Zen Thai Cafe & Spa.

When PJ meets JB.

We reached hot and breezy Johor Baru in the late afternoon and after a relaxing rest and shower it was time for dinner.

My bil Kam took us to Zen Thai Cafe & Spa for dinner which was located at the recently opened Taman Sutera Utama commercial center.

The restaurant as it's name implies serve only Thai food - spacious, calming atmosphere with soft lighting.

We did not see the Spa section as it was located upstairs.

Parking is OK.

Front of the restaurant.

Decorative motif and figurine outside the restaurant.

Deep fried Local Tofu served with stir fried straw mushroom/sliced carrot/onion and cilantro-tofu was crisp on the outside and smooth on the inside with the extra flavor of assorted vegetables.

Pandan Chicken-well marinated-fragrant-deep fried and have a soy/fish sauce for dip.

Green curry chicken-coconut milk flavored-not too spicy-filled with lots of green baby eggplant, okra, long bean, tomato...etc-appetizing!

Deep fried Siakap fish-very crispy skin with fresh and fleshy and garnished with deep fried garlic and oil.

Tom Yum Koong-we opt for the clear soup with a sweet/sourish taste-served with oyster mushroom/onion and fresh, succulent prawns-heavenly..

Fragrant whole grain white rice was perfect with those delicious and lip-smacking dishes.

Total bill:Rm99/
Location:49/a/b, JalanSutera Tanjung 8/3,
Taman Sutera Utama,
Skudai, Johor.
Tel:07-559-9526.

DE' CHIENGMAI THAI SEAFOOD RESTAURANT.

Besides My Elephant (Sect 17), Sri Siam (SS2) and Nong and Jimmy (Tmn Cahaya), De' Chiengmai Thai Seafood Restaurant is my mother's favorite place for Thai food.

The restaurant is located in an obscured area of Kampung Melayu, Sungai Buluh near to The Sungai Buluh General Hospital.
There are 3 ways to access the restaurant :
1. by the NSE via the Sungai Buluh General Hospital,
2.Taman Rahman Putra or
3. the flyover after the old trunk road of the Sg Buluh/Subang junction.

The place is huge with a sprawling car park, a gated vegetable garden, a pondok, artificial stream with fishes by the side of the restaurant, water fountain decorated with flowering plants and shrubs with the grand and majestic restaurant at the far end.

It was like visiting a private home with a huge fully air conditioned wood paneled dining area to enjoy authentic home cooked Thai cuisine!

The majestic Thai architectural front entrance.

The path leading to the restaurant.

Snapshots of the place.

An arrays of enticing, sweet desserts to round off your meal on a sweet note at Rm4/bowl.

Mixed Tom Yam-filled with slices of Chicken, Prawns and round rings Squids, Galangkal (Lengkuas), Lemongrass, Oyster Mushroom and Coriander leaves-the perfectly blended soup was sweet, sourish and not too spicy in flavor-too bad, the medium sized prawn with roe was not fresh!-RM35/

Mixed Vegetables-stir fried with Chinese round Cabbage, Carrot, green Capsicum, Cauliflower, sweet Pea and Spring Onion-a good balanced dish-Rm15/

Pandan Chicken-well marinated and fragrant minced Chicken meat unwrapped from it's Pandan leaves-easy to eat-would preferred it to be one whole piece- Rm3/piece.

Sweet and Sour Siakap(Seabass)-deep fried, smothered with dark sticky Sour Plum sauce and garnished with spring onion, slivers of carrot and ginger-the meat was fresh and fine in texture-delicious right to the bones-Rm40/

Steamed White fragrant rice served in a metal bowl-Rm1/.

Tucking in the food.

They grow their own greens, too!

Total bill:Rm130/
Location:95, Jalan Kampung Melayu.
Sungai Buluh, Selangor.
Tel:6156-3225.