Thai Corner, PJ New Town

Well, well, well. Here we are. In PJ New Town. Again. Who would have thunk this area is so full of delectable surprises eh? 

We walked around and found this nice Thai restaurant just opposite the MBPJ complex. As the early bird catches the worm (euwww…), we were the first patrons to this establishment for the day. In fact, the restaurant still smelled strongly of bleach. And the air conditioning was probably just turned on a few seconds before we entered. As was the lights. Or the ‘Open’ signage. 

The restaurant was spacious and well lit with pictures of their dishes neatly framed along the wall. Nothing too fancy, but everything was tidy so that scored a 7/10. The waiter (he might even own the place for all we know) was efficient in bringing the menu and serving the peanuts for us to nibble and gain some extra calories. So that is a 7/10 from an original 8. We had to minus 1 mark for the added calories brought by the peanuts, which cost RM 2 per plate.

Generic decor but neat nonetheless. 

Reminds one of Ikea's catalogue, doesn't it? 

 Typhoid, Salmonella & Cholera got nothin' on this 'A' rated eatery 

 Our attempt at non- food photography

We were immediately gravitated towards their set lunch menu, priced at RM 13, which included a main dish, a Morakot dessert and drink option of either iced lemon tea, soya bean or barley.

We do not understand J and R’s obsession with pineapple fried rice but they sure like to order it whenever we go to a Thai restaurant. So, yes, they ordered the the fried rice again and they liked this restaurant’s version the best (remember the Streat Thai debacle?). The dish was plated inside a pineapple shell ( do pineapples have shells?) and was garnished with freshly chopped spring onion, chillies, tasty dried shrimps and a couple of slices of fresh pineapple. There were some chicken bits inside the well- cooked fried rice and was perfectly seasoned. Like telepathic twins, R and J rated their food 8/10. 

S had the crab meat fried rice because there is no better combination in life than seafood and fried rice. Except for chocolate syrup and ice cream, but we can leave that to another review. The fried rice was served with a piece of crunchy fried poppadom cracker because, why not? The fried rice, with its luminous individual grains mixed with a generous portion of tasty crab meat, was what fried rice dishes around the world should aspire to be when they grow up. Let’s face it, who likes soggy, clumpy, overcooked fried rice right? She also rated her dish a 8/10.

The dessert was okay, nothing too brilliant about it. It was basically shaved ice with some milk, red syrup and some gelatinous chewy bits in it. It did enough to cleanse and refresh our palate after the main course.

This place is definitely a good lunch place to try out with its nice environment, efficient service and tasty but affordable food. Parking might be an issue though, because let’s face it, we are talking about Petaling Jaya here.

Here is the address if you are up for a bit of parking war:

4, Jalan Yong Shook Lin, PJ New Town, 46050 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

United in our quest for good food,

Honest Foodies Review Team