Now most of you have already tasted clay pot chicken rice, but did you know that there are ingredients other than chicken being thrown into the pot with rice and cooked the same way? Well I didn’t, not until the biofuel expert Kelvin told me about Busy Corner.

these guys are serious about their food

Busy Corner was pretty busy on the weekday night we went, but the restaurant is located in the middle of the shop row, not at the corner. At Damansara Jaya near KDU College, this place is also just a couple hundred meters from another very good clay pot chicken rice place near Atria.

For the five of us, we ordered a big Prawn clay pot rice, a big Beef clay pot rice, and a small Chicken clay pot rice. A couple plates of boiled bean sprouts and lettuce served as the provider of vitamin C and iron, and we ordered some pretty good herbal soups too.

beef, prawn, chicken, and two vegetable dishes, yumm

The prawn clay pot was pretty different from what we have accustomed to, they are completely shelled and cooked in something akin to Thai sauce, a little spicy, but not overly done. I like the fact that the meat on our black pepper beef clay pot was not overly cooked, making them still succulent to the bite. As for the chicken, it was on par with the other places I have reviewed on this blog. All three main dishes came with raw onion on top, which was a pretty unique touch.

The steamed soup we ordered were pretty good too. I noticed little chunks of dried scallop in my herbal chicken soup, very nice.

Busy Corner is just a stone’s throw away from KDU

With the rice, soup, vegetables, and drinks, it came to slightly over RM 17 per person. Not on the very cheap side, but certainly not overly expensive considering what we ordered.

Address:
Restoran Busy Corner
83, Jalan ss 22/11
Damansara Jaya
GPS: 3.130532, 101.621143
Tel: 03-7729 0116

Other reviewers:
Masak-Masak, eatinout

Tags:  atria,  beef,  black-peppper,  chicken-rice,  clay-pot,  damansara-jaya,  dj,  kdu,  prawn,  shrimp,  thai

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Note: this restaurant is no longer in business

I had an appoitnment at BU Centerpoint the other day at around dinner time, and thought I might as well settle the little whining sound my stomach was making over there instead. BU Centrepoint has been a totally new place ever since the expansion and renovation earlier this year, with Starbucks, Dragon-i, 1901 hotdogs, and many other international franchises now occupying the floor space. In sharp contrast with the earlier years.

old school but clean and pleasant setting

As I was walking around the mall, I came across this curious little place with the weird name, Shanghai 1930’s Cafe. The interior decoration bare resemblance of a Nyonya restaurant, and the menu offers mostly local dishes, albeit the presence of siu long pao (小龙包). After a quick check on their menu and price list, I found myself sitting in this restaurant with the strange name. Partly due to the name, and partly cos I wanted to have a relatively light dinner (ie, not Momo).

We ordered 2 of the fish sets that comes with rice. A Thai style Tengerri (Mackerel) and sweet and sour Tengerri. We had wanted to go for the black Pomphret with black sauce but unfortunately they ran out of stock for the evening.

two fish and two rice, a nice and simple dinner

The two dishes actually tasted quite good, the Thai style is prepared with some sliced okra and onion, while the sweet and sour dish with spring onion. The filets were slightly smallish but just enough for a single portion. The strong taste of the sauce gives good compliments to the relative bluntness of the Mackerel filets. However, some might find the sweet and sour sauce a little too sour.

With drinks, the total price came to be slightly under RM 20. A pretty decent value for a place with air conditioning and clean, if not comfortable eating environment. By the way, their sambal isn’t bad either, though up to par with Mum’s.

BU Centrepoint is just right next to the big 24hr McDonald’s

Address:
Lot G4, Ground Floor, Centrepoint,
Lebuh Bandar Utama
47800 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
GPS: 3.138245, 101.610231
Tel: 03-7722 1152

Tags:  bandar-utama,  centrepoint,  mackerel,  sweet-and-sour,  tenggiri,  thai

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Huey Fang told us about this iThai restaurant a while back, so we finally decided to give it a try due to her persistent urging. Boy, she was right about the place, really affordable and good Thai food.

Fried rice entrees are just RM 6.90 nett

iThai is a lightly decorated restaurant, unique in a sense that it offers Thai food as well as pasta. The menu offers choices of fried rice, the familiar tomyam dishes, noodles (ladna, pad se yeu, etc), ala carte (chicken, vege, seafood, etc) dishes to go with white rice, as well as pasta and dessert. That makes it possibly to dine alone, or to have a family meal there.

Alcoholic info: They serve beer too, happy hour is at 3-6pm with RM 7 Carlsberg, if I remember correctly.

Set meal with fried rice, tom yam soup, and a serving of fresh fruits

I ordered a set meal that includes a fried rice entree with Chiang Mai fried rice, a bowl of Tomyam soup, and fresh fruits. You can also choose from Tomyam fried rice, iThai Fried Rice , and a couple other choices. At RM 11.90 nett, it is very reasonable.

I’ve so far tried Chiang Mai and iThai fried rice (green curry with chicken and basil leaves), and they are both very good. Rich in flavor, and I believe they use pretty decent quality Thai rice. The tomyam soup is seafood base, with squid, prawn, cauli flower, mushroom, and tomato. Sour and spicey just as tomyam meant to be.

we sure enjoyed our meal

If you are there, try their Green Curry curry puff too, only RM 1 each and I gurantee you will want more. They are irressitable.

Here’s how you get there:

don’t you love my Public Bank logo?

GPS: 3.126718, 101.615832

note: I believe this shop has relocated to Millennium Square at Seksyen 14, PJ

Tags:  green curry,  ladna,  spicy,  thai,  tomyam

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It was probably more than year since we went to Nong and Jimmy Thai BBQ Seafood place the last time. A place we usually refer to as “that Cheras tomyam place”, though it is actually located in Taman Cahaya and geographically not even really in Cheras, but Ampang instead. Last friday 5 of us decided to do treat ourselves some good ol’ favorites.

we ordered up a feast

ST, faggot, margie, kerol and I got to the restaurant and luckily was able to find a table without much hassle though it was a busy friday night. (I called suan but she didn’t manage to pick up.. ) The restaurant is more like a roof with some light fixtures and fan over concrete surface where they put lots of cheap tables and chairs. Do not expect air conditioning or comfortable chairs, they concentrate on food, not comfort nor the whole dining experience thingy.

ST, faggot, margie, & kerol

We ordered a basket of BBQ cockles, a claypot tomyam, BBQ prawns, BBQ stingray fish, fried squid, and kailan vegetables to go with some fried rice that includes big juicy prawns in it. The claypot tomyam and the BBQ prawn is a must, tomyam is served with prawn and squid as the main ingredients. The tomyam here tastes a little different from those that you get from mamak restaurants or Malay outlets, it is a little closer to authentic Thai flavour, we like it.

cockles, prawns, special chili sauce with peanuts, BBQ fish

Not everyone eats cockles, but if you do, do not pass it up. The chili sauce with peanuts goes very, very well with the BBQ cockles, and basically other BBQ dishes like BBQ prawns and fish. The fried curry squid was pretty good too and provided a nice departure from having too many BBQ dishes. You can order white rice to go with the dishes, but to really get some serious prawn overdose, go for the fried rice instead.

claypot tomyam, fried rice, squid, vege

Needless to say, we gobbled up everything and had happy stomachs to kick start the weekend. You can too, check out the patented map!

oh such lovely map

Address:
Lot 27363, Jalan Cahaya 1,
Taman Cahaya,
Ampang, Selangor
GPS: 3.142669, 101.754727
Tel: 03 4251 1807

Tags:  clam,  damien,  gareth,  kerol,  margie,  seafood,  thai,  tomyam

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