Thai newsprint is placed on the table and covered with a glass sheet – quite a novelty!
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I am glad that Boo persuaded me (with little effort, actually!) to go to Hatyai Street, the latest restaurant at One Bangsar. I had driven past the restaurant several times, but always had the misconception that the food would be overpriced. Of course, pricing is relative. A single portion costs anything from RM12 to RM14, and the servings are substantial. When I first went there with the girls, we ordered enough for an army and our total bill came up to RM183.50 (after tax). I went there a second time with Boo and we decided not to be overambitious. This time, our bill came up to RM43 for two. So I leave it to you – the ambience is nice, the airconditioning is very cold (bring something to keep you warm…like a hot water bottle), the service is…okay lah, and the food is well presented.
My, what big trotters you have
Now that we’ve got prices out of the way, let’s talk about the food. The braised pork trotters is amazingly good. The taste is familiar, more like our chinese style of preparation, and I enjoyed it throughly. When I first tried it, I thought it was rather fatty (not that I’m complaining), and the second time I had it, the meat was lean and extremely tender. In both instances, I was not disappointed.
Thai laksa (fish)
I expected the thai laksa to taste like tom yam (being the ignoramus that I am), but it tasted more like a creamy assam laksa. I didn’t really like the noodles which were clumpy, but I’d vouch for the gravy anytime.
Crispy pork knuckle
The crispy pork knuckle would go very well with beer. It is served with a spicy green chilli blend and sweet soy sauce.
Mango kerabu with salted egg
Kerabu is always a great complementary dish to the spicier, saltier, porkier Thai dishes. The mango kerabu was tossed with salted egg and crisp fried shrimps. On my second visit, I tried the pig skin kerabu. As sinful as it sounds (and I’m sure it is), it didn’t feel unhealthy. The skin was sliced into slivers and tossed in lime juice. It had a gelatinous texture and looked like seaweed. It was very tasty, of course.
Kailan with fried pork belly
We didn’t want to skip our greens, and when we saw this dish listed on the menu, we knew that we had to have it. (And it wasn’t because of the word “kailan”.) I didn’t taste much of the pork belly, though. Must have gone into Precious Pea’s stomach, methinks.
Glutinous rice with durian
Out of all the desserts that we tried, I was happiest with the glutinous rice with durian. It was rich and fragrant and everything I could ask for in a dessert.
Hatyai Street is closed on Mondays. On other days, it is open for lunch and dinner.
Hatyai Street
No. 63E, Jalan Ara
One Bangsar, Bangsar, 55900 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-2283 3116
Also check out Precious Pea’s, Boolicious’ and Joe’s blogs.
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Unkaleong said I sounded angry in my previous post. Anger is only one aspect of it. I was depressed, furious, confused and even feeling guilt.
Yesterday, the newspapers reported that a snatch theft victim was run over by a three-ton truck when she fell on the road after a motorcycle pillion rider grabbed her handbag. Only a few days earlier, I was a victim as well, but thankfully, I wasn’t hurt in the process. I was shaken, and cried until I had no tears left, and after that I had time to think about what happened. The stark reality is this – we should stop blaming foreigners for crimes conducted in our city. These are our people who grew up on our soil, who went through the same educational process, and face the same socio-economic conditions that we generally face. What went wrong?
I have no answers. But this, I know – there will be retribution.
As cliched as it sounds, life will go on for me. And I thank God everyday for that.
ordered for an army? hahaha. so much pork and fat, this army must have moved at snail’s pace after the meal.
Ah, this Thai restaurant I could give a try. Usually don’t like those Thai establishment in the shopping mall or atas area, the food is just not Thai enough.
Sista, I hope you are feeling much better now. Most importantly, you are not hurt in the incident. HUGZ!
You had your bag snatched? How are you, dear? 🙁
Let go of thoughts of retribution though. Life goes on, precious enough that it is. Let that be what shines through instead.
*hugs*
i didn’t know you got snatched! was it after sage??!! ru ok?
Yummy food!
Sad to know about your tragic experience and the snatch theft victim. Very angry, as this incidences are some sort of a customary in Malaysia now. Sad.
Glad that you are safe..
Aiyo.. Poor sayang. *hugs*
I felt exactly the same when it happened to me. The only thing that held me together (hubby was already working in AD) was that I did not put my car keys inside my bag, which I usually do, and I was not harmed in any way. I later heard from the police when I made my report, that around the same time not far away from my incident, another lady had her bag snatched from her car while she got down to open her gate. Looks like these guys make a living out of this.. 😛
But yeah, dear. It takes time to get over it. I kept thinking of what I could have done to avoid it and kept kicking myself for not being more careful. Cliched as it may sound but yes, be thankful that you were not hurt.
*more hugs*
1. The food looks good – i love all the Pork.. Yum! And I STILL hate you for your lovely photos. Can teach me ahh??
2. So, so sorry to hear about your snatch theft episode. You okay? It’s really sickening how all this crap is around and our police/ministers say that we have less crime than other countries etc. etc. But yes, my dear, life does go on and I know it from personal experience. Our home was burgled about 7 years back. Very traumatic but now just chalked up to experience. Just know you have a lot of people out there that care about you…
I am obviously a sucker for punishment, I keep returning to this blog to torture myself with your food! (lol)
Sawasdee from BKK! Haven’t found pork trotters here yet! Also looking for the elusive pork knuckle. Snatch thieves are people who have nothing to lose, therefore they do not care whether you are hurt or killed in the process. Its just another failure to prevent this rampant crime by our law-enforcers. I don’t know about you but I’m getting angry just by writing this. OM SHANTI OM…
If pics can paint a thousand words…. Always love your photos. The Kha Moo – Braised Pork Trotters with lots of raw Thai garlic is out of this world.
gosh…i think its about time we armed ourselves with knives or baseball stick when we go out 😛 If they come just start whacking .\ _ /. If its a sudden thing and one happens to be at the Thai shop one can also consider the trotter bone 🙂
Anyway chuck that aside, the pork trotters look amazing. Wonder the boss cook it for how long to melt the fats into the gravy and make the chunk of meat there look less guilty?
Sorry to hear about the news… That is horrible. Taking material stuff is bad enough but to take lives too, even if inadvertently! That is sad. I hope you’ve recovered from your experience 🙁
The food looks good, though… Especially the trotter. A treat here too, served with soy sauce with a little vinegar, onion, and crushed red peppers.
oh dear. i know how u must feel. i was grabbed/groped frm behind once, long time ago, n the guy ran off when i screamed. i cried like crazy n threw away the top i was wearing n for a long time i was afraid to go out alone. we have to be more vigilant. am relieved u r not hurt. cheer up.
our police force is a total disgrace.
so i guess both the wet and dry pork knuckles are not to be missed ? :p
our cops are the bane of this country. scowling in disgust. sooo geram…..
r u sure that was kailan by the way? thought it looked more lettucy than kailany…
yerr, the noodles in the laksa are clumpy ah? drat, the dish looked so promising.
sometime u dont know whether u r crying bcoz u lost ur wallet/purse or bcoz of the state our country is in..
thank god u r ok..
J2Kfm: Yeah man…we were crawling back to our cars after that. Nothing like good food and good company!
Simon Seow: I know what you mean…I’m usually hesitant about those restaurants as well. But I guess we gotta be openminded hor..?
Precious Sista: Yes, I am okay, thanks. Hugz.
LFB: Yes, Life does go on….and I’m learning to forget and let go…
cumidanciki: It happened the day after Sage. Lost all my pics coz they took the 1D. 🙁
Kiran: It’s frustrating that we just have to learn to accept it instead of being able to do something about it. 🙁
GFAD: Thanks for sharing your experience. I feel less stupid. When it happened to me, my initial reaction was to feel embarrassed to talk about it as I felt I could have done something to prevent it and I didn’t. I mean, we all pride ourselves in being streetsmart people, and despite all that, shit still happens.
Dharm: 1. Teach you? Horhorhor. You don’t need lessons ler. Your pics are all so nice. 2. Thanks for your sweet words. 🙂 And yes, I do know that I’m surrounded by caring people, and that helps a lot. 🙂
Cynthia: Hehe…well, if you think the food looks good, wait till you try it….even better!
Paps: I’m surprised you can’t find the trotters coz they’re everywhere, woman. Gotta look harder perhaps…or get new prescriptions? 😛 Hugs. 😛 As for crime, yes, the only reason these guys do it is coz they get away with it so easily. The country’s one big shopping mall for them and the goods are being given out to them for free, so hey, grab what you can, eh?
Chin: Yes, pork trotters are really delicious. Any idea why raw garlic is used? It’s almost as if they are thrown in at the end, and I wonder how they lend flavour to the dish?
Jian: The thing is, I thought I’d be more prepared when the snatch thieves approached me. But it happened so fast that I wasn’t even able to note the registration plate of their motorbike. So I doubt if there’d be enough time to reach for a baseball bat or pork trotter bone. 😛 As for the trotters, I think they’re braised for several hours, hence the tenderness of the meat.
Manggy: Yeah, it’s horrible when these guys think they can get away with murder (and in a lot of cases, they do, which is even more frustrating!). Looks like the trotters feature in a lot of our cuisines, eh? The chinese have a similar version too. I wonder where it originated from?
terri: Thanks for sharing your experience. I know that I am not alone now. They grabbed my EOS 1D, and I have not been able to touch my other camera as it brings back memories of that day. Slowly learning to get my groove back, though. 🙂
ling239: Depends on your personal taste. 🙂 I prefer the wet one to the dry one. 🙂
fatboybakes: On the bright side, the cops who handled the case were very polite, so errrr…that’s a plus point for them, isn’t it? 😛 But seriously, I’m still pissed off about the whole incident. As for the vegetables….they tasted like kailan, but you’re right, the pic sure looks like lettuce, hor? Hmmmm. Only one solution….go and makan that again. 😛
lotsofcravings: Precisely!! It is soooo frustrating!
aww sorry to hear wat happened but lucky you weren’t scratched and bruised like my fren did. glad to hear that you’re all right now. hmm maybe i shld commission designers to come out with clothings that have loads of nicely concealed pockets for our big purse, mobile, cosmetic pouch, keys, etc…
I heard about the news too, that poor lady… 🙁
Thank God that you’re alright – hope you’re feeling better now~
hope you’re better now? so sorry to hear that. 🙁
Lost your camera too? Hope you download your pixes regularly. In fact, I think I will make it a point to download each time I come home from a function. Even if it was 2 photos..
*curses the snatch thieves and hope they fall into a big monsoon drain and suffer long and hard before they die..*
I lost my almost brand new iPod that time and I have never been able to bring myself to get another one. I got the 160gb one as I was going to use it as my pix storage cum viewer. Thank God I didn’t erase all the photos from my hard drive!! That will be 5 years of photos gone!!!
CIS %@#$^!! !@^#^$!!! @#^%@!!! #$^%@#$!!! ^%!#$@!!! &^!$*&$*# BEDEBAH!!
My blood still boils when I think of it! And I am even more pissed when I heard that it was actually quite rampant at that area and the restaurant at Happy Mansion where it happened, did not bother to warn their customers. I know of at least one restaurant at SS2 Cheow Yang who actually had notices on their wall to be careful of snatch thieves!!
So glad that you were not harmed in the process!
I can understand how you feel as I was also a victim several years back but not in Malaysia – in Spain on a holiday… lost all my currency too and was so depressed especially since it was the 1st day of our holiday… took quite a while for me to get over it and had to keep reminding myself to enjoy my holiday instead. Police were polite but had the “here’s another victim” expression on their faces.
Funny thing, is that the pick pocketeer had the decency to call the hotel and offer to return the rest of the stuff in the wallet (credit cards, info and hotel card) – all we had to do was pay the taxi driver! Really strange but I thought it was a scam to get me to use my credit cards, so although I got it all back, I still cancelled all of them asap!
Kailan / lettuce pix looks like “choy tam” to me… if I am not wrong, is loosely translated as baby kailan in some restaurants.
You make my worst enemy (pork fat & pork skin) looks so gloriously delicious that I may soon be a convert!
Wow.. the pig’s trotters looks good! i want! i want!
but the dessert, please bring it far far away from me!!!!
Hope you are getting over the incident bit by bit….
If ever you form a Thai / Hatyai food club you will have an additional 4 members , and we shall specialise in the areas we do best…
Yes , indeed life is getting precarious …not only happens to other people one. We can bravely tell you why our country has gone to the @6Xc$# ! since std one we have separate canteens for this and that and separate schools for those and these. and this gang called Politicians. They are the cause if you ask us ! The Fu^%3$% Ba(*&%#@$ ! we wan the colonialists back , yesssir even those Dutchmen
backstreetgluts: hear hear
ll: u lost ur canon eos id?? whadda! tt cost a bomb didn’t it? i lost my solitaire engagemt ring 5 years ago when a thief whose footprint was only 5″ long came into the house one night when our alarm wasn’t on n my kids didn’t close the windows. i was heartbroken when i heard they usually sell diamonds as glass.
babekl: Can you make the pockets big enuff to fit a DSLR pls? TQ!
jason: Yes, I’m feeling much better, thank you!
sc: Thanks, sweetie. I’m good now.
GFAD: I do remember you relating that incident on one of the blogs before. Yeah, it makes my blood boil too to know that those guys are roaming free (well, can’t be too sure coz all the curses may have helped them fall into a deep monsoon drain or sumthink..). You’re right, there should be warning signs as well. Then again, hor, I hear of these cases happening EVERYWHERE. My friend just called and told me that his mother kena just in front of their house, wor. It’s not safe anymore!!!!!! CIS %@#$^!! !@^#^$!!! @#^%@!!! #$^%@#$!!! ^%!#$@!!! &^!$*&$*# BEDEBAH!!
Audrey: Thanks for relating your experience. It’s easy enough to say that we ought to be more careful with our possessions, but I’d hardly wanna look like some wild possessed woman who hides everything under my clothes! As for the food….hehe….better convert faster or you’ll miss out on all that porky goodness!!! Yummmm.
keropokman: You’re such a sweetie lar….thanks. Btw, why you want to keep the desserts far away wan? You dun like durian meh?? Or are you some kind of health freak??? (Can’t be, rite, since u like pork fat!)
BSG: I hear ya! You do have a point. The politicians are definitely screwing up. I’m not sure if the colonialists wanna cum back, wor, nor the dutchmen. They’re too happy sipping tea/growing tulips. It’s up to us to fend for ourselves. I hope it doesn’t become a case of To each his own, coz that’ll spell the downfall of this nation. On a happier note, I’d be glad to have you as a thai/hatyai food kaki. In fact, I’ve been checking out your thai food recommendation too. 😀
terri: Yeah babe, they took my EOS 1D. I feel sooooo pooooor now. And like you and your solitaire (aiyoh, I cry for you), I suspect they’ll sell it off at a dirt cheap price, enuff to buy grub, ganja and ciggies for a day. 🙁 I bet they won’t even know how to take out the memory card from the camera. 🙁
Dear LL- so glad you are ok. *hugz*
I am new but read your blogs regularly, helps me whenever I am homesick for the yummy food and esp. my family.
I was so relieved to know that you are all right. I’m sorry to hear about your bad incident. I can relate, it happened twice to me when I was still back in KL then…
Hang in there – love your pics and your eloquent blogs 🙂
i had my whole life’s supply of durian when i was a kid. dad used to own a dusun then, we will be there whenever it was durian season.
then when it was sold off, i stopped eating durian since then. have never touch durian since! LOL…
neko-hime: Thanks, dear. *hugz back*
SStoffer: Thanks for dropping a comment. It’s nice to know who my readers are. 🙂 Wow, it’s bad enough that it happened once, I can’t imagine it happening twice! You’re a strong person.
keropokman: Hmmmm, that’s really interesting. So you basically lost interest? I guess that means you’re not repulsed by the smell, are you?
long story… some durians smells good, i can tahan.
some can faint!
Well, I wasn’t exactly looking my best as I was wearing a waist pouch in front and still they managed to take my wallet from it!
Will let you know the day I am a full convert! For now, it’s the siew yoke skin for me (I carefully take off the fat and eat the meat together with the crunchy skin – hehe) and relatively lean bacon fried to a crisp!
Thanks for your reply 🙂 Both incidents happened a year apart on my way to work actually and the 2nd time they got nothing except my bag & a PBJ sandwich 🙂
Have a very Happy Holidays & New Year – have fun!
thanks for d recommendation! went to the restaurant today and tried the crispy pork knuckle and it was soooooooo yummy! like you I always had some misconception about the restaurants on One Bangsar
One Bangsar also got such nice place. Must go there to try ^^