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Dear Foodies,

From being an author of cookbooks, to presenting TV cooking shows, to teaching and now cooking for you with my team, my dear diners in my very own restaurant. Serving you is like having an honored guest in my very own home

-- No added food coloring
-- Minimum use of oil and ghee
-- 90% of food cooked upon order
-- All food cooked with passion and love

Therefore, I would like you to leave replete and satisfied. We look forward to seeing you again as one food lover to another. Please do give your comments and inform serving staff of your spiciness tolerance, so we can better suit to your taste buds.

Enjoy my dear guests......

Devagi Sanmugam

About Chef Devagi Sanmugam

With a string of accolades that is as eclectic and imaginative as her recipes - cookbook author, food columnist, cooking instructor, entrepreneur and professional bon vivant - Chef Devagi Sanmugam, is one of Singapore's most dynamic and talented food personalities. Whether she is concocting recipes for her latest project or conducting cooking classes for budding chefs, her contagious enthusiasm transforms ordinary meals into dining adventures.

Devagi Sanmugam's career began 27 years ago in her kitchen, as a cooking instructor with a penchant for whipping up recipes. Her unique approach to cooking and her flair for creating recipes that cut across a range of cuisines quickly endeared her to a loyal following. Not looking back since, she has been at the forefront of Singapore's burgeoning culinary scene.

Known widely today as the 'Spice Queen' of Singapore, Chef Devagi has also proven to be an inspiring cookbook author with 17 cookbooks under her belt - The South Indian Cookbook, Great Bakes No Eggs, North Indian Cooking, Sambals, Dips and Marinades and Naturally Speaking - Indian Recipes and Home Remedies and several others as listed below. She has also co-authored Cooking with Asian Leaves, Cooking with Asian Roots and Fun with Asian Food. Her recipes and articles have been and are being featured in several magazines and newspapers like the popular Lifestyle Magazine.

Unceremoniously thrust into the international food show circuit, Devagi Sanmugam has also appeared on TV cooking programmes in the UK, Australia, US, India, Japan, and on numerous radio stations all over the world. Over the years, she has conducted cooking workshops in San Francisco, Texas, Australia, Sri Lanka, India, Colombo and most recently Sweden; where she taught chefs from all over Europe the finer points of Asian cuisine.

In Singapore, Devagi appeared in an English 13-episode CHEF ON CALL cooking program on Mediaworks Channel and Enna Suvai Enna Ragasiyam and Aasai Aasaiyai Cooking For Love, Tamil cooking programs on Vasantham Central for a total of 26 episodes. From September 2005 Chef Devagi was the Resident Chef of the Asian Food Channel, a 24-hour food channel. Devagi was also the consultant for a Malay cooking show on Suria Channel – “Soo………Lazat” which won the Pesta Perdana 2007’s Best Info-Ed Program Award! She had also been interviewed on many other info-ed and cooking programs.

An accomplished authority on the local food scene, she is constantly involved in developing and testing original recipes and formulas for food companies and restaurants. Devagi continues to provide educational experiences through lectures and demonstrations at her Epicurean World Cooking School and to country clubs, recreational associations, schools and corporate bodies. She has also organized and judged cooking competitions and participated in Singapore Food Festival Events, Singapore Heritage Festival and many other events. From July 2005 to July 2006, Devagi was also Culinary Consultant for NTUC Fairprice supermarkets chain.

She donates her time occasionally to community services too. At the beginning of January 2005, Devagi flew down to India on her own initiative and cooked for over 2000 Tsunami victims daily for 10 days.

Chef Devagi is also the Managing Director of Devagi's Epicurean World Pte Ltd.

Books written by Chef Devagi Sanmugam:

  • Born To Eat
  • Banana Leaf Temptations
  • Great Bakes No Eggs
  • The South Indian Cookbook
  • North Indian Cooking
  • Indian Vegetarian Cooking
  • Homestyle Indian Cooking
  • Indian Rice and Breads
  • The LG SolarDom Cookbook
  • Cooking with Asian Leaves (co-authored)
  • Fun With Asian Food - a kids' cookbook
  • Sambals, Dips and Marinades
  • Indian Favourites
  • Cooking with Asian Roots (co-authored)
  • Naturally Speaking Indian - Home Remedies & Recipes
  • Hot Potatoes and Cool Bananas (co-authored)