Archive for the ‘Thai’ Category
Thursday, October 25th, 2007 |
Every now and then when we drop by Ipoh, we would go to this place for lunch. I am not so familiar with the road, so I just know that this place is behind Ipoh Parade. It took quite awhile for me, my mum and sis to get to this place the other day when we were in Ipoh, due to a premature turn, but that aside, we reach nonetheless.
The wooden double door opens into a dining restaurant of Chinese origin that is heavily influenced by Thai tastebuds. In fact, if you look from the outside, the upper storey of the building is designed to resemble Thai architecture. Sorry, no pics.
Architectures and designs aside, let’s talk about food. We ordered this mango kerabu as appetizer. The crispy dried squid on top makes this kerabu very yummy!
Since it was lunch time, we ordered a few dishes to go with rice. This is their plum sauce tofu. Cubes of crispy fried tofu drizzled with plum sauce and sprinkled with sesame seeds. Very, very crispy!
An appetizing dish of petai and prawn sambal, with additional brinjals.
Crispy chicken in sauce made of garlic, spring onions and chillies. The scent of garlic and onions might be too overpowering for some people, but otherwise they taste great.
Easily the best dish on the table, this basil fish fillet is so refreshing that a fish hater like me keep wolfing them down.
Complimentary dessert of sliced watermelons.
I really have no idea the exact location of this place in Ipoh, but the entrance looks like this, so do check them out if you want to taste some Chinese-Thai fusion food.
Popularity: 16% [?]
Posted in Eating, Thai | No Comments »
Sunday, July 29th, 2007 |
It has been raining on and off these days. What’s better than having steamboats on rainy days? When it comes to steamboat, Johny’s Thai steamboat is one of the steamboat place I frequent during rainy days. Looking at these archive pictures of steamboat makes me wish that I could have some at this moment.
The sauce is what makes everything seems moreish. Mix some of the sauce into the broth and you will get a very tasty sour and spicy soup.
Since I am a small eater, we usually order steamboat set for one person and some other steamboat ingredients to cook in the broth. This prawn ravioli is one of my favourite.
Crunchy cuttlefish are yummy too, but it is not included in the set and have to be ordered separately.
What’s steamboat without greens? I have to have green veggies!
I have never tried their tomyam soup based steamboat because I personally think that they are too spicy. And, I can’t really savour the tasty sauce with if I am cooking everything in the tomyam soup base, no? Hehe.
The servings are kinda small, not that I am complaining, although it seems to be a gripe from the reviews I’ve read anywhere else. So, if you are looking for value for money steamboats, buffet steamboat places are a better choice than this place.
Popularity: 14% [?]
Posted in Eating, Thai | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007 |
Thai food has always been one of my favourite, mainly because my taste bud is skewed towards sourness, one of the main traits of Thai food. The thing is, most of the Thai food that I’ve eaten were mostly in Malay restaurant, and although they are quite good, it wasn’t as authentic. However, this Authentic Thai in Bandar Bukit Tinggi is the real thing. I mean, real Thai. Heh.
This place is so authentically Siamese that it is oozing Thaism! The waitresses speak Thai and the dishes were named in Thai with English translation. To top that off, the portions are dainty and there are vegetable carvings as dishes decorations.
This time round we came with mum, and sis wasn’t here.
Fried pork ribs. Mum said that we must order this because I might not be able to eat rice if there is no pork dishes.
Sotong fritters with fried garlic. There were no vegetable carvings this time. How disappointing! I must get those pictures of the previous visit from sis and post it up.
Stir fried mixed vegetable. The usual fare. Nothing out of ordinary but it was done just nice.
Seafood tomyam. They put in almost everything! Like, umm, prawns, squids, clams and fish(ball)s. The tomyam soup was tasty, with just the correct amount of sourness and spiciness.
Authentic Thai is an average family restaurant serving authentic Thai dishes. (Doh!) Their pricing is affordable, which is a good thing because I still have a lot of dishes on the menu that I haven’t try. I’ve forgotten whether we need to pay for tax or not though.
Next time, maybe.
Popularity: 15% [?]
Posted in Eating, Thai | No Comments »
