Ah Loy Thai

This is a gem of a find, a hole-in-the-wall shop selling Thai food near Ah Yat Seafood. Seats are very limited, and when it’s crowded you have to wait to get a seat, then wait again for each dish to arrive. A tip is to go there at off-peak hours. Before 6.30pm for dinner, and after 2pm for lunch. And forget about going there at 7.45pm as they are usually sold out by then, even if their official closing time is 8.15pm.

1) Tom Yum Soup with Prawns ($6.50): Generous serving of prawns, about 7 huge ones in a standard claypot serving. It’s spicy, sourish and the deshelled prawns are fresh.

2) Pineapple Rice ($4.50): Chock full of ingredients, medium sized prawns, raisins and slivers of fresh sweet pineapple.

3) Sweet Potato Leaves in Spicy Sauce ($4.00). This was spicy enough, with just the right about of garlic and chili, without being too overpowering

4) Pandan Chicken is my favourite dish here ($6.50 for 4 large pieces). Fragrant pandan and succulent, well-marinated chicken.

5) Phat Thai ($4.50), Thai rice noodles stir-fried with prawns, chicken, crunchy beansprouts, baby dried shrimp, cubed beancurd and scrambled eggs. The noodles were nice and smoky, with fragrant aromas of tamarind, fish sauce, and lime juice.

6) Thai Red Tea: thick, rich, and sweet.

7) Kumquat Juice: Sour, refreshing and not too sweet.

8) Lemongrass Juice ($1.70): a little diluted, but still refreshing

9) Thai Chendol ($2.50): Strips of jackfruit, cubes of green and pink jelly, red rubies and bits of mashed yam top a sugar syrup coconut milk concoction. Very different from our usual chendol but refreshing nonetheless.

You can read more about it at my blog: http://thehungrybunnie.blogspot.com