Zuzu Kebab

Zuzu Kebab
49A Serangoon Garden Way
#01-32 Serangoon Garden Market & Food Centre

https://www.facebook.com/zuzukebab.sg/

Butter Rice With Mixed Chicken & Beef (SGD $12)

Excellent Hand-Crafted Turkish Kebabs

(Ratings: On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 = Worst and 10 = Best)
Overall: 8
Ambience & Setting: 8
Food & Beverage: 8
Service: 7
Value for Money: 8
Spent about SGD $9 per person.


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Opening in March 2022, Zuzu Kebab is a Muslim-owned hawker stall specialising in Turkish kebabs. The chef at the helm of Zuzu Kebab formerly hailed from the Turkish Kebab House, a pop-up stall often seen in Pasar Malams / Night Bazaars around Singapore. Zuzu Kebab tends to attract long hungry queues of diners, thanks to their delicious dishes served in large hearty portions, at wallet-friendly prices.

Ambience at Zuzu Kebab is shared with the rest of the Serangoon Garden Market & Food Centre hawker stalls. There's ample common seating, with bright lights, and an open, airy, bustling atmosphere. The large and attractive signage of Zuzu Kebab is easy to spot, with people patiently waiting their turn to order. As with all hawker centres, diners are expected to clear their finished dishes to a common collection point.

Service at Zuzu Kebab is friendly but structured. Chef takes a few orders at a time, then makes each order one at a time. This results in fresh, made-to-order, piping hot meals each time, though it also leads to a short queue of up to 15 minutes in waiting time. It's usually a 1 or 2 man show here, and while they demonstrate great product knowledge on the menu, they can be rather brusque during peak periods.

Food at Zuzu Kebab is Turkish cuisine, with a focus on kebabs. There's a good range of options here, though most folks order the staples. I like that their dishes and meals are healthy and wholesome, not too greasy, and served with plenty of fresh vegetables. Quality is consistently above average, and portions are large for individuals. Prices are wallet-friendly but higher than other hawkers, budget about SGD $9 per person.


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Zuzu Kebab Facade

Zuzu Kebab Menu 2022

Zuzu Kebab Menu 2022

The Kebab Beef (SGD $9) is incredibly satisfying. Within a soft chewy flour flatbread, is wrapped slices of chewy tender spice marinated beef doner kebab meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie, along with fresh vegetables (crisp lettuce, juicy tomato, crisp red onions, and bouncy black olives), finished with house kebab sauce. It's large and hefty, as thick as a forearm, bursting with bright smoky meaty savoury salty spice vegetal earthy sweet flavour. So yummy. Highly recommended!

Kebab Beef (SGD $9)

Kebab Beef

Kebab Beef

The Kebab Chicken (SGD $8) is super satisfying. Within a soft chewy flour flatbread, is wrapped chunks of succulent tender spice marinated chicken doner kebab meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie, along with fresh vegetables (crisp lettuce, juicy tomato, crisp red onions, and juicy bell peppers / capsicum), finished with house kebab sauce. It's large and hefty, as thick as a forearm, bursting with enticing smoky meaty sweet savoury spice salty vegetal earthy sweet flavour. So delicious. Highly recommended!

Kebab Chicken (SGD $8)

Kebab Chicken

Kebab Chicken

The vegetarian Falafel Pita Bread (SGD $12) is so good, you almost forget it's vegetarian. The warm pita bread, studded with white sesame seeds and black sesame seeds, has a firm bite to the exterior, then you get the chewy spongy soft interior. The large chunky falafel balls, made with ground chickpeas, parsely, coriander, and spices, crumbles easily. Completed with fresh vegetables (crisp lettuce, juicy tomato, crisp red onions, and bouncy black olives), finished with house kebab sauce. It's thick and filling, almost face-sized in diameter, bursting with wholesome bready sweet vegetal spice savoury salty earthy nutty flavour. So tasty. Good!

Falafel Pita Bread (SGD $12)

Falafel Pita Bread

Falafel Pita Bread

Falafel Pita Bread

The Pide Mixed Chicken & Beef (SGD $17) features the classic Turkish pide bread, an oval-shaped leavened wheat-based dough topped with slices of chicken, slices of beef, red onions, tomatoes, and mozzarella cheese. With a firm crisp crunchy exterior to the pide bread, and a moist tender soft warm interior of the fillings, this carries lovely smoky bready meaty vegetal sweet savoury salty earthy flavours. Served with a sun-dried tomato paste with bold vegetal earthy sweet sour flavour, and a creamy tahini with bright milky nutty herbal sweet flavour. Note that a baking time of up to 15 minutes is required for each pide order, as they make it from scratch. Highly recommended!

Pide Mixed Chicken & Beef (SGD $17)

Pide Mixed Chicken & Beef

Pide Mixed Chicken & Beef

Pide Mixed Chicken & Beef

The Hummus (SGD $9) here is a main all on its own, not so much a side dish. The centerpiece features a creamy mashed chickpea hummus, bright with grainy earthy sweet savoury flavour. It's dressed with juicy pickled gherkins with bright vegetal sour sweet flavour, bouncy brined black olives with sharp vegetal earthy sour salty flavour, and chunky sun-dried tomato paste with lovely vegetal sweet flavour. It's served with juicy fresh slices of tomato with vegetal sweet flavour, and a warm pita bread with firm chewy spongy soft texture and bready nutty sweet flavour. Love how tasty everything was, couldn't stop using the wam pita bread to mop up all the lovely creamy hummus. Highly recommended!

Hummus (SGD $9)

Hummus

Hummus

The Butter Rice With Mixed Chicken & Beef (SGD $12) is a large and filling plate, sized for those with healthy appetites. There's more meat than rice or vegetables! The bed is fluffy loose butter infused rice with mild buttery grainy sweet savoury flavour. On the side is a medley of fresh vegetables (crisp lettuce, juicy tomato, crisp red onions, bouncy brined black olives, and juicy bell peppers / capsicum) with vegetal earthy sweet flavour, along with creamy garlic yoghurt with bright tangy sweet sour zesty milky spice notes. There's 2 kinds of meat, both roasted in the vertical rotisserie and generously stacked on the plate; tender chewy strips of spice marinated beef doner kebab meat with smoky savoury salty spice flavour; and tender succulent chunks of spice marinated chicken doner kebab meat with smoky spice sweet savoury salty flavour. Utterly delicious. Highly recommended!

Butter Rice With Mixed Chicken & Beef (SGD $12)

Butter Rice With Mixed Chicken & Beef

Butter Rice With Mixed Chicken & Beef

Now this is a heaping mountain of food, suitable for 2 persons. I've never had an Iskender Kebab Mixed (SGD $17) like their rendition here, it was delicious. The base is warm pita bread, firm chewy spongy soft in texture with bready sweet nutty flavour. Stacked with large chunky slices of chewy marinated beef doner kebab meat with smoky savoury salty spice flavour, and tender marinated chicken doner kebab meat with smoky spice sweet savoury salty flavour. Garnished with bouncy brined black olives with sharp vegetal earthy sour salty flavour, and juicy pickled gherkins with bright vegetal sour sweet flavour. Covered with rich chunky juicy fresh tomato sauce and large slices of fresh tomato, lending beautiful vegetal sweet flavour. Completed with a large helping of dense chilled sour cream which lends a milky sour flavour to contrast the richness of the meats. Visually looks messy, but it's yummy. Good!

Iskender Kebab Mixed (SGD $17)

Iskender Kebab Mixed

Rather conflicted about the Baklava (SGD $7 for 2 pieces), because of inconsistent execution. This iconic Turkish dessert confectionery consists of multiple layers of fragile thin filo pastry, dressed in a sugar syrup and garnished with finely crushed pistachio nuts. When served warm, the crisp crunch of the pastry and the soft chew of the nuts is lovely, however, there was occasions when it wasn't warmed properly, and the middle was cold. Taste is lovely though, with bready buttery floral earthy sweet nutty flavour. Worth ordering!

Baklava (SGD $7 for 2 pieces)

Baklava

Baklava

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