teh Tarik*.

I believe they justify their plate of biryani fit to sell at $9/plate because of the rice they use, but I certainly didn't feel my money's worth in making a trip down the next time round except for maybe the mint yoghurt sauce and the mutton?

Bismillah Biryani Restaurant
50 Dunlop Street
Singapore 209379
Tel: 93827937
Daily: 12am - 10.30pm (Closed from 3 - 5.30pm)