We agreed to go here just to try out the new app we installed on N’s recommendation, Offpeak. It is an app that shows participating restaurants that gives discounts on their food and beverages. So, since this restaurant offered 30% discount on the app, we decided to give this Thai food establishment a try. Besides, this eatery does try to incorporate some socialist agendas on top of its usual capitalist ones by feeding kids in need based on the amount one spends there. They also sell products that can aid underprivileged people, mostly sold by NGOs.
They did offer lunch sets but we went ala carte since that was the rules stipulated by the restaurant for us to get the 30% discount. Us, sharing food? That’s a first in Honest Foodies Review team.
The place had nice clean decor with a corner for children to play with. Definitely a plus point for parents yearning for a peaceful meal. There were lots of bubble texts used for photobooth events and wefies. Ha!Surprised you guys didn’t we? We know what wefies are and we used them in the correct context. But being irrelevant old people like we are, we did not even bother to see what the texts read because the idea of taking pictures of ourselves seemed weird. Food, we understand. But people? And non- famous to boot? Downright wrong. But we are old people, so please forgive our archaic views. Anyway, we rated the ambience 7/10.
The waiters were helpful and attended to our table promptly. Serving time was acceptable and food was still hot when it reached our table. We also gave the service 7/10.
The biggest dilemma we had was on the choice of rice. Or specifically, on how much rice to buy. You see, a single serving of rice is about RM 2 but if you buy the 6- person portion, it is slightly cheaper at about RM 9. Clever marketing ploy for cheap people like us right? R was thinking we should get the 6- person portion although there were only 3 of us. After a short discussion (i.e S shooting down R’s suggestion), we decided to order 3 servings of jasmine white rice.
We chose to try the Tom Yum Chicken because hey, what is eating in a Thai restaurant without tom yum? It did pack a punch, being all sour, salty and sweet all in one.
The chicken with cashew nuts was delicious. The gravy was smooth, not too ‘flour-y’ and well- balanced in its flavours. N, in his succinct comment, feels that there was not enough chicken. Which was true since you did advertise the food as chicken with cashew nuts and not the other way around.
Our final dish was the deep fried fish fillet in sweet and sour sauce. R felt it was definitely the best dish amongst the 3. Not a fan of frozen fish fillets, S found that the fillets were surprisingly tender and well cooked. The sweet and sour sauce certainly helped with adding layers of flavour to the fish.
We rated the food generally 7/10. Nicely seasoned, tasty and flavourful.
As for the drinks, since we are rolling in a heatwave of some sort nowadays, N & S decided to go for the bottomless lemongrass pandan drink while R tried the iced Thai green tea. Nothing too fancy about the lemongrass pandan drink but it served its purpose to quench our thirst from the heat outside and form the food. R felt his drink was ordinary.
Overall, we had a highly satisfactory lunch here in Mango Chili for a reasonably decent price as we used the 30% discount by using the app. We split the bill 3 ways and after discount, it came to less than RM 20 per person. We would definitely recommend you to go, but only if you use some discount app. Because paying full price puts it at the pricey end range.
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Honest Foodies Review Team
The food here is very nice
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