THAI CORNER - PJ STATE

OPPOSITE menara Choy Fook Onn, little shoplot... lies this little no-frills no-thrills Thai restaurant. Very much influenced by Malaysian taste buds, it serves a killer belacan and ulam dish. Differentiating itself from the rest with its brinjal and long beans dipped lightly in Egg Tempura-like batter, and fried to a crisp.

Its belacan fried long beans and chicken is distinctive with the generous portion of har-mai (udang kering) in the sauce.

The two of us decided to be greedy and ordered for about 5 people.

We had 1. Tom Yum Goong (typical, nice...no complains. Spotting 3 roe-filled prawns and sotong.) Ya, Goong means prawns only but remember i said that this was a no frill n thrills place... so the waiter didnt believe in customising, 2. Tang Hoon Salad (not too bad... the sea food was mixed thoroughly inside... small prawns and small squid with small pieces of fist)

3. the Ulam (the dish i would go back for) - which we had 2 servings of...we requested for Brinjals Only, 4. Belachan Fried Chicken and Long Beans, 5. Special Thai Omelette (special maybe because the chicken was pedigree...) and 6. Pandan Chicken (one of the cheapest I've ever encountered... only RM2.80 per piece) and maybe that compensated for the taste...

All in it was a pretty satisfying experience. The food had a homely feel. You can almost imagine one of your better-at-cooking aunties throwing a couple of things together with thai herbs... and serving out of melamine plates... haha

But oh... if you should go there over the weekends observe the frequent influx of old men coming down and going up the pub beside you. Wonder what they serve up there....