"We had to closed our restaurant due to the threat of flooding over the past two weeks".
But, now we will open back our restaurant:
DATE: 15 NOVEMBER 2011
Thank you so much for all of you support
Warm Regards
Cili Padi management
"We had to close our restaurant due to the threat of flooding over the past two weeks".
But, now we will open back our restaurant:
DATE: 15 NOVEMBER 2011
Thank you so much for all of you support
Warm Regards
Cili Padi management
Cili Padi Restaurant review
Cili Padi is a Malaysian restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand specializing in Malay cuisine. The name is Malay for Bird’s Eye Chili which is a key ingredient in its prime dishes. We arrived to be personally met by the co-owner himself, Fahmi Sabri. The restaurant is a joint venture with his aunt, Noriza Mohd Tahir, and he has been running Cili Padi since 2007. Conveniently located near the business district of Silom and Sathorn on Narathiwat Road, it is easily accessible by public transportation through taxis and the light rail transit station nearby.
Cili Padi is a Malaysian restaurant in Bangkok, Thailand specializing in Malay cuisine. The name is Malay for Bird’s Eye Chili which is a key ingredient in its prime dishes. We arrived to be personally met by the co-owner himself, Fahmi Sabri. The restaurant is a joint venture with his aunt, Noriza Mohd Tahir, and he has been running Cili Padi since 2007. Conveniently located near the business district of Silom and Sathorn on Narathiwat Road, it is easily accessible by public transportation through taxis and the light rail transit station nearby.
The greeting we received from the Cili Padi camp was a lot like meeting an old acquaintance. While we were there to measure up the food, it was also for a laid back dinner. Good enough, the place is a no-frills restaurant and reminiscent of a rather common Malay restaurant ubiquitous back home. This is indeed the concept that Cili Padi likes to maintain.
Step inside the restaurant and you will find that the interior exudes homeliness through its wall decorations inspired by Malaysian arts and crafts. The Wau kites and the traditional food coverings called Tudung Saji are some of the pieces on the wall. There’s also a sense of patriotism with the Jalur Gemilang, the Malaysian flag, proudly displayed in the store’s front. It’s a relatively small venue with long tables, suitable for dinner with family and friends. The beverage station is also located next to the window so passersby can watch the preparations of the drinks available in the restaurant like the Teh Tarik being “pulled”. Outside, there’s a table or two with simple plastic stools under an umbrella much like a Warung or a hawker stall setting that you can find in Malaysia. There’s also a small outdoor kitchen in front of the entrance where the Roti Canai, Murtabak and street burgers are cooked.
Now let’s talk about the food. One thing to surely highlight is that the food here is Halal. This is a plus point for local and traveling Muslims in search of this requirement when looking to eat. The food here is also made with genuine Malaysian spices and products brought in from the homeland. It is rather difficult for them to import the ingredients into Thailand but Cili Padi tries its best to keep its kitchen well stocked to ensure authenticity. The Bird’s Eye chili itself is also imported from Malaysia since Thai chili is not a suitable substitute for it.
Cili Padi offers two Mix Rice Sets, the first with a choice of 3 different side dishes known as Lauk for 130 Baht and the other set includes the choice of 2 Lauk for 30 Baht cheaper. The variation of Lauk differs from day to day and includes the likes of Asam Pedas Fish, Chicken Gulai, Squid Kerabu and Steamed Vegetables. You can also order off the ala carte menu which has an array of mains to choose from. We ordered the Nasi Lemak, Mee Goreng, Asam Pedas and Beef Rendang.
Chef Mat Gemok is the restaurant’s resident Malaysian chef in charge of cooking most of the food served here. We watched as he demonstrated the making of the Mee Goreng. The end result was a plate of golden yellow noodles stir-fried with soya sauce, prawns, chili and vegetables. It came to be a tasty well-balanced dish.
The Nasi Lemak reminded us of the simple authentic taste of the ones sold at the morning stalls back home. But the best of the best had to be the Asam Pedas and the Beef Rendang. Eaten with rice, the flavors were just spectacular and the usage of Bird’s Eye chili was to its advantage. We highly recommend these two dishes.
For dessert, we ordered the ABC. A sweet concoction of shaved ice added with a mixture of jelly, corn kernels and cendol, drizzled with red syrup and evaporated milk and topped with ice cream. It was a refreshing treat after the pleasant punch of chili in the main dishes. We also tried the pink Bandung, a pretty beverage of red syrup diluted with milk and a thin layer of foam on the surface. All and all, it really was a satisfying Malaysian feast.
The place has garnered quite a number of popular visitors since they’ve been opened. Even the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia and other delegates have eaten here. This is not mere name dropping to promote the restaurant because the food here is tasty enough to speak for itself as we personally discovered. Malaysia Kitchen recommends this restaurant for authentic Malaysian dinning in Bangkok. They also offer catering services for events.
On the Wednesday 23rd March 2011 we from Cili Padi Restaurant were been selected to cater the food for Malaysia Indo-China Business meeting which be held at the MATRADE office at Q-House Lumpini.
We were so proud to serve them all the Malaysian yummy food during that event.
The menu:
§ Nasi lemak
§ Chicken rendang
§ Lepat pulut pisang
§ Kuih onde-onde
§ Teh tarik
Taste and enjoy the food like mom’s home cooking
Thank you so much for choosing us to cater the food..
| A taste of Malaysia in Bangkok |
| Craving for nasi lemak or beef rendang? These popular Malaysian dishes are within easy reach in Thailand’s cosmopolitan capital |
| Jofelle P. Tesorio Asia News Network Publication Date : 09-03-2011 |
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One of the most exciting parts of travelling to a certain country is getting to taste local food. Food is a sub-culture and many tourists today are not only interested in destinations but they also want to savour the sumptuous food of the local community. Where else can you find authentic food but from its place of origin itself? Travelling to Malaysia, for example, means tasting the venerable nasi lemak (coconut rice served with peanut curried beef and/or chicken, spicy shrimp paste, fried anchovies, boiled egg, vegetables and fried peanuts) and beef rendang (rich dry coconut curry). Or when you are in the Philippines, you have to sample sinigang (seafood or meat sour soup), adobo(meat or seafood cooked in spices, soy sauce and vinegar) and sisig (finely chopped pig’s face, ears and cartilage with vinegar and spices usually served on a sizzling plate). When you’re in Laos, their sai oua (local sausage) can’t be missed. But there are time we crave for something else when we want to break from som tam(papaya salad) or tom yam (shrimp or chicken sour and spicy soup) while vacationing in Thailand. And for many expatriates in the country, they want to try something new from time to time so as not to fall into monotony. Suddenly they crave for beef rendang, nasi lemak and teh tarik (pulled tea with milk). But did you know that authentic teh tarik can be found not just in Malaysia or Singapore but even in Bangkok? Thanks to an active Malaysian-Thai chamber of commerce and the growing interest of the world in Malay food, the number of Malaysian restaurants serving authentic dishes has multiplied in Bangkok. I was surprised to know that there are dozens of Malaysian-owned and Malaysian restaurants in the city. The first restaurant I tried was Archa Café and Wine Bar. Because of the change of name (it used to be known as Kopitiam), my friend and I had a hard time locating it on 4/1 Sukhumvit Soi 26, only to find out it was just on the corner, just a few metres walk from Phrom Phong skytrain station and Emporium mall. The place is easy to miss because of the confusing signage (Archa doesn’t sound and look Malaysian) but once you find it, you won’t regret going there. We tried the house specialty nasi lemak and beef rendang and ended dinner with, what else, teh tarik. The set dishes are reasonably priced between 150 baht (US$5) and 200 baht ($8.5) and the teh tarik costs a mere 50 baht ($1.80). But if you just want Malaysian drinks, The Tarik Outlet is the answer with dozens of kiosks around Bangkok. This teh tarik brand can be found in strategic places, usually manned by experienced mixers who pull the tea (tarik in Malay means to pull) with ease and art. Instead of mixing by spoon or stirrer, teh tarik’s taste is enhanced by way of pulling or the act of pouring the tea on one container to another, with a distance of at least a metre. Like barristas, teh tarik mixers love to show off by flipping to catch the poured tea from the backside. (The art of making the best teh tarik is worth another story.) Another restaurant that serves authentic Malaysian food is Cili Padi, on 160/9 Narathiwat Road Soi 1, near the central business area of Silom and Sathorn Roads and not far from the Chong Nongsi sky train station. Opened in 2007, Cili Padi prides itself as the only halal (not forbidden) Malaysian restaurant in Bangkok. Think of the thousands of Malaysians who come to Bangkok and end up in fastfood chains because they couldn’t find halal food that they like. Being a hub of many international restaurants, there are quite a number of Middle Eastern ones that offer halal food but some probably are not as tasty and wide-ranging as Malaysian dishes. As one Malaysian traveller I spoke with recently said, not only halal restaurants are lacking in Bangkok but halal travel as well. With the growing market of Muslim travellers to Thailand and other Asian countries, halal products and services are good business sense. (Halal travel will be another story soon on Travel Bites.) Bangkok being a favourite destination of Malaysian tourists and businessmen, there is really a need for a halal restaurant that satisfies their craving after eating too much Thai food. There are also non-Muslims who appreciate halal-certified restaurants for health reasons. Chili Padi is the answer to this. There are Muslim restaurants that are owned by Thai-Muslims from the south but the taste is quite different from Malay food because Thai-Muslim food is sweet and too spicy. The preparation is also completely different. Besides, these restaurants don’t necessarily cater to Malaysians who frequently visit Bangkok. And they are usually not within the central business or tourist areas. Other than the usual favourites, Cili Padi serves roti canai (flatbread), kari ikan (fish curry) and sambal tumis udang (spicy prawn). So the next time you visit Bangkok, try some authentic Malaysian food for a change. And always order teh tarik at the end of each meal. travelbites.asia@gmail.com ---- Cili Padi160/9 (27), ITF Building, Ground Floor, Silom Narathiwat Road, Soi 1, Bangkok. Open Sunday-Thursday, 11am-10pm. Tel: +66 (0)2 634 2839 Archa Cafe and Wine Bar4/1 Soi 26, Sukhumvit Road. Open daily, 10am-10pm. Tel: +66 (0)2 665 6488 Teh Tarik Outlet (Great Asia Co. Ltd.) Terminal Building No. 2 /17-19 Ground Floor Room No 12, Soi Sukhumvit 24, Kwang Klo, Bangkok. Tel: +66 (0) 2 2597 366 email: greatasia633@yahoo.com |
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Food Review- Cili Padi Restaurant "Malaysian Cuisines in the heart of Bangkok"
Happy New Year 2011 to my dear readers...how was your new year celebration? Mine was a memorable one, not captured in camera but will always be remembered all my life. Im not really a person who celebrates new year as for me it's just another year passed by..but the feeling of welcoming the new year in loving embrace of your loved one is an experience which is indescribable, when you share your hopes for the new year with your other half.
I was in Bangkok for the new year celebration, with my closest friends. Surprisingly the city was less crowded than the usual as most Bangkokians took the opportunity of the extended holidays (until 4th January) to go back to their hometown-leaving the new year celebration in Bangkok filled up by true-pure-blooded Bangkokians or tourist like us.
On our last day in Bangkok we had the chance to visit Cili Padi-a restaurant located in Silom, Bangkok, which serves mostly Malaysian cuisines. They also serve local Thai cuisines with some Malaysian twist. The lady-owner is a Malaysian hailed from Kedah. From our short conversation with her, we were informed that she would commute between Bangkok and Alor Star on regular basis.
The restaurant itself can easily be located as it sits in a shop row near the junctions at the end of Silom Road where Holiday Inn and Sophitel are located. Adjacent to it is a small open spaced square with a miniature windmill and the picture of the king was displayed.
the menu consists of the usual Malaysians offerings-roti canai-teh tarik-nasi lemak.....
sorry to disappoint....eventhough in a Malaysian restaurant..what i ordered was a bowl of seafood tomyam and a padprik fried rice...well at least padprik fried rice can be considered a Malaysian dish..dont think there's a Thai version of it...Thai do have a dish called padprik but i dont think they combine it with fried rice....
as you can see above, the portions are big and can easily be shared with another person.Taste wise, they are okay. Being in the "Tomyam Capital", you can easily find better tomyam elsewhere. The Nasi Goreng tasted similar to those served around KL.
Apart from ala-carte menu, they also have set lunch of mixed rice-consists mainly Malay dishes eaten with white plain rice.
Nice and clean ambiance...
this restaurant were also visited by famous Malaysians..politicians mainly.
it was a nice lunch at this restaurant with its clean and cosy setting and the air-condition is a relief from the Bangkok heat. Whenever you have a craving for Malaysian foods in Bangkok, do stop by this restaurant and have the taste of Malaysia in its wide variety of dishes.Kay 2011
***Thank you so much from us-Cili Padi Restaurant***
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