The food was pretty authentic thai fare in my books. I didn't quite pay attention to the menu as someone else took charge of the ordering. They went for the presumably expensive set because the bill came up to a hefty $$$. There were 2 tables (of 10 pax) and each table got a set of the dishes.
I have a minor gripe on the food lining for the set though. Yes, we should come to expect that most thai dishes are spicy, but they need not make everything as such. And they could have branched out a tad on the variety. It's mostly sea food (Which I have a strong aversion to). Some land-animals would have been nice.
What we had (Please look out for the exact names from the site's menu):
What we had (Please look out for the exact names from the site's menu):
1) Fish cakes- was so-so, I had better ones elsewhere.
2) Papaya tempura- Quite nice.
3) 2 types of fish- One fried, and one steamed- in spicy lime sauce (I love the latter as it was de-boned).
2) Papaya tempura- Quite nice.
3) 2 types of fish- One fried, and one steamed- in spicy lime sauce (I love the latter as it was de-boned).
4) Tom yam soup with mussels and varied sea food (This version of tom yam came with a little coconut milk). Not bad.
5) Spicy sea food dish- not for me.
6) Fried fresh water prawn- definitely no-no for me.
7) Tofu with minced meat and basil leaf.
8) Minced chicken in basil leaf.
As you can see, a lot of redundant dishes. That's what I meant about the whole affair not being varied enough.
Ambiance- The deco is alright, but what I hate most about the place is that it's pretty DAMN HOT. EVERYONE in my company were sweating profusely. It was a bit rediculous in my opinion, if the reservation was made for 6.30pm... they should have at least started coowling the whole place down 10-15 minutes earlier.
Throughout our dine-in, they started bringing out portable air conditions/fans to supplement the coowling of the entire restaurant. This is really BAD. In fact, it's the same situation as the other upstairs restaurant: Kissaten. This gives me the impression that the entire upstairs layout was an afterthought by the Jaya One developer. No centralized air condition or design to mitigate the heat.
The entire sweaty, and somewhat unpleasant temperature was more or less offset by the staff's superb service. Kudos to them for being so attentive and well mannered. It makes the whole experience all the more bearable.
Overall. 3/5. (In my opinion, the food was still overpriced, better you browse and customize your order instead of going for the set).
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