I first read about this Thai Fish Farm Restaurant from the post on Kim’s blog. It is a place hidden in the jungle of Hulu Langat, situated at the other end of Klang Valley from where we stay (if you can still consider Hulu Langat to be within Klang Valley), and less than a couple kilometers away from the famous “look-out point”.
grilled crabs, fresh vegetable, Thai Fish Farm Restaurant
It took us close to an hour’s drive to get to Hulu Langat from northern part of PJ on New Year’s day, partly due to the holiday’s heavy traffic, and partly the annoying rain.
It is advisable to go there with a car that has at least decent ground clearance as the last kilometer or so (from the turning off Jalan Hulu Langat KM 4) consist of unpaved road within the jungle.
It felt like we were smuggling contrabands in golden triangle than going for dinner, it was as remote as it was dodgy. Once we reached there, however, there were dozens of cars parked at the clearing and the place was full of people we had to wait over 20 minutes to secure a table.
Thai steamed siakap, vegetable, snail meat, omelete
For the 10 of us, we ordered seven crabs (we wanted more but they ran out!), two types of fish, squid, snails, vegetables, lamb, and vegetable. We ordered some rice to go with all these, and coconut drinks as well as some toddy with Guinness to complete the illusion of being on vacation since we were sitting on stilts by a body of water anyway.
The steamed siakap (barramundi) was delicious, the chili padi and garlic a Thai signature. Vegetable was super fresh, and the omelet, well were just omelet.
The snail meat though, was quite special. Fried in (most probably) curry paste/powder with lime leaf and long bean, it was chewy and flavorful. Tasted like a slightly harder version of escargot but with stronger taste, I liked it a lot.
grilled crab, squid with salted egg, salt grilled fish, grilled lamb
Dinner at Thai Fish Farm is not complete without some grilled crab. Like at Hing Ket in Kampung Jawa, the crab is grilled without any additional seasoning to preserve the original taste of the crustacean. They were not overly grilled and still rather juicy, was quite good to be honest.
The grilled lamb was alright, but I prefer the kampung jawa version. Squid with salted egg though, was a bit of a disappointment. Instead of having the squid fried with salted egg, the “salted egg sauce” was poured on separately, it was a bit weird and slimy, not something I’d order again.
The salt grilled fish is something that I have seen when I was in Thailand but never had the chance to give it a try. The fish, Tilapia in this case, is simply applied with generous amount of salt and grilled. While the fish meat, being Tilapia, was still quite tasteless, and this is where the salted fish skin comes in. Apply a little bit of fish skin and it goes so well with the meat, a rather interesting combination, no soya sauce needed.
kerol, FA, Kim, Gareth, Horng, Ruby, Suan, Eric, KY, Jac, and Terence (hidden)
The bill came up to slightly less than RM 40 per person including coconut juice for everyone (around RM 350+ in total if I’m not mistaken). A very satisfying dinner at exotic location at a decent price, and most importantly, with the company you want to be with. That, was a good new year dinner.
Address:
Restaurant Thai Fish Farm
Km 4, Jalan Ampang Hulu Langat,
68000 Ampang, Selangor
GPS: 3.130077, 101.803586
Tel: 017-251 5235, 019-260 6493
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By sotong on Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
Ahh.. I’m the 1st one..
well.. food not bad but the salted egg sotong not really great
By cumidanciki on Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
hi KY.. cool write up! c&c also checked out this place.. this is what it looks like in the light of day!
http://cumidanciki.com/2009/09/vegi-fish-farm-hulu-langat-ampang/
also, whilst this place was not expensive, the fish, for what is was especially the size, was a little overpriced. for a fish farm, the place below was far superior!
http://cumidanciki.com/2009/11/kolam-77-restoran-sawadee-88-chan-sow-lin/
cheers!
By myhorng on Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
food average but place is kinda different.
By KY on Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
sotong,
yahh, didn’t like the salted egg sotong either.
cumidanciki,
Ooo thanks for the tips!
myhorng,
Some of the items were quite nice lor.
By nikel on Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
looking for a seafood place…
great tis time
By cumidanciki on Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
no problemo hamsum.. why never invite us to chiak witju.. chis
By ShaolinTiger on Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
Yah the ambience damn nice, very nice place to chill and drink some Guinness cham toddy
The fish is great, the rest is so so only.
By KY on Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
nikel,
Yahh!
cumidanciki,
I don’t even have ur number! lol
ShaolinTiger,
yah, definitely a nice place to chill, like a fake vacation.
By JD on Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
Wah KY, looks really good despite the distance. Didn’t know that there’s still things to eat after lookout point. Hmm, will make a trip there but don’t think so soon, coz my wife just delivered. Haha.
By Ong on Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
Food is very normal, just the ambiance of the place is nice.
By KY on Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
JD,
Ahh congratulations!
Ong,
Can’t disagree on that, though I like the snails
By atrica on Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
KY, u shud read my post earlier ma, so u wont order the “salty egg sotong”… just kidding… hehee…
http://atrica.blogspot.com/2009/11/fish-farm-thai-restaurant.html
By fietheelf on Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
i wanna goooooooooo
By KY on Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
atrica,
Hahah yah actually I had the squid before, but other friends wanted to order maa.
fietheelf,
yaa la that day you MIA!
By Precious Pea on Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
Nice wor….I confirm going to try this place out!
By Chef Mel on Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
One plate of vegetable to fulfill the “vegetable quota eh”? Hehe
By Mark Leo on Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
So in conclusion that the food isn’t that worth it to drive all the way there for? This is by looking at the comments, especially from myhorng
By Victor Liew on Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
Place was great 2 years ago.
Went there about 3 months ago, found the food not good at all and the price terribly expensive.
Erratic? I don’t know. Or…
Perhaps the owner of the property took over from the original Thais. Why I say that?
2 years ago, only one English speaking waiter, now so many and the food not nice.
Can’t beat the place for ambience though.
Suggestion – go to Look Out point for desserts.
By Huai Bin on Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
Baked crabs looks good!
By Meng on Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
This reminds me of the seafood restaurant in Banting/Carey island area. The restaurant was built on stilts. I remembered I saw ferries carrying vehicles across the water. My parents drank toddy. This was back in the 70s. I wonder if the restaurant is still around.
By KY on Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
Precious Pea,
Make it happen
Chef Mel,
Hahaha yes!
Mark Leo,
Oh but it is, very nice ambiance and decent food for rather affordable price.
Victor Liew,
Weird, perhaps really erratic. We had a pretty good experience though.
Huai Bin,
Oh yess!
Meng,
Ooo interesting, I think I’ve been there before!
By Haze Long on Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
wa nice!! quite near my place wee~~!!
By Tey Cindy on Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
Y we nvr eat 2gthr dee…?
By KY on Jan 11, 2010 | Reply
Haze Long,
Yes, if you can read maps
Tey Cindy,
Cos you never ajak me lor hehehe
By J2Kfm on Jan 12, 2010 | Reply
And yet I’m still contemplating on that Hing Ket visit. Aiks, but still … I think I’ll have an easier time location Hing Ket than this.
By KY on Jan 12, 2010 | Reply
J2Kfm,
Come on now don’t be afraid of adventures!
By eiling on Jan 12, 2010 | Reply
oh la la look at the grilled crabs! But quite a drive… so far.
By stephan on Jan 12, 2010 | Reply
haha.. what a coincidence.. was just planning about going there or nong & jimmy(ampang) tis sat before i visited here.. u’ve juz helped me decide..
By KY on Jan 12, 2010 | Reply
eiling,
Just drive only! it’s not that far actually
stephan,
Haha, small world!
By God on Jan 12, 2010 | Reply
good place, just need to be there bit early and go back bit early…if not you’ll missed the pot holes that peppered all over the damn blardy road !!!! i konk my rims ! sob..fml
By KY on Jan 13, 2010 | Reply
God,
Hahaha don’t drive fast!
By che'burn on Jan 15, 2010 | Reply
bro..
wahhh!..the crab looks Yummmy..besar gila! so, aku nak cuba lah nanti…
but then..HALAL or not???..
would appreciate it if next time, u could quote ‘Halal’ or non-halal restaurant…hehe
By KY on Jan 16, 2010 | Reply
che’burn,
I think the place is pork free, not sure got halal certificate or not.
By melvyn on Jan 26, 2010 | Reply
Nice place… If go on weekend, do we need to call and reserve tables?
By KY on Jan 26, 2010 | Reply
melvyn,
I think is advisable to do so.