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RESTAURANT To Dine For (View Details)
ADDRESS Lot B1-A, Chulan Square, 92 Jalan Raja Chulan, 50200 Kuala Lumpur.
CUISINE Thai | Halal
Text Raina Ng | Photography Alvin Koh
In 2007, To Dine For was awarded the Best Halal Asian Restaurant in Kuala Lumpur for the year 2007/08 for its efficient services, strategic location, value for money and for keeping the halal guidelines. To Dine For is also one of the top ten recommended restaurants in Kuala Lumpur for tourists and business travellers. Belonging to the Sea Cuisine group of restaurants specialising in Thai cuisine; To Dine For offers patrons a range of Thai cuisine from various parts of Thailand.
Located at the city centre, To Dine For promises to offer not only a satisfying lunch treat to its corporate crowd, but a place suitable for company lunches and business meetings. It is quiet and offers its patrons enough privacy. The restaurant is filled often with well-made up girls in power suits and men dressed for success. Lipstick marks on the straws that were stuck in glasses of Thai coffee and teas were quite a common sight to the waiters and waitresses.
The three layered drink was quite a popular delight, the bottom layer of palm sugar is layered with milk coffee or tea and topped with a layer of milk. A company of three walked in, stressed and serious about the discussion they had going on the economy and financial markets. The waiter knowingly served them two cups of coffee, and a cup of tea. The lady in a red pencil skirt stirred her coffee while sipping to taste it, and with every layer of sugar she stirred in, she was careful not to spoil the taste by over-sweetening the drink. She stopped stirring and was careful to prevent the mixture from mixing any more when she was convinced that the drink was the exact sweetness she required.
I was immediately ambushed by questions of why I was late when I walked in on their intense argument over the best way to secure their next million. I rolled my eyes in boredom and had myself one of those three layered drinks. Disinterested in anything but the food before me, I tucked in to the pineapple fried rice. Chewing the mouthful of cashew nut, corn, carrots, chicken floss, and rice, I found the combination sealed together nicely with the sweet and sour pineapple flavour. I laughed at the sight of my well-groomed companion stuffing her face with bits and pieces from the platter of fish cakes, prawn cake, scallop and mushroom kebabs, moneybags, spring rolls, pandan leaf chicken, and
prawn wantons .
The deep fried garoupa was quite a delight to crunch on. Topped with garlic and Thai chilli sauce, it was a popular dish amongst patrons. The green curry was also a pleasure. Coupled with the fragrant rice, the sweetness and spiciness of the curry was emphasised by the creamy coconut cream base. The tom yam dishes provided just the kick we all needed that afternoon. The clear tom yam soup was filled with tiger prawns, squid and exuded the distinct taste of lemongrass. The red tom yam soup was not much different.
Tap tim krop, which is a water chestnut dessert, was the table’s favourite. We particularly enjoyed the chewy water chestnut that was wrapped in tapioca flour. The dessert contained a satisfactory amount of jackfruit, water chestnut and coconut milk and provided for a satisfying closure to a meal. The mango sticky rice is a Thai favourite and was a simple treat to finish the meal.
Just like its usual crowd, the restaurant provided for a safe and presentable meal that is consistentand i went away satisfied.
