Few months back we saw an advert in a local magazine promoting the set lunch served by a Thai restaurant in town. I sort of persuaded my parents to go and have a try with me.
Sri Sawadee Thai Food Restaurant is located at Sri Bahari Road, and just diagonally opposite The Ship Restaurant. This row of pre-war houses has mostly been changed to some business premises, including this shop.
Just outside the restaurant. Penang Road is just further down…
A big banner showing the promotion.
If you are not interested in the promotional sets, then you can opt to order ala-carte.
The interior of the shop. There’s some Thai items on display and even photos of the owner and family in Thailand.
A cute boy was helping his father to take our orders on that day. Too bad I didn’t managed to snap a photo of him.
My parents ordered the Set Lunch B (RM 16) which is enough for two pax. There’s altogether 3 dishes with white rice. Drinks are exclusive.
Hot and spicy tomyam with seafood ingredients. The spicyness is fine but I find it a little bit more on the sour-ish side.
Fried Kangkung with sambal. Taste normal…I think we can find this in any Thai or ‘chu-char’ restaurant.
Belacan fried chicken taste good. It was very cruchy with a strong flavour of belacan paste.
I ordered the special promotion set (RM 8.90). Pineapple Fried Rice + mango salad + belacan chicken + 1 small bowl of tomyam.
The tomyam and belacan chicken is exactly the same as the dish above. The rice was fragant and has chunks of chicken meat and pineapple in it, together with some cubed mixed vegetables. It is the topped with thinly-sliced egg. The rice would have tasted better if they cook it with slightly less water so that it wouldn’t taste sort of soggy. I believe you know what I’m trying to convey here. I guess this is a one time thing and shouldn’t be happening at other times. It’s just my luck I suppose.
The mango salad has the right combination of sweet and sour and the peanuts gave a crunchy taste to this side dish.
And lastly, dessert - Thai Style Special Dessert which comes together with the set meal. Jackfruit and water chestnut cut into cubes, together with sago, cendol and santan all added into shaved ice.
Coconut milk is a sweet, milky white cooking base derived from the meat of a mature coconut. The color and rich taste of the milk can be attributed to the high oil content and sugars. In Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia coconut milk is called santan and in the Philippines it is called gata. In Thailand it is called ga-ti and used in many of the Thai curries. It should not be confused with coconut water (coconut juice), which is the naturally-occurring liquid found inside a coconut.
It was really refreshing and satisfied my sweet mouth. But this is the first time I see a thup-tim-krop kind of dessert with added cendol!!! It was nice though….haha.
The location:
They are open everyday (except Monday) from 12.00pm - 3.00pm and 6.00 pm - 10.00pm. No service charge.
Sri Sawadee Thai Food Restaurant
17, Sri Bahari Road,
10050 Penang
Tel: 04-263 1492
email: sawadee@streamyx.com / sri_sawadee@hotmail.com
