The inner part of Ara Damansara away from the slightly more glamorous Oasis Square area used to be quite a bit of hidden area of PJ that’s not exactly a gem. There were a few less than interesting kopitiam, and an ill fated then-new commercial area by the name of New Ze Xui that eventually died a natural death. It was quite sad, and I know that full well as I used to stay at the nearby Crimson Apartment when I first moved to KL for work.
Well, that all matters little when the owner of Jatujak Bangkok Street Food decided to set up shop and provided a little spark to the area, I suppose you could call it a hidden gem.
Jatujak Bangkok Street Food at Ara Damansara
Being located at this part of PJ with little else going has its benefits, especially when it comes to parking. The shop itself too get to occupy quite a decent alfresco area since there isn’t any other competition nearby, which all translate to a good start to any dining experience.
Haze and I paid our first visit there a couple weeks ago when we met up with Lance for our first, and his second dinner in the same day at the same place. It’s always a good sign when someone is game to visit the same place more than once on the same week, much less the same day.
salt grilled tilapia, petai prawn, clear soup tomyam
The menu at Jatujak is quite extensive, they have a good selection of seafood, tomyam, otak otak, and other typical Thai “tai chao” style food, as well as grilled items, and even pork dishes.
For dinner, we ordered four dishes to go with rice, and a few desserts to boot. All our main dishes came within 5-10 minutes despite the crowd, something that few restaurants manage to deliver, I was very impressed to say the least.
The salt grilled tilapia (RM 39) was our main dish, the fish properly prepared just the way you’d find by the streets of Bangkok, and we didn’t need to wait for 20+ minutes like we did at Tigerlily, and I thought it was actually a more than decent dish.
grilled cockles, this was really awesome
Clear tomyam soup (RM 22) was proper hot and did not disappoint, while the petai prawn (RM 30) could perhaps use more petai than prawns, but my favorite dish turned out to be the grilled cockles (RM 10), which reminds me of the good times back in the days at Nong & Jimmy, the cockles would go really really well with a cold beer or three.
iced coconut original, with red ruby, and with mango
We completed our dinner with a dessert each – coconut shake with ice cream (RM 8), coconut ruby (RM 12), and ice coconut mango (RM 12). Each came in their proper coconut shell as container and were proper rich, sweet, and have their shaved iced so fine they were silky smooth.
I guess it’s no wonder this is one of Lance’s favorite place to dine, and I believe it is also a place I’d revisit pretty soon.
Address:
Jatujak @ Siam Bangkok Street Food
B-G-31 Blk B, Jalan PJU 1a/3j,
Taipan Damansara 1 Ara Damansara,
47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
GPS: 3.119825, 101.590183
Tel: 03-7859 6359
I know it’s cliche, but I cannot not end a Thai meal without Mango Sticky Rice. đŸ˜‰
Monica: fair enough. haha.
woah ..looks maciam best!
taufulou: is indeed good!
KY, when I was in Bangkok loved tasting so many typed of food there. I am careful of street food and will see how vendors make it fresh for me and other people. The salt grill fish most enjoyed by my guy and I.
Vickie: glad that you like the same thing as we did!
I’m lucky to be less than 5mins away to this place. It can get a bit pricey if you are not careful with ordering but at least everything tastes good there.
Kelly: ya you’re right, they do have some pricier items but overall I thought it was pretty decent value, and the wait time was best.
Cheap! I love Thai – had that the other night, blogpost on it coming up…and yes, I had mango sticky rice for dessert, RM4 per individual serving.
suituapui: that’s not a bad price for mango sticky rice.
Those scallops look so yummy!
Hmm….
The cockles and scallops definitely look good.
And yes…pretty Evelyn friendly kind of dishes too. Maybe that will be a good plan for this weekend!
missyblurkit: that’s not scallop tho, mushroom. hehe.
warms the cockles of my heart that the price is just right! đŸ˜‰
ciki: đŸ˜€ đŸ˜€ đŸ˜€
What a big size fish u had!
Choi Yen: yumsss!
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