Simply Thai Restaurant – 18 October 2017

Entrance

Mini minor to greet you at the entrance

We thought that this restaurant was going to be super busy on Deepavali but it was empty when we got there and we were the only customers at that time. Since we were the 1^st customer of the day, we received full attention from the waiters and waitresses. This restaurant is non-halal. The price is quite reasonable and the taste of the food was alright.  

                                                                                            

We ordered: -

Seafood Tom Yum (large size) RM35.90. This sweet and sour soup has prawns, squid, fish and oyster mushrooms in it. The soup was not too spicy and all of us enjoyed the soup.

Chicken in Pandan leaf (large size) RM32.90. Chicken wrapped in pandan leaves and I felt the chicken was not juicy and it was a little bit tough. This dish was not appropriate for children as my kid didn’t really like it.

Stir Fry Pucuk Paku with Shrimp Paste (small size) RM15.90. This is not a spicy dish, fresh crunchy pucuk paku with the taste of shrimp.  

Minced Prawn Omelet (large size) RM21.00. A simple fried egg with minced pork, prawns and sliced onions inside.

Stir Fry Pork with Basil RM16.90. Basically, minced pork fried with basil. For adults, it was not a spicy dish but for a 5 year-old it was a little bit spicy as they fried it with a bit of chili.   

Fried Pork Steak (large size) RM25.90. This dish is just fried pork belly. Crunchy in certain parts.  

Red Ruby in Coconut Milk RM6.90. The small reddish/pinkish jewels are water chestnut covered with tapioca flour, served with sweeten coconut milk, sliced jackfruit and shaved ice. This was my drink and not dessert.

Coconut shake RM10.90. Looks like shaved ice to me but the kids loved it.  

Although the reviews were not too good on facebook, the service in this restaurant was fast. Perhaps, being the 1^st customer of the day helps. There was ample parking, but we parked just right outside of the restaurant on the road. The ambiance was nice and it was nicely decorated.   

The details of the restaurant:

Simply Thai Restaurant

Unit LG2-1, Seri Gembira Avenue

No.6, Jalan Senang Ria

Taman Gembira

58200 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 03-7971 9511

Opens everyday – 12.00 -3.00 pm

                               5.00pm-11.00pm 

Seeri Authentic Thai Restaurant – 9 August 2017

This restaurant has been open for the past 9 years at Chow Yang. We have been here several times as the food is nice and the price is reasonable. Best thing of all NO GST and service charge. All you need to do is pay for what you order and eat. This restaurant is non-halal.

Menus pasted on the restaurant's front glass door.

The simple interior of the restaurants. Nothing fancy.

They do have a wide selection of Thai food. We ordered: -

Tom Yum Gung (medium size) RM30.00. This sweet and sour soup has prawns, squids, fish and oyster mushroom in it. For some reason, that night the tom yum wasn’t as good as other times when we were there. We felt it was watered down.

Pandan kai (8 pieces) RM3.50 each @ RM28.00. Chicken wrapped in pandan leaves and I felt it was just ok.

Som Tam RM14.00. This is a spicy, sweet and sour mango mixed with long beans, carrots, cherry tomatoes topped with nuts and sweet and sour lemon juice.

Egg Prawn (big size) RM18.00. A simple friend egg with prawns inside.

Mu Yang RM20.00. This dish is just fried pork belly.

Petai Prawn RM24.00. A reasonable amount of petai and prawn cooked together with sambal. This dish is yummy. It's not that spicy although it looked spicy.

Pucuk Paku RM14.00. A simple dish where pucuk paku is fried in oyster sauce with a bit of chilies.

Mushroom RM20.00. We were given a variety of mushrooms, i.e. oyster mushroom, chinese mushroom and button mushroom. 

Fish Cake (12 pieces) RM2.50 each @ RM30.00. Fried fish cake that kids will love it. 

Fried Kai (1 portion) @ RM15.00. Basically just fried chicken and this chicken was tasty. 

Mango Rice (2 servings) RM15.00 each @RM30.00. This is very nice and is a must to have. The brown sticky rice was warm with lots of mangoes and condensed milk to go with it. You can choose not to add the condensed milk if you don’t want to as the mangoes are sweet.

Thapthim Krop RM6.00. The small reddish/pinkish jewels are water chestnut covered with tapioca flour, served with sweeten coconut milk, sliced jackfruit and shaved ice.

The service in this restaurant was fast. Although there is ample parking, it’s always full as there are many restaurants at the same shoplots and many people will try to find parking. The ambiance is simple and clean.  

The details of the restaurant:

Seeri Authentic Thai Restaurant

(same row as Chow Yang Kayu restaurant)

No.26, Jalan SS2/10

47300 Petaling Jaya

Selangor Darul Ehsan

Tel: 011-2627 6042

Opens – best to call to check

* We have been there several times and we always managed to get a table without booking. The restaurant is small. If you are going in a big group, it’s better to make a reservation.  

Gin Ger Thai Cuisine - 14 March 2017

I used to come to this restaurant quite often and I think the last time I was here, it was way back in 2011. As it was near to my office and we all liked the food there, my colleagues and I decided to bring our Boss here to celebrate his birthday.

 We ordered:-

Our appetizer, potato crisps with sauce 

Clear Seafood Tom Yam RM12.00 per bowl. The sweet and sour soup with slices of fish, small prawns, squids, chicken meat, oyster mushroom, tomatoes and mint. 

Spicy Green Mango Salad (medium) RM23.00. A mixture of sliced mango, onion, “cili padi” and red chilies with lime juice. Its crispy sliced mango is good but it was sad that there were no longer peanuts topped onto the salad. I remember clearly there used to be peanuts which added to its crunchiness. If you can’t take spicy, try to avoid the “cili padi”.

Crispy Butter Fish Fillet (medium) RM44.00. The fish fillet was battered and crispy with a butter mix. The fish fillet somehow was not to my liking as it tasted ordinary and in my view, crispy butter would be better on battered prawns!

Green Curry Chicken (medium) RM33.00. Normally green curry is supposed to be spicy but for this dish, it was not spicy at all. It’s creamy and you can drink the curry on its own. In my view, this dish is cooked specially for the tourists, who are unable to take spicy curry and prefer chicken with no bones, as the chicken meat was sliced.

Pucuk Paku Thai Syle (small) RM14.00. This used to be my favourite dish. Pucuk paku is supposed to be crunchy. However, the pucuk paku was soft. Also, you may think that it is cooked in a Thai style, but this dish is also not spicy and has a slightly sweet taste.

Stir Fried Asparagus with Prawn (small) RM32.00. Normal stir fried with garlic.

Claypot Bean Curd with Minced Chicken RM27.00. Non-spicy dish. A good dish for the kids. 

Pattaya Omelette (medium) RM27.00. When this dish arrived, I could see that it was slightly watery at the bottom of the omelette. There was chicken meat, mushroom, tomatoes and chili. Not really a spicy dish.  

Water Chestnut RM9.00. Shaved ice with red chestnut and sliced jackfruit, topped with milk and red sugar syrup. I always save this dessert for my tummy and I do highly recommend it.

Cendol Gula Melaka RM8.00. Adding in the gula Melaka and milk to the shaved ice, red kidney bean and long green jelly.

Our feast

Me, my boss and colleagues

This restaurant is always packed during lunch time and the service can be slow sometimes. We always call the restaurant and book our dishes a day or a few hours in advance to enable the chef to prepare. Once you have pre-booked your dishes, this will save you a lot of time.

The details of the restaurant:

Gin Ger Thai Cuisine Restaurant  

Lot M-12, Central Market

Jalan Hang Kasturi

50050 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 03-2273 7371

Email: ginger.m12@gmail.com

Opens daily from 10am to 10pm

BBQ Thai Street Food – 11 July 2016

We came here for Steve’s belated birthday dinner. Suet May had to book for a table at 6 p.m. and after booking, we were informed that we could only dine there until 7.45p.m. as there was another reservation at 8.00 p.m.

This restaurant is situated at the side of Old Klang Road and the entrance to the restaurant is very small. There were parking attendants to guide you to your respective parking lot at he sides and back of the restaurants. There were lots of pot holes at the parking lot, so you need to drive slowly.  

The landmark and also the entrance to the restaurant

The entrance into the restaurant

The decorations that greet you when you enter. Check out the business hours

As we entered, it was pretty busy at 6.20p.m. If you made reservation, they will give you a table in the air-con room and no booking, tables will be outside, i.e. open air.  

Our little air-cond dining room

There were so many choices to choose from. The price was reasonable. These were the dishes that we ordered:-

Thai BBQ Pork Neck (RM30.00). Very soft and juicy. 

Thai BBQ Lamb (RM25.00). Another of my favourites, the meat is quite tender and well marinated. 

Thai Omelette with Oyster (RM25.00). Something very different. The Chinese calls it "Oo Chien". This dish is quite crispy and very unique. Everyone should order and try this

Kang Kong (RM13.00). Nothing to shout about

BQ16 BBQ Pork Ribs (RM48.00). This dish was just alright. Very little meat as you can see from the photos. 

Tomyam Seafood Soup, Large (RM28.00). This was one of my favourites. Sweet and Sour spicy just nice to my perfection. 

Thai BBQ Salt Baked Talapia (RM40.00). Any fish which is salt baked, I will definitely approve of the taste. 

Thai Water Chestnut (RM7.00). Not much jackfruit!!

Look Chcoo (RM12.00). Just like how it taste in the street of Thailand

Mango Sticky Rice with Coconut Milk (RM12.00). Creamy sticky rice that just a few mouthfuls will make you full. You definitely can't finish this after your heavy Thai dinner. Best to share. 

The service in this restaurant was fast. Of course, we were reminded by the lady boss that time was up, i.e. 7.45p.m. sharp and they need to clear our dishes to make way for the next customers. If you want to order more food and drinks, you will have to sit at the open air area.

This is the open air area

Check out the crowds on a Sunday night at 8 p.m.

Check out the crowds on a Sunday night at 8 p.m.

The ambiance of the restaurant was like a “kampung” and “street” style with 1 stationery “tuk tuk”. 

The stationery Tuk Tuk

The details of the restaurant:

BBQ Thai (OKR)  

No.17, Lorong Jugra

Off Batu 3 1/4

Jalan Klang Lama

58000 Kuala Lumpur  

Tel: 03-7981 9888

Email: info@bbqthai.com.my

Opens daily from 12pm to 12am

* Best to call to make a reservation as the restaurant is small and quite busy