Thai Table

was reading a food blog yesterday and felt really guilty.
the blogger even though with not so good quality pictures, short description and some weird stories manage to capture my attention with reviews on rare eateries. some interesting places in chinatown that i am so eager to try out now.

thai food for bday for me this year.
Tom Yam soup for me and boy. the soup was on the spicy side, not too sour. it was quite worth the money given the amount of ingredients (sorry not reflected well in this pic). placed over a flame to ensure that there is hot soup throughout the dinner.

Thai Fish Cake
was just ok. i think slightly dry, not to my liking. the coconut milk on top smelled rather heavy and didnt complement the fish cakes well.

minced chicken with basil leaves wasnt to my liking too. slightly milky, onions made it taste overly sweet. this dish supposedly goes well with rice, but too sweet to go along.

Baby Kailan was good. with golden garlic sprinkled on top. effort made to enhance the appeal of vegetables. if you have kids, there's mushrooms as well.

Vermicelli was perfect. the wok taste was nice and fragrant enhanced by the huge variety of ingredients. the vermicelli was not too soft, QQness was still preserved. especially like the black fungus adding to the colour.

Fish on the other hand was good but lost to competitor NAKHON. fish was smaller, less meaty. the sauce was too watery to coat the fish whenever you take it up. however fish was fresh and fried to the right crispiness.

Auntie note: quite value for money, free parking but hard to find a slot. staff is friendly and place is not packed to the brim. good for couples dating.

Overall, thai table was good. call up earlier for sri lanka crabs for low low price. will come back again if i had no idea what to eat i guess.

20 Jalan Pari Burong

Singapore 488686

Daily 1130-3 and 530-10

Ah Loy Thai

The girly outings again! This time in search of cheap thai food! ]
Miss Loong and i all excited to eat! But..... the queue was quite long so we decided to take more more more pictures!


Just a sneak peek at the dishes! They were all good and thus empty plates left!

First up: Tom Yam Soup.

The soup is not the clear broth but the milky kind. The milky soup minimised the sour taste which is the specialty of tomyam soup. I always prefer the clear broth kind but this is equally good because it was spicy and the milk neutralised it a little, makes it easier to drink as it slides down your throat. The ingredients as well was in abundance. Huge sotong, prawns and mushrooms. Just this pot alone was enough to feed the 3 hungry girls.

We ordered some greens to have a healthier meal. The rest of the vegetables aren't very common so we decided to order Kangkong. If you are think of sambal Kangkong this will be a healthier version. The KangKong is fried with chilli and garlic instead. My mom does it this way as well but theirs were better. Crispier, slightly sweet and very moist.

The fish is worth ordering too! It was of considerable size for the price we paid. It is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. I am not boasting. It truely was soft till we had quite a hard time picking up the pieces. Speaking from experience, most likely the fish was first steamed, then quickly deep fried in oil for a few seconds before it was served with the special chilli sauce. The chilli sauce is not the usual thai sweet chilli, its not sweet at all and tasted a great deal of lemon grass and some ginger. I'm not a fan for lemon grass but felt this was still acceptable.

This is the favourite dish for the day. Fried calamari in Butter sauce. The calamari was coated with a thin layer of batter and it soaked up the fragrance of the butter making it soft smooth and chewy yet not losing its crispiness. The butter was lightly salted and had a tinge of salted egg aroma.

Phad thai was ok, more on the sweet side. The noodles were al dente, very QQ and smooth. However, it was quite oily when we were finishing it. The prawns were huge though. They put in the extra effort to provide us with peanut powder and a small slice of lime. Good Job!

Pandan chicken was great! I always had the impression that pandan chicken is dry and quite tasteless. AhLoy Thai did a great job by serving flavourful, tender, juicy chicken that is well marinated. Together with the chilli sauce provided it was a match made in heaven!

The chilli on the left is the best chilli! Hot spicy to the max!

They even provided other sauces to let customers have the best for their taste buds!

We had the superb thai iced tea! I super love Thai iced tea because it had a weaker tea leaves taste and the milk is much richer than the normal big breakfast. I'm such a 挑 person.


The interior is slightly dark, but it is a good place for a great catch up. Many groups of OLs came for that night. Girl watching guys.

Reasonable pricing and good service (without service charge). It will be on my top must eat list.

Auntie note: Try to come early as the last order is at 8pm and there is a constant never ending queue. The aunties may look grumpy but they are nice ppl.

Ah Loy Thai

100 Beach Road #01-39/40 Shaw Tower Singapore

thai pan

a hidden find that was introduced by one of my sec mates long long ago and i recently went to dig up this hidden gem again. Thai pan has 2 branches one at changi V the other was more secludedly hidden in a condo along parkway area in mandarin gardens.
i visited both the branches and felt that both manage to serve food of similar standards and will definitely be one of the places frequently patronized by me. it was only me and boy so we had a simple meal with some of the chef's recommendations and our fav tom yam soup.

first up will be their chef's special jing du pai gu. 京都排骨. the pork rib do have some bones and tendons which is less desireable, however the serving was considered huge for a "small" size. the sesame added was also part of the chef's extra effort that is commendable. i like the dish for the sweetness of the meat. boy says the meat was a little hard for his liking thou.
this is the best olive rice i've had. it was the first time i've eaten olive rice at thai pan (changi V branch) and it is truely addictive. the minced meat sauce was well marinated, juicy and the meat minced to the right size such that it can blend in with the rice without telling the difference. rice was fried to the right moisture level, not too oily but 粒粒分明 the cashew nuts and chilli added colour to the dish and the onions were good for digestion. something noticeable was the green mango that was by the side. i suppose it is quite difficult to purchase green mangoes in singapore, perhaps they had to direct import or get from shops in golden mile. nevertheless i love it. and is still finding khakis to enjoy it w me.

this is brocolli w crab meat. it was one of the recommended dishes. however, the amount of crab meat was too little to let even notice its existence. even thou it was barely noticeable, the taste of the crab was still "valid", the fresh crabby taste manage to seep into the spaces of the brocolli "leaves" and boosted the simple veg to the next level. brocolli was not too hard not too soft, the sauce tasted slightly starchy thou.

next up is the all time fav tom yam soup. the soup had lots of liao. button mushrooms, baby corn, carrots, and prawn, and sotong. but it missed the benchmark as it was too mild. imagine drinking non spicy tom yam? so resorted to adding the chilli padi from the olive rice into the soup to suit our taste buds.

auntie note: the branch at mandarin garden has got free parking as opposed to the one at changi V (car park always full) thus, if unable to make a choice this will be the well deciding factor.

changi V: 2 Netheravon Road Civil Service Club Changi Clubhouse

mandarin garden: 13 Siglap Road Mandarin Gardens

small eatery

Just a neighbourhood eatery yet full of surprises.
this upcoming post will definitely leave you hungry for the night.
tucked at the corner of bedok this not very accessible place was experiencing long queue when i arrived at approx 8pm on sat. nth special with the decor or ambience, no particular strong aroma, yet the queue was nv ending even till 9pm.
NAKHON
if i am not mistaken. location wise was off bedok interchange, i got to know this place because i used to attend tuition at one of the nearby blocks. the eatery used to be a saloon. but now transformed to serve the bedok population.
looking at the interiors, nth exquisite, perhaps you will be interested to look at the picture of thai king and queen if you haven seen them before. but yes, thais are very respectful of their king.


shall start w the dish that i didnt enjoy that much. this is chicken in thai chilli paste. i imagined the dish to be fried with dry chilli or of similar sort, but it turned out tasting like thick curry with an extra strong smell of coconut milk. coconut milk taste great w "or ni", "melon sago" and i do appreciate it when its free flow, but this dish turned out too over powering. perhaps its not coconut milk that created the less pleasant taste.

looking at the nex picture, the combination looks kind of weird right?

normally we associate onions with satay? cashew nut with paella? and red chilli with ba chor mee? put them together they become the main characters for olive fried rice.

i used detest olive esp when its like not looking very appetizingly black. but let me warn you, once you start u cant stop. olive fried rice is heavenly fragrant. this may not be the best olive rice i've tasted but it does leave a good impression. perhaps i may soon judge a restaurant by the olive fried rice they offer.

a closer look at the olive fried rice, the black substance inside is actually minced meat. they give a extra texture to the rice. together with the peanuts, this is not like the ordinary tzi char fried rice any more. $6

simple dish yet given the right balance of 色香味. look carefullly at the various mixed veg that comes along w a simple dish of kai lan. there's carrots, huge dried mushrooms, and also straw mushrooms. Thumbs up. great effort put in as u seldom see this in tzi char ba.

auntie note: kailan only cost a mere $6!!!!! must order!!!!!

wads thai food without the famous flying fish? hahaha. this is actually a name i learnt since young. fish served in thai or indon restaurants are always served with the fish deep fried and soaked in their famous chilli sauce that is sweet and bring out the succulence of the fish. nakhon did a great job. fish was crispy, but not over fried, the sauce was slightly not enough but still good, fish was fresh and fleshy, overall presentation caught my attention tats why i ordered it. as a geo student, please look at the fork thats placed beside the fish. the size comparison shows the exact size of the fish. perhaps for ppl with smaller appetite one fish plus a veg will make a perfect meal. this fish is astounishingly cheap at $22!!!!!!

tom yam soup, my dear ee hui cannot take spicy food so she won be interested in this. hehe. prawn, chicken and seafood to choose from. portion was jus nice for 2. spice level 4 out of 5, the taste of prawns lifted the taste of the soup quite a lot, prawn was delicately peeled leaving behind the head and tail only. applause for this great effort. but be careful when taking this hot soup, don choke on it because your throat will be burning hot. $6

thai ice tea. good choice. i wonder wad kind of tea leafs do the thai ppl use. because the drink had an orange tone to it. but it was good! on par with bubble tea from KOI. the milk added was jus nice, sweet and thirst quenching. $3

overall, i will rate this eatery 4.8 out of 5. its simply a precious find. i decided to post this because since there are alr so many ppl even if i try to hide it its no point. prices are cheap, food is good. keep it up nakhon.

auntie note: the chilli stn provided on each table has got different kinds of chilli, sweet thai chilli, belachan, chicken rice chilli and green chilli, free flow!!!! plus no GST, no svc charge wad can be more attractive than this!!!!!

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