Not too long ago, our reader, Jesslyn invited us to dine at Phai Lin restaurant in Sri Damansara Club. Together with other floggers (ThamJiak, Jason, Simon, William), we dropped by for a food tasting session.
Though located inside Sri Damansara Club, the restaurant is open to the public. The décor resembles that stereotypical Chinese restaurant you see everywhere because the place was occupied by a Chinese restaurant previously.
The owner is a Siamese herself, and she is operating another Thai restaurant in Myanmar concurrently. To ensure the authenticity of her food, the waiters, waitresses and the chefs were all brought in from Thailand.
Spring Rolls with Thai Sauce (RM 13). Though fresh and crispy, the spring rolls were nothing to shout about.
Deep Fried Garoupa with Sweet & Sour Sauce (RM 35). The sweet and sour sauce goes really well with some Thai fragrant rice. Only gripe I had was that the skin seemed a tad too dry and shriveled.
Claypot Glass Vermicelli with Prawn (RM 22). A dish that stands out on its own; I especially love the glass vermicelli that has absorbed the essence of the prawns.
Deep Fried Chicken Wings with Herbs Thai Style (RM 18). Everyone loves the juicy and crunchy chicken wings. The aromatic combination of sweet basil leaves, chopped lemongrass, garlic and dried chillies has done a lot of wonder in bringing out the flavor.
Seafood Tom Yam Soup (RM28). Served with a generous amount of seafood, the tom yam soup was quite good but personally I would prefer it with more “kick”.
Stir-fried Mixed Vegetables (RM 17)
Mango Salad (RM15)
Raw Prawn Salad (RM22) is the highlight of the day. The prawns were really fresh and sweet. Try dipping them into the garlic and grinded mint leaves sauce and you are in heaven!
Authentic Thai food are hard to come by nowadays. We do hope that the owner, together with her chef will continue to improve in finding the right taste that fits a Malaysian’s “taste bud” while remaining its own authenticity.
Phai Lin Restaurant
Sri Damansara Club
Lot 23304,
Persiaran Perdana,
Bandar Sri Damansara,
52200 KL.
Tel: +603 6273 1509
Lex went home that night got stomach ache or not, lol?
Oh yeah, thanks to Jesslyn for the invitation. And I thought you’re gonna skip this 🙂
yeah, true, authentic thai food is lesser nowadays. the fiery tom yum looks tempting e!!!
goshh…..the chicken wings and the prawn salad are calling my name!!!
Me to prefer my tom yam soup to have more kick in it. Sweating and burning stomach is a must after drinking the tom yam soup!
Your photographs made it looked delicious nevertheless!
i dun quite agree with allie though. heheheh …..
too spicy til numbing can really affect the overal taste of the meal.
me thinks lah…
though once in a while, eating something really really spicy is kinda cool …. i mean, hot.
the food just look so awesome! we should get together and catch up soon!
Tomyum looks like a Malaysian version, not authentic at all. Most so called Thai restaurants try to ‘Malaynize’ their dishes and end up giving a poor version of the real thing. They should keep it the same as you would have it if you were to dine in Thailand. Hiring cooks from Thailand (or Baling) would be a waste if they were not allowed to cook as they would at home.
Then again, the price is pretty steep considering the ingredients can be bought locally (if you know where) maybe by hiring the authentic staff is draining the profits. Local staff can do the same, not that you will be getting Thai people in the restaurant and they cant converse in any other language but Thai.