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.
note: I believe this shop has relocated to Millennium Square at Seksyen 14, PJ (OK I don’t know anymore)
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
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
