Singapore Eat: Briyani Corner by Chef Syed @ Bukit Batok

28 June 2026

Briyani Corner by Chef Syed is a popular, Halal-certified Singapore food brand known for serving affordable and authentic South Indian-style nasi briyani, roti prata and nasi padang. Chef Syed has been rapidly expanding, with new outlets in various parts of Singapore. One of its newer outlets is located in 537 Mary’s Eating House, below Block 537 in Bukit Batok.

The Bukit Batok outlet has a wider range of dishes to offer, including nasi ambeng, various types of roti prata, murtabak, nasi / mee goreng, etc. It also has a “Western Corner”, offering a long list of Western dishes.

The Nasi Briyani Mutton is served with chunky lamb meat on long basmati rice, doused with curry gravy, and sides consisting a whole hard-boiled egg and cuts of fresh cucumber and onion. The lamb meat is soft and tender with sweet, mild-spicy flavours of the curry gravy, which is prepared using many ingredients and spices, not just curry powder. The briyani rice is richly flavoured with spices too. It is an aromatic and delightful dish with nice flavours, not overly spicy nor too strong in taste, and yet, the flavours linger in the mouth.

The Nasi Ambeng Beef Rendang — an Indonesian (Javanese) rice dish — is served with steamed white rice, doused with my choice of curry gravy, and surrounded by beef rendang, a piece of perkedel kentang (mashed potato fritter), sambal goreng (stir-fried tempeh, dried tofu and long beans), brinjal in spicy sauce, sambal chilli and fried bits. Except for the perkedel, all the sides have medium spiciness and the sambal chilli packs a stronger spicy kick. It is a rich, flavourful dish with different sauces and gravies from the sides and tasty, tender beef. My first nasi ambeng and it is yummy!

The Nasi Ambeng dish is also available with lemak ayam (coconut-creamy chicken).