Erawan Classic Thai & Fusion @ Sunway Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya
Rabu, 01 Desember 2021
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In the books, Selangor may hold upward known as a state that has chalked up a population of around 5 million people but at Erawan Classic Thai & Fusion, it feels similar Cheers the pub..."where everybody knows your name". This Thai identify is definitely the flavour of the calendar month for many thus the convergence of people hither every other night. Walk inwards hither together with you'll definitely bump into someone you lot know. My commencement see hither yielded ane ex-boss together with a fiscal consultant I used to corporate cycle together with deal. Lurking inwards the background was someone else I vaguely recall from my erstwhile tuition days.
Numerous dining expeditions later, I've racked upward a long listing of nutrient bloggers, erstwhile friends together with fifty-fifty a few famous restauranteurs I've met here. It's non only me who convey been bumping into acquaintances as Splashie Boy also encountered a few ex-colleagues here. Another nutrient blogger fifty-fifty bumped into her chemist here. I guess this footling piece of sky hidden inwards Kota Damansara is a darn hamlet inwards the large city.
One of the best things nigh dining here...the nutrient is so nifty together with various that you lot regain yourself drawn dorsum to continue sampling the varieties. Take for instance, my latest see hither terminal week. Friends who visited the identify for the commencement time..Erawan virgins, nosotros telephone outcry upward them...are instantly hooked together with from what I gather, afterward this week another see has been planned. Don't worry, it's all very respectable...its been just 7 days since they walked into this magical place.
Run yesteryear Anan (who mans the front) together with Korn who rules the kitchen amongst his Fe hand, this identify is inwards the most unlikely place - sandwiched betwixt a motorcar workshop together with a chicken rice shop. One indication it is a footling different from the cookie cutter shophouses is their frontage, framed amongst greenery together with flowers. There's lovely footling touches on the exterior to entice you lot inside...orchids floating inwards the water, cutesy fauna figurines and beautiful mosaic patterned tables. Once you're inside, you lot volition hold upward charmed amongst the whole expect - mitt painted walls, beautiful paintings, orchids inwards large vases, together with etc.
Dining hither requires a footling dependent plain together with rules. For instance, you lot involve to conception ahead together with hold upward punctual. The eatery runs on the premise - food should hold upward ordered ahead for them to give you lot the best nutrient together with service. It tin hold upward quite frustrating peculiarly for those who prefer to dine on a whim but if making a teensy weensy endeavour on your part gives you great Thai nutrient as a reward, it's worth it.
In our many visits here, I've chalked up a long listing of favourites that ane see is never plenty to comprehend them. In fact, I often feel similar a casanova here, after I decided ane is my favourite, I regain something else to slowly border it downward the listing of popularity. My first love was the roast duck curry - silky smoothen to our tongue, the curry mesmerized us all amongst its sugariness flavours from the fresh fruits that nosotros drank every drib of the curry similar precious nectar. For my instant visit, I was enamoured amongst their luscious light-green curry amongst salted egg yolk or to a greater extent than just fish glue stuffed amongst egg yolk.
Like an onion, nosotros kept peeling through Erawan's card to regain to a greater extent than hidden treasures. Our greatest regain was during their appreciation night....the rose apple tree amongst special topping. That night, nosotros saw Erawan transform to an intimate identify for guests together with friends to mingle as the eatery was celebrating their entry into the Miele Guide. Looking innocently on the tabular array similar a fruit dish, nosotros almost ignored the humble looking pieces of rose apple tree until nosotros took ane seize amongst teeth of the whole concoction amongst a spoonful of the special topping. The sweet, fragrant together with slightly sticky topping made amongst cashewnuts, roasted coconuts together with dried shrimps complemented the sugariness crunchy rose apple tree perfectly. Needless to say, ane time the people discovered how wonderful it was, you could regard people crowding to a greater extent than or less the tabular array to keep spooning the topping over the tiny pieces of the fruit.
Another night, nosotros discovered the cockles curry. If you lot are a fan of cockles inwards your curry laksa, hither you lot convey a large bowl just dedicated to that humble bivalve. You regain yourself drenching your plate of rice amongst the wonderful curry scented amongst betel leafage together with enjoying every flake of the cockles. Another curry nosotros beloved is the Panaeng beef curry - tender beef pieces served amongst an aromatic carmine curry. Equally skillful is the soft shell crab served amongst the curry cream. It's a rich concoction of curry powder, creamy kokosnoot milk amongst eggs that begs for you lot to sully your pristine white rice. For those who prefer low-cal curries, the prawns amongst pineapple volition adapt them, piece those who beloved peanuts together with sugariness curries volition savor the Massaman curry that is served amongst chicken or beef.
How rude I am, I jumped ahead to the primary dishes, when I didn't rave on nigh their appetizers. For the festive period, there's yee sang available till 17 February. Erawan's version is extremely colourful together with well for you lot amongst nary a coloured yam shred inwards the assortment. We spied Thai ingredients such as pineapples together with colourful imperial cabbage inwards the assortment. Served amongst a Thai-ish sauce, it was non also sugariness together with crunchy after nosotros mixed everything upward together amongst the pok chui crackers.
Other appetizers I should rave on nigh is the lemongrass salad, a crunchy concoction of sliced lemongrass amongst toasted kokosnoot together with seafood. I also beloved the 4 angle edible bean salad. It's similar to the yee sang, as you lot pour the sauce over the eggs, toasted coconut, sliced 4 angle beans to toss it together. The deep fried papaya salad is odd as it reminds me of eating tempura (in a Thai restaurant) amongst a spicy assorted vegetables dip. The crab inwards the shell dish is also good. They're real generous amongst the crab meat together with shrimps together with it is served amongst their homemade plum sauce. A must is their pomelo salad, their best seller. Chunks of Thai pomelo is served amongst crushed peanuts, prawns together with a sugariness sticky sauce.
Once you lot convey enjoyed the appetizers together with mains, don't forget the desserts as they are every bit good. Unlike the commons pumpkin custards, Erawan's version is a different breed as it contains a black chocolate custard heart. It's also served amongst a vanilla sauce...that makes it but divine. A large favourite amongst all of us is the roast bananas - a dish amongst soft together with sugariness bananas that convey us requesting for it everytime.
Banana fritters is some other option for banana lovers - filo pastry crackers amongst banana. On some other occasion, nosotros tried refreshing kokosnoot jelly. Another favourite is the mango sticky rice, the Thai traditional dish. They fifty-fifty serve a durian version but it is only available when durian is inwards season, so catch it when it is served. I've also tried their crisp shallots custard cake inwards the cocktail party, soft together with luscious amongst an odd deep fried shallot topping. The tapioca is also real good. Something else I also tried earlier inwards their cocktail party that I beloved but its non on the card is the sago amongst kokosnoot custard topping. Really skillful as they lay a flake of tabular array salt inwards the kokosnoot custard layer. Don't forget their homemade H2O ice creams...the durian ane is gorgeous.
I promise it's non been a whirlwind as believe me, nosotros convey eaten a lot of items from the menu. Just become through the Flickr set for the total laid of pictures. You tin run through the Erawan's menu on their website. Study it together with brand the correct choices for your pre-booked dinner.
Hopefully you lot volition regain together with autumn inwards beloved amongst this footling precious rock of the identify similar all of us have. I'm looking forwards to my adjacent see hither already after running through my pictures since everyone of them has me salivating peculiarly belatedly inwards the night.
Erawan Classic Thai & Fusion
No.22-1, Jalan PJU 5/16
Dataran Sunway Kota Damansara
Petaling Jaya
Tel No: 03- 6141 2393
(Pork Free. Closed on Mondays. Open for luncheon on Friday, Sat together with Sunday. Dinner available from Tuesdays to Sundays. The identify is opposite the ICCA.)
*Disclaimer: The opinions expressed hither is only based on my personal tastebuds together with may vary for others. This review is fourth dimension sensitive; changes may come about to the identify afterward on that tin deport on this opinion. The reviewer also declares that she has non received whatever monetary or non-monetary compensation from this identify for writing the review.