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Fresh Mediterranean Salads in Singapore | Halal Turkish Salads at Anatolia Arab Street
Salads in Turkish cuisine are not an afterthought. They arrive at the table alongside everything else, they are made to share and in many cases they are the reason you order a second round of bread. At Anatolia on Arab Street, the salad menu covers the full width of the Turkish and Levantine tradition tabbouleh, shepherd's salad, ezme, fattoush, beetroot with yoghurt and more. Everything is halal-certified, made fresh daily and available for dine-in at our Arab Street kitchen or delivery across Singapore.
Our Mediterranean Salads Menu
Flat-leaf parsley, ripe tomato, cracked bulgur wheat, lemon and olive oil. The parsley is the lead ingredient the bulgur adds texture, not bulk. This is the Levantine version, made the way it is prepared in Turkish and Lebanese kitchens. A strong vegetarian option and a natural table salad for any grill order.
Shepherd's Salad Çoban Salatası
Finely diced cucumber, tomato, red onion and green pepper dressed in extra-virgin olive oil and fresh lemon juice. No sauce, no complexity just fresh vegetables cut small enough to eat with a spoon. A Turkish staple for a reason. Order it alongside anything from the grill menu.
A Levantine salad built on toasted pita chips, romaine, radish, tomato, cucumber and fresh herbs in a sumac-lemon dressing. The pita absorbs the dressing without going soft when made properly that is the detail most kitchens get wrong. Lighter than tabbouleh and more textured from the bread.
Finely minced raw tomato, red pepper, onion and parsley worked with chilli, pomegranate molasses and olive oil. The texture sits somewhere between a salad and a rough relish. Spicy, tangy and genuinely hard to find outside a Turkish kitchen in Singapore. Most commonly ordered alongside the grill menu.
Roasted beetroot with yoghurt, garlic and olive oil. The contrast between the earthy sweetness of the beetroot and the sharpness of the garlic yoghurt is what makes the dish work. A common pairing across Turkish and Levantine tables and one of the more interesting salads on the menu when ordered as part of a cold spread.
Diced tomato, cucumber, onion and fresh herbs with lemon and olive oil. The kind of dish that relies entirely on ingredient quality no dressing can compensate for produce that is not fresh. Clean and simple by design.
What Makes a Mediterranean Salad Different
Most restaurant salads are built around dressing. The dressing carries the dish. The vegetables are a vehicle.
Mediterranean salads work the other way around. The dish exists because of the produce a properly ripe tomato, a cold-pressed olive oil, flat-leaf parsley at peak freshness. The dressing is lemon juice and extra-virgin olive oil. Nothing that needs to compensate for weak ingredients, because strong ingredients are the point.
This is why a shepherd's salad made with vine-ripened tomatoes and a good olive oil tastes nothing like the same dish made with supermarket produce and a bottled dressing. The technique is identical. The result is not.
The Ingredients That Define the Flavour
Extra-virgin olive oil is the dressing base across the entire salad menu. Sumac a dried berry ground into a tart, deep-red powder replaces vinegar in the fattoush dressing and adds the acidity that runs through a lot of Levantine cooking. Flat-leaf parsley appears in tabbouleh by the handful, not as a garnish. Pomegranate molasses goes into the ezme. These are not interchangeable. Change the sumac for red wine vinegar and you have a different dish. Change flat-leaf parsley for curly parsley in the tabbouleh and the flavour profile shifts completely.
The specificity of these ingredients is what separates a Turkish kitchen from a restaurant calling itself Mediterranean.
Tabbouleh in Singapore How It Should Actually Be Made
Tabbouleh is one of the most searched Middle Eastern dishes in Singapore and one of the most consistently misrepresented.
The version most people encounter outside Lebanon and Turkey uses bulgur as the base with parsley scattered through it. The original is parsley as the base with a measured amount of bulgur for texture. If you are looking at a bowl and the grain is more visible than the green, it is not traditional tabbouleh it is a bulgur salad with parsley flavouring.
At Anatolia, the ratio is correct. Parsley forward, dressed with lemon juice and olive oil, with ripe tomato and a small amount of soaked bulgur. It works as a standalone vegetarian salad, as part of a cold spread alongside hummus and cold appetizers, or as a table salad next to a grill order. The acidity in the dressing cuts through grilled lamb and chicken in a way that a plain salad does not.
Ezme and Shepherd's Salad Two Turkish Salads Worth Knowing
Ezme does not have a direct equivalent in most other cuisines. It is finely minced raw tomato, red pepper, onion and parsley worked together with chilli, pomegranate molasses and olive oil until the consistency is closer to a rough paste than a dressed salad. Spicy and sharp, it is almost always served in Turkey alongside grilled meat particularly Adana and köfte. If you have not ordered it before, get it with the Adana kebab. The pairing makes immediate sense.
Çoban Salatası shepherd's salad is the dish most people recognise without knowing its name. Finely diced cucumber, tomato, red onion and green pepper in olive oil and lemon juice. In Turkey it is called shepherd's salad because it was field food portable, requiring no cooking, and entirely dependent on the quality of the vegetables. Order it alongside any grill dish or as part of a cold mezze spread with the starters.
Order Halal Mediterranean Salads in Singapore Dine In or Delivery
Every salad at Anatolia is halal-certified. All are made fresh on the day no overnight storage of dressed salads, no pre-mixed tabbouleh sitting in a container since the morning.
For dine-in, salads are best ordered as a table share alongside hot appetizers, a bread basket and a main from the grill. For delivery, tabbouleh, shepherd's salad, fattoush and the Mediterranean Caesar all travel well. If you are ordering fattoush for delivery, request the dressing on the side the pita chips stay crisp and you dress it when it arrives.
For group orders, the salad section pairs directly with the Turkish grill menu and the pide and pastry selection. Vegetarian guests can check the vegan and vegetarian menu for a filtered view. Open daily 10am to 12am, 58 Arab Street, Kampong Glam.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I find fresh Mediterranean salads in Singapore?
Anatolia Restaurant at 58 Arab Street, Kampong Glam serves a full menu of Turkish and Mediterranean salads including tabbouleh, shepherd's salad, fattoush, ezme, beetroot salad and Mediterranean Caesar. All are halal-certified and made fresh daily. Available for dine-in and delivery across Singapore.
Is tabbouleh available for delivery in Singapore?
Yes. Tabbouleh is made fresh on the day of your order and travels well. For a proper spread, pair it with the shepherd's salad and ezme.
What is ezme?
Ezme is a Turkish salad made from finely minced raw tomato, red pepper, onion and parsley combined with chilli, pomegranate molasses and olive oil. The texture is closer to a rough relish than a dressed salad spicy, tangy and intense. Vegetarian and halal. Most commonly served alongside grilled meats.
Are the Mediterranean salads suitable for vegetarians?
Tabbouleh, shepherd's salad, fattoush, ezme, arabic salad and beetroot salad are all vegetarian. The Mediterranean Caesar contains anchovy in the dressing check the product page if you need a strictly plant-based option. All items on the menu are halal. The full vegetarian and vegan menu is listed separately.
What is the difference between fattoush and tabbouleh?
Both are Levantine salads but they are completely different dishes. Tabbouleh is parsley-based with bulgur wheat and a lemon-olive oil dressing no bread. Fattoush is a mixed vegetable salad built around toasted pita chips in a sumac-lemon dressing. Tabbouleh is dense and herb-forward. Fattoush is lighter with crunch from the bread. Both are on the Anatolia menu.
How fresh are the salads at Anatolia?
58 Arab Street, Singapore 199755. Two minutes from Bugis MRT, Exit B. Open daily 10am to 12am.
