Lunch at Sabai ( Thai Cuisine)

This is really a very belated article as have not work on it since April.

I had brought my mum and relatives to the Thai restaurant located at Takashimaya level 4. The name of the restaurant is Sabai and it was featured in a newspaper review. Hence the decision to bring them there as firstly my mum like Thai food and secondly going to try a new place.

The below is a picture of the entrance.

A picture of one of the displays in the interior of the place.

After reviewing the menu, we decided to order a few items to share which are shown in the following photos.

The first dish to arrive is the seafood tom yum soup. The soup is delivered on top of a flame to ensure the soup is still hot when is served to us.

As can be seen, the soup is very clear which does not look very hot. However believe me when we had the soup it was really spicy. The soup was spicy enough and it had a sufficient sourness which give a very strong flavour and unforgettable flavour.

This was really a very excellent soup.

The next dish is the chicken fried with dried chili. This chicken was deep fried to a crisp and it went well with the dried chili.
The next dish is the boneless whole grouper cooked in Thai sauce. This dish was one of the best I had. They had debone the fish from the tail to nearly the head and they had curved up the meat and deep fried it. Hence from the fist glance of the picture, it looks like there is only the fish head.

The meat was very tender on the interior in spite of the exterior was very crispy and the sauce complimented the fish taste very well.

The below is the scallop cooked in a dry curry style. This was the dish which was not up to the expectation. There was nothing outstanding in this dish.

The below is the sambal Kang Kong. It was quite good.


The below is the deset buffet spread which is charged at 8 bucks. There is about 15 different desert items to choose from. My family really love the desert as it was very well prepared especially for the deserts which contained coconut milk.

In my opinion, if you are a desert loving person, you should have it. The sequent photos are some of the items that were taken from the selection.

In summary, my family really enjoyed the food and mention it was one of the best Thai food they have had. The majority of the dishes were excellent. The only downside is the pricing is on the expensive range.

Sample of local food (Bukit Timah Hawker Centre)

This article is about my recent visit to the Bukit Timah Hawker Centre. Actually it was my first visit there. It is a two storey building with the ground floor been a traditional wet market ( less common nowadays) and the second floor is the hawker centre.

The hawker centre had about 40 stalls selling a variety of local delights. The below is what my frens and I had for lunch.

The below is the wonton and char siew noodle. The noodles' texture was quite good and the sauce base of black sauce and chilli compliment the noodles quite nicely. The char siew is also quite good.
The next picture is the fried carrot cake. This version is the one fried without the sweet sauce. As can be seen below, the exterior is fried to a crisp and the inside is soft and moist. ( unlike the sweet version)

The one that we bought was actually quite good although it would have been better if the exterior is a bit more crispy.

The following picture is the satay been hoon. It seem to be very popular as there was a long queue of people. My fren commented that the flavour was very good and was worth eating. ( should try it out next time, hopefully the queue is not so long)
The below is the char kuey teow. ( Singapore version) It was fried with cockles and fish cake and most importnatly it was fried with lard which give the dish the extra kick. It was alright although I still prefer the penang style of char kuey teow.
The below is the rojak. This is something quite commonly found in hawker centre. This is a chinese version. There is also the Indian rojak which is something like the chinese Ngo Hiang where there are a lot of fried items.
The last picture is a local desert.

Anyway I feel that if you happen to be in the area, you could drop by and try the large variety of local delights.