We had an afternoon packed with activities and our schedule was very tight. 3.00pm: Wake up from afternoon siesta. 4.00pm: Get flowers. 4.30pm: Laundry. 5.00pm: Check venue for party next weekend. 6.30pm: Visit mum and dad. 8.30pm: Dinner with family.
At 4.30pm, as we were driving towards our next destination, the husband spotted a new restaurant at Lorong Kurau, Bangsar.
“Let’s drive past it,” he suggested.
“Okay.” It would only take an additional minute.
“It’s a Thai restaurant,” he said. “Do you feel like stopping for a quick snack?”
My eyes lit up. Thankfully, my husband and I are like two peas in a pod (except that I’m not bald and he is) and we’re both adventurous in our food explorations.
It would be a quick one, we decided.
The menu consisted of typical quick meals like tom yum, chicken rice and salads with an average price of RM5.00 per regular serving.
We decided to share a Thai chicken rice. The chicken rice came with a portion of steamed chicken and rice sprinkled with fried garlic. The rice was good enough to be eaten on its own as it was cooked with chicken stock. An assortment of sauces were available to go with the various dishes – traditional garlic chilli sauce, green chilli sauce, ginger paste, bean paste with chilli and crushed peanuts, and fish sauce. Even the accompanying soup was delicious. We found out later that the flavour came from the generous use of parsley.
The papaya kerabu came with fried garlic, minced dried shrimps and sliced shallots in a tangy dressing of lime juice.
I love the paku pakis (fern) kerabu, a refreshing salad made with shallots and a blended prawn paste. A simple dressing of lime juice and sugar was all that was needed to make this a very delicious meal on its own.
So much for a quick snack. He loved the meal so much that he requested for extra rice.
We couldn’t leave the restaurant without sampling a dessert, so we got ourselves a mango pulut (glutinous rice). Thick santan sauce was poured liberally over the sticky sweet rice and the juicy ripe mango went wonderfully with the rice. I didn’t photograph the custard pulut, which was essentially glutinous rice served with kaya custard. The kaya reminded me of the homemade type which I grew up on, eggy and creamy without the kerosene-like taste which I sometimes get when I buy commercially made kaya.
What I like about this place is that I can get a quick and decent meal without breaking the bank. The location is in the older suburbs of Bangsar near NST, so parking, even though limited, is not impossible to find. Food Foundry’s second location is along the same stretch of shophouses, but frankly, I’d go to Food Foundry only for the mille crepe cake. But that’s another post altogether…
We left the restaurant an hour later followed by a very apologetic phonecall to mum for the delay – “Busy…yeah…very busy running around….you know how it is on weekends…..yes, yes, we’ll be there soon…!!” I hope mum is not reading this or I’ll be sent to my room with no American Idol for a month.
Baan Aa-Haan Thai
No. 15, Lorong Kurau
Bangsar, 59100 KL.
Tel: 03-2282 0991
Open daily except Mondays. 11.30am to 8.30pm.
Oh we do know how it is… you start saying it’s just gonna be a quickie… one thing leads to another… and soon enough, it turns into an eight-course orgy… of food, of course. 😛
there are always two dishes i fall for in thai restaurants – tom yum, and green papaya salad. yes they are generic, but it’s like spaghetti aglio e olio – simple and plain, but they are divine if they are done well.
i have to try the fern fronds – i’ve heard a lot about them, but not something you can get here (aus)…
Mmmm the food here sounds lovely. Simple, no-frills, cheap, what more could you ask for really?
are you sure it was a snack haha
with kristy out, the competition has FINALLY begun!
psttt, this week’s theme is songs by Andrew Lloyd Webber!
expect shouts and screams and more screams…
the girls (brooke aside) are really screaming for dear life lar, these days…
so, behave and avoid quickies so that you won’t be grounded this wednesday night 🙂
oh, delicious looking ferns, btw… 😉
Snack? Did you skip lunch? Seems like a hidden gem discovered. Have not been to that side of Bangsar yet. I love ferns too…crunchy and tasty!
gorgeous photos.. ! one question.. was the mango aromatic or just sweet… ? coz too many places just gv u sweet mango..
i would hav nvr guessed in a million yrs that the chicken rice was thai!..very deceiving i must say..
its time to visit some no frill places to get into the air asia mood..cheap and no more of overpriced full fledged airlines..
i go weak in my knees just looking at the mango dessert…..
Going Phuket, Chiang Mai or Bangkok anytime soon?
This is so awesome . . . defintely something I would put my hands into!
ur husband got brother ah?
the mango pulut looks heavenly…
the glutinous rice almost transparent!
must be really good !!
Haha,this is more like a full course meal for me.
decent food with affordable prices, and the kerabu looks delicious!!!
One week more for my exam~ Drop by to have a peep at the food =p
OOps…
Haven’t had mango pulut for quite some time. Seems like Bangsar really has a lot of good restaurant for food!
Mmmm.. my favourite salads – som tum and pucuk paku!!
*meticulously ticks off the days..*
Its hard to find Thai style chicken rice in KL……
I would say majority of the Chicken rice in Bangkok is sooooo goood till you don’t need to splash any black sauce onto the rice…
dang i miss my Bangkok Chicken Rice….
hmmm, we wanted to serve pucuk paku (the fern fronds james referred to) that night, but then i told wife, nahhhlah, no one appreciates it. i hear there’s a good nyonya joint here too.
Hhahahah!!! yer too funny..! i hope yer mum doesn’t read that too. 😉
I like paku pakis, will always take eat if eating Malay rice.
what a lucky find. I need to open my eyes next time when we drive around Perth!
The mango glutinous rice looks delicious. I do miss thai desserts.
hehehe your snacks are full fledged meals for me!! I just sent you an email btw…check it out if you can 🙂
dats a tableful of snacks! so did you guys eat dinner again at 8.30pm? :p
Kenny: Nowadays only got time for quickies leh. We don’t ask for much.
James: I’m like you too. Except that it was just gonna be a snack this time, so I decided not to get the tom yum. Okay…remind me to show u paku pakis when u’re down here. (Or technically, it’s “up here” since you’re “down under”)
Paprika: Yeah, perfect for a quick meal. Nice quiet neighbourhood too.
aidan: that was the plan, yeah! hehe
Nic: Can’t wait to see this week’s show. Yeah, the dudes are doing so well these days. Who’s your favourite?
Precious Sista: No, didn’t skip lunch. We’re gluttons. Sigh.
Mei: It was sweet mango. 🙂
Joe: aiyoh….there are loads of no-frills restaurants around town mah. LOL on air asia remark. 🙂
sc: *pulls up a chair*…here…sit down. *gulp* now I feel like having that dessert again.
Henry: Got plans, but we’ll see if they materialise. hehe.
BBO: Yeah…do let me know what you think.
Anita: hahaha…you’re funny (but to answer your question, yes but they’re both married hehe).
ling239: I thought it was pretty good, actually. Mmm…must go again for that custard pulut. Yummy!
JOjo: Study hard and makan a lot after that, k. 🙂
Sugar Bean: Yeah, loads of eateries at Bangsar, but bear in mind that this is not in the main entertainment area of Bangsar.
actually, i’m having tom yum hotpot at my house on friday – i can’t wait!
I envy your cuisine!
oh, my fave so far is archuleta..that boy has a natural talent lar…and david cook’s gaining my respect too with his creativity…brooke and carly are yielding…jason’s a yawn.
u leh? (omg, so like a AI forum..hehe)
noooooo
idol crossing over into food blogs 🙁
james: can’t wait to read all about your tom yum hotpot. Sure you won’t be sweating while eating all that hot stuff? As for idol talk, whaddaya expect from a food blog? 😛
Cynthia: Then it’s mutual envy, coz I envy yours. 😛
Nic: I like the 17 year-old too. Amazing tone! I feel the same way about David Cook too. Brooke used to be an early favourite, but she’s since been relegated to the bottom of the ladder in my books. I still like Carly’s voice and am hoping that she’ll at least make it to top 3. Jason? LOL. School concert. 🙂
WOWEE
yeah, the hotpot will be good – it’s funny, the girls i’m entertaining don’t think i am capable of cooking anything good!
so i’ve got all of the sauces for making a dipping sauce, and i’ll make the tom yum base from scratch (if i have time). i’m getting a bit excited about it all 🙂
Looks delish but me don’t know where’s NST :S
I know where NST is but dono there are restaurants there.
I would like to try Thai chicken rice one day! Dunno where and when though.
Just had the worst Thai papaya salad recently….
that papaya kerebu you hv looks much better
Lit. Translated. The name of the restaurant means “House of Thai Food”. Bila nak belanja I makan kat sana?
I like your blog. It is creative and informative especially on food matter. Keep it up! I accidentally came across from a blogger that there is a restaurant specialise in german food in Kepong. The restaurant name is STADT GERMAN CUISINE & BISTRO (behind HSBC / next to Carrefour). I have explored and discovered that the foods are excellent in taste, reasonably priced and variety in choice. I think you should try this restaurant in your food adventure. So far, I have tasted and have positive recommendations on their Pork Knuckle, Pork Chop, German Sausage, Roasted Chicken, Lamb Boneless, Porkloin, Mushroom Soup, Seafood Soup, Penne Pasta, Sphagetti Cabbonara, Sphagetti Marinara, Garlic Bread and for drinks, the Hawaii-5-0 Fruity Smoothie, Choco-Cabana and German Beers are good choice.
Good Luck and continued success to your interesting blog.
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Aiya, you set Kenny on the low road again, Zitroengras. He easily falls off, doesn’t he? ^_^ Hee, hee, hee…
It’s great, isn’t it, when you and Bald Eagle so easily agree on things spontaneous? (You have great hair and he is bald — what a complementary couple lah!)
Oh, do check out that Stadt German place someone recommended as ‘big success’ and let me know if they have Koenigsberger Klopse (meat balls laced with salty anchovies swimming in a tangy caper sauce) and German potato soup flavoured with majoram.
(Those two are my other half’s specialties. Lucky for me he can cook.)
Hmmm..yum yum yum!!! I think i will love the paku pakis kerabu
We always like this kind of Thai restaurant, a choice of simple to complicated dishes and good down to earth prices. And nice fresh food !
Hi all,
I just found an interesting review about a new ‘revolutionary’ chocolate company. Anyone want to join me in sampling?
their shipping rate is U$5 irregardless of quantity (each pack is a 50gm chocolate pouch)
http://www.tcho.com/
And to prove to you that I was not insulting you nor your spuds, I just bought RM6 worth of chats and RM25 worth of blue cheese to replicate your smashing spuds recipe, ok? 😀
Hi Argus Do try their STADT GERMAN CUISINE & BISTRO’s German Sausage and Mushroom Soup. The German Sausage is succulent / juicy and mushroom soup is homemade creamy without MSG with real mushroom. Prices are also affordable ie. RM 15.90 for German Sausage and RM 5.90 for Mushroom Soup.
wow, succulent and juicy german sausage… how can you resist?
actually, i’ve got a movie with that title… 😛
the worst bit is – that’s me taking the high road lol
Sorry, tumpang lalu, Lyrical Zitroengras!
SK Koh, I don’t live in M’sia, let alone KL… but thanks for the recommendations. I’ve learnt how to make good mushroom soup from VideoJug. They teach you how to roll sushi, too.
Lyrical dear, are you very bee-zee ke? But your Tom is fully fed. (You’ve more than one Tom is your life, dontcha?)
😉
doll: uhuh. 🙂
james: looks like your hotpot turned out great (after reading your blog). As for the succulent juicy german sausage…hmmm…only Argus will know, I guess.
jason: uhmm. remind me to draw you a map!
Tummythoz: there are a few restaurants there wan. Take a drive there some time. But I believe they all don’t open late.
tigerfish: Maybe when you come back to this part of the world some time? 🙂 Don’t forget to visit me ar.
Unkaleong: Now you rich man, you can belanja me. Bila mau belanja ar? Aku free anytime man.
SKKoh: Thanks for the recommendation. Will check it out when I’m in the area.
d_luaz: I’m surprised that you can’t reach me by email. Thanks for your comment. Will look into it.
argus: Yeah, we’re a complementary couple alright…and complimentary too….buy one free one.
Jackson: Yeah, that was a pretty nice dish.
team bsg: And it’s located in some backstreet somewhere!
Henry: Hope you got some response.
kat: Wow…blue cheese! Your kids can tahan ar?
Argus (again): Yeah bee-zee feeding Tom lar. You should pay more attention to your Rocket too. (And what’s your excuse?) Yes, I have more than one Tom in my life. 😉 Shhh….don’t let the others know.
Eh sweetheart, your writing has grown over the past year. Lovely to read. The pics add spice to what is already a full flavoured meal.
So sweet of you, Nigel. 🙂 I really appreciate your comment.