Rama V

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It was my birthday weekend and Becks brought me to celebrate my birthday at Rama V. I've never been here and its my 1st time i realize there is fine Thai cuisine in KL. We were running late already, you know girls, i just dono wat to wear on my birthday=) I i only knew very last min, it's a lunch, n not celebrating during dinner. So when we reach there, Becks told the table was reserved under Jane, my name=) You know the weird thing, the waitress reply, " yes, they are already here." I'm like, "

This Thai restaurant certainly earns points from me from its decor to its attention to delivering good thai food which follows the traditional recipes closely. One of their signature dishes is the appetizer Chor Ladda. The dish really looks so good in presentation that it was hard to start eating it. It is flower shaped dumplings in tints of blue sprinkled with peanuts. The fillings were minced chicken which tasted salty-sweet and when mixed with the chopped peanuts filling, it was such a fa

The idea of stuffing things into chicken wing is just bewildering. How on earth do you do that? At Rama V, you will get the chance to try out their stuffed chicken wings, however it was not exciting as it sounds. Though it was fried to crispiness, it was still mild in terms of flavor. Chunky fillings but again, mild but peppery. The chicken wings were very soft and quite filling though.

When I was young, I rarely had asparagus. According to mommy, it is expensive. So let's eat expensive vegetable, shall we? The style of cooking gave me the idea that it would taste like the Chinese tai chao style and I was right about it. The asparagus was cooked to the right extent so as to retain the crunchiness. The garlic did enhance the natural sweetness in asparagus. Good to go with rice and curry!

A dessert, shall we? This is one of the selection of the weekend brunch buffet menu. Personally I find it rather interesting, so I decided to give it a try but I was disappointed. First of all, the chandol was frozen, which might be by intention, however I liked my chandol soft. The sticky rice was alright. Somehow I liked my previous dessert, the candied banana in coconut milk more. This was alittle too diluted to my liking.

I like banana and I like coconut milk. Filling, fragrant, sweet but a little savory, all these things appeal to me when I saw this dessert on the menu. The candied banana was expectedly sweet and hot, while the coconut milk was slightly chilled. I love the hot and cold combination and to make it more enjoyable, make sure you mix sufficient coconut milk with a candied banana in every scoop.

It is something new to me that you cook duck with curry. It is even unpredictable that you cook lychee with curry. Guess what, it worked perfectly at Rama V! Perhaps this was the best curry I had this year. Duck itself was quite a challenge as it tastes game most of the time. however in this dish, it was almost inexistent. The curry was lovely, sweetened by the natural sweetness of lychee. I love this, and it must go with rice!

Snapper fish is considered a rather expensive fish for its texture is known to be smooth and flaky. So when we saw fillet red snapper, we just pointed our fingers to that. Served hot, this fillet red snapper was very crispy on the outside, soft and smooth in the inside. Syiokness giler! Paired with the 3 taste chili sauce, it soaked up the outer layer of the batter to a little soggy, and gave it more exciting flavour.

I understand that this is a salad and not a fish dish, however I had a serious problem here. Where was my fish? I picked the biggest piece, hoping that there would be some treasure hidden but I was disappointed to the max. It wasn't just me, my friend also told me the same thing. However the crispy batter was prevalent and tasted like mixture of coconut flakes with batter.

Instead of white rice, we opted for Rama V Thai Style Fried Rice. First of all, the prawns were really huge and fresh. For a big prawn lover like me, I was most delighted to have them all to myself. However, the fried rice was a little wet to my liking. I like my fried rice dry and eggy. The rice wasn't fluffy due to the wetness and thus less enjoyable than Chinese style fried rice.

Gaeng Ka Ree Kai is chicken in yellowy curry with sweet potato. The dish is served in a claypot. The curry was is not the usual curry that we tasted as it was more of sweet in taste than spicy. The spices used blends very well with the generous amount of chicken, onion and sweet potatoes in the dish, thus making it very fragrant. I love this dish so much that I can finish up the whole dish just by itself.

It was recommended by my friends that I need to try this dish if I ever come to Rama V. from the looks of the dish; it looks like similar to the Chinese style fried rice. The fried rice was very fragrant and flavorful to taste. The prawns given were not only large in size but also tasted fresh and succulent. The downside of this dish for me is the generous amount of spring onions. Luckily, somehow the fragrant of the fried rice managed to cover up the overwhelming smell of spring onion.

Mango salad is a must appetizer in any Thai restaurant. Be it as a stand alone dish or accompanying ingredient. The serving was quite large and consists of finely sliced raw mango and generous servings of finely chopped peanuts. For me, the dish was too spicy for my liking. The looks of the dish was redder than usual due to the excessive chilli flakes. They did say it was SPICY mango salad.

The display of the dish looks more like a table deco than a dish. The Mieng Kam comes with Kaduk leaves, sweet paste, peanuts, chopped red onions, chopped garlic, dried coconut flakes, lime, cili padi and dried shrimp. Using the large Kaduk leave to wrapped all the ingrents and is eaten. It is the best appetizer as it makes one want to eat more. However, I do wish they would gives us more Kaduk leaves as they were much leftovers of the ingredients.

Weird as it sounds, the dish is violet- coloured (similar colour in Nyo Pulut Tai Tai) dumpling with floral pattern. It is topped with garlic oil and coconut milk. This is one dish that cannot be judge by its looks. The chewy outer yam layeR goes well with the fillings of slightly sweet minced chicken with finely chopped peanuts. Anyone who wanted to try something different should order this for a try