Now the first thing that would come to your mind when having Thai cuisine would be their tom yam soup, isn’t it? Well, the above happens to be their Tom Yam Seafood Soup (Red), prized between RM20 (S), RM28 (M) and RM38 (B) which are pretty reasonable! In this case, however, their tom yam proved to be inferior especially when it came to their specialties! Many thanks to our gracious host we all got to try most of them, all reviewed below

This, happens to be one of their most authentic Thailand dishes, called the Thai Traditional Leaf Wrapped Savouries (Mieng Kam) @RM15. This dish consists of small cubes of lime, roasted nuts, imported dried shrimp (oh it makes a WHOLE lot of difference!), dry roasted coconuts hand-chopped, shallots, chillies and ginger surrounding their specially home-made tamarind sauce, as seen in the pic above.  The leaf used to eat this with, is called betel leaf which is apparently known to reduce the level of bad cholesterol in human’s body. Sounds like a healthy alternative to snacks, no?

And this is how you turn the betel leaf into a cleverly shaped cup for you to stuffed the ingredients into before popping the delicious morsel into your mouth. Cute and dainty isn’t it?

But I digress. We should probably start with the appetizers first which were served before the main courses.

We were first given Tapioca with Coconut Milk @RM6 to start, and as per recommended by the restaurant, it was indeed a delicacy of it’s own class. The simple dish required some secret ingredients which the owner insist is a trade secret, and rightly so too as we soon realize how special it is with the spongy texture, sweet demure taste topped with fresh cream! A definite must to try

Now THIS is a dish worth craving for. The Cashew Salad here is to DIE for. One just have to take a bite into a mouthful of crispy fresh lettuce stuffed with a lemony mix of sweet roasted cashew nuts, dried prawns, shallots, roasted old coconut and others that brought out the zesty zing out of the concoction.

But I guess pictures tell more than words, innit? A bite like this is enough to send you in an out of body experience lol!

Okay enough raving about the Salad. Let’s take a look at another of AHROY’s specialty, called the Octopus with Special Sauce @RM10. To prepare a dish like this one requires fresh squids as it’s not really cooked. Eaten with a special lemony sauce spread all over, it becomes a crunchy and zesty snack that you can’t seem to stop eating

Cockles Salad @RM12, to be honest, would probably be my mother’s favourite dish. Fresh and doused in lemoney sauce, these morsels tasted fine so I’m all good :p

Steam Fish in Thai Style (seasonal price) – The above is the “before” pic.

This is after it’s been steamed using a very traditional device that utilizes charcoal to bring the flavour out of all the ingredients, making the soup really, really tasty! Yum

We also had the Golden-Brown Stuffed Crab In Shell @RM10(2 pcs) which was a concoction of crab meat and mixed herbs that gave it an aromatic smell together with a savoury taste that lingered on our tastebuds. Its sweet flesh seemed to leap out there and then

A definite must to order in any Thai restaurant, the Pandan Leaf Chicken @RM13 (5 pcs) became my favourite way to tell if the Thai cuisine is really worth trying or not. My verdict: a definite YES! The wrapping, while not the original style, has been modified to enclose the pieces of thigh meat (yes, THIGH, yums!) really tightly with special house herbs to retain the  juices while it is cooked, giving the pieces of meat an unrivalled wholesome, herb-filled aroma and taste!

Go for this one, I bet my life on it

Go for Deep Fried Crispy Kang Kong @RM8 (S) | RM12 (B) if you’re looking for a quick snack, especially for the young ones. They will love this dish, especially when dipped in their home-made sauce made of chilli, lime, onions and squids!

Steam Squid in Lime Juice @RM25 also happens to be their specialty dish. The seemingly plain-looking dish is actually a power-packed lime-infused squid fest cooked so perfectly that its texture can’t be defined as too springy or two chewy. It’s right in the middle!

Of course you’ll also find the usual Thai menu such as the Green Curry Chicken @ RM15 (S) | RM25 (B) filled with coconut goodness, best eaten with hot steamed rice.

Tub Tim Krob a.k.a Water Chestnuts with Coconut Milk (Red Rubies) @RM5 need I say more?

They also have Thai Otah-Otah in Banana Leaf @RM8 (2 pcs), which happened to be a favourite of a few returning customers. I can’t figure out why, maybe you can tell me

Remember the leaf? It’s been made to wrap these morsels of meat to create this dimsum-ish dish, nicely eaten with Thai chilli sauce

Once again I have to impress on you the goodness of the Thai Traditional Leaf Wrapped Savouries (Mieng Kam) featuring the Betel leaves which are really hard to find, and yet, the owner constantly looks for it because they know that it’s a delicacy that can only be obtain here. Refreshing!

Om nom nom!

Once again thanks to Sidney and Sunny of BBO for the invite, and well met Yew Li of about-uli.blogspot.com! Read her entry here, she took really gorgeous photos!

To be honest, after the session I told myself that though the recipes and method of cooking used here may not necessarily be the most authentic way, they have certainly took painstaking efforts to strive as the best Thai food served in the area, if not the whole of Klang Valley. Lots of respect for them, especially as they work with Thai Tourism as well among other things.

I would most definitely come back here again, if not with Annabel who’s parents know their boss. Possible to get discount, yes?

Ahroy Thai Cuisine
Address: 48, Jln Manis 1, Taman Segar, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: +603 9133 2330

So we do not hesitate when ada rezeki, I always say. Greeting me at the gorgeous set up (perfect for private functions, too, if I may add) was a sight to behold that would have whetted a thousand appetites in one go, ah, but I’m just exaggerating.

The J&R Special – “The Full Works” (RM34) consists of two organic eggs sunny side up, with two sausages, bacons, grilled tomato, hash brown, mushroom, Heinz baked beans, toast or fried bread served with coffee or tea and orange juice. Enough to feed an active body for the day, especially since I was up with a huge task of controlling a crowd of 200 walking through the streets of Bangsar.

The hash brown isn’t what you’d normally get from McDonalds; it’s the real deal. Eaten along with the tasty bacon bits, pieces of nicely grilled sausages and wrapped in Heinz baked beans, I assure you it is a breakfast fit for the rich! (Though at RM34 it’s still affordable la :p)

J&R’s Egg Benedict Indulgence (RM28) however is something a little lighter than the “Full Works”. Made of two soft poached organic eggs with your choice of bacon, smoked salmon or ham (in this case, I chose Smoked Salmon!) on toast topped with Hollandaise Sauce served with coffee/tea and orange juice could just be fulfilling enough for you, especially if you’re looking for something lighter and easier to handle. I assure you their Hollandaise sauce is creamy and tasty, and certainly did go well with the smoked salmon, eggs and hot fresh toast

However I managed to miss the Egg Florentine (RM28) which came very early, yes, before I was awake :p – organic soft poached duck egg on a bed of spinach and hash brown base topped with Hollandaise Sauce served with coffee/tea and orange juice. KampungBoyCityGal covered it so head over to their website to see what it’s all about!

Now THIS is what I’ve been raving about: the J&R hangover special (RM35), which is a piece of bacon and egg “butty” with an Alka Seltzer and a Bloody Mary. What more could you ask for with a pounding headache threatening to make you throw up at any point of time?

The “butty” is made so simple, and yet each egg and bacon pieces cooked in such splendour, that it makes for a perfect accompaniment to the Bloody Mary that will help sooth the throbbing headaches and stomach pains.

An actual Alka Seltzer is given to us for us to dump it into water, which we would then drink up in order to sooth the pain and remove the “air” in the stomache.

But when combined with Bloody Mary, everything suddenly seem so right. These 3 maketh the J&R hangover special which will definitely make a big impact to the industry, so, what have they gotta lose!

After having our scrumptious breakfast meal at Jarrod & Rawlins we found ourselves taking a last look at the alcoholic section, while the meat chopping section had to go about living as per normal.

In the end of the day, I guess I’ll always have a soft spot for Jarrod & Rawlins since they make awesome breakfast

Come one, come all to their all new remodified restaurant. If you’re looking for more current & upcoming events feel free to visit their website and join their Facebook group.

Jarrod & Rawlins Damansara Heights
No. 6, Lorong Dungun
Damansara Heights
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: +603 2093 0708
Fax: +603 2095 3221
Email: damansara@jarrod-rawlins.com