COCONUTS HOT SPOT —Opened last year, Baan Kun Ya in Centrepoint, Bandar Utama is popular among diners in the area for one core reason: its comforting and delicious Thai fares.
Food at Baan Kun Ya is meticulously prepared by Thai chefs using authentic ingredients from Thailand, with all effort put into getting the tastes right.
Now well into the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, the chefs have come up with more new dishes and introducing them with special Buka Puasa Sets.
Diners can choose from set dinners for four, six and eight pax. The set for four comprises six menu items while the six and eight pax sets have nine items on the menu.
A typical Set for four pax looks like this:
Thai Spring Rolls
Clear/Spicy Seafood Tomyum
Fried Chicken with Sambal
Thai-style Omelette with Onions
Stir-fry Vegetables Paprik with Seafood
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We also checked out some of their new dishes, which can be ordered a la carte. Instead of the usual tomyum, try the clear Gaeng Liang Goong Sod, a local Thai peppery soup with a delicious prawn base — Thai dried shrimps are used in the broth.
Pumpkin, baby corn, mushrooms and angled loofah make up the ingredients which make this addictive soup good till the last drop.
Who can resist a mound of fresh crabmeat sitting in a pool of creamy spicy curry with a tangy kick, thanks to the slices of fresh pineapples in it? If there’s one curry you have to order in Baan Kun Ya, the Crabmeat with Pineapples Curry is IT.
As this is the Ramadhan period, the chefs at Baan Kun Ya came up with a few dishes with some local twists, like the Sambal Chicken and the Paku-Pakis Curry with Anchovies. The sweet sambal topped over fried chicken was much like the regular nasi lemak sambal.
I love paku pakis and would almost always order that if I spot it on any menu. Baan Kun Ya’s version here is much like the Malay masak lemak-style, flavoured with tumeric and cooked in fresh coconut cream.
For desserts, we absolutely loved the Khanom Ba Bin – warm squares of chewy tapioca and coconut cake that’s so good, we almost wanted to order a second plate!
Not many Thai restaurants here offer “look choop” as it’s a tedious affair, making those miniature fruits and vegetables; skills and patience are needed. The chefs at Baan Kun Ya make beautiful look choop and they’re really too pretty to eat! Eventually we did eat them though and they were delicious.
So, if you are looking for a Thai meal to break fast, Baan Kun Ya is worth a visit. We can’t wait to go back – there are still so many items we haven’t tried yet!
BAAN KUN YA
No.3 Lebuh Bandar Utama
1st Floor Centrepoint
Bandar Utama
47800 Petaling Jaya
Tel: 03-7733-3337
Open daily from11.30am to 11.00pm
Chris Wan also blogs at Pure Glutton.
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