What were you doing during the few days holiday on the recently Independence Day celebration? I was at home since the bus ticket to Ipoh were fully sold out 2 weeks before the holiday starts. Most of my friends/floggers/bloggers have their own plans for the long weekend except me, so I ended up makan diri sendiri for two and a half day. *sobs*
Fortunately, on the third day, I got a surprise call from WMW, saying that she’ll be coming to Cheras with Jackson to have dinner with me (Yay! *jumping up and down*) and asked me to figure out where to dine. Immediately, I thought of a Thai seafood place in Ampang and without hesitation, I suggest that place.
We finally reached at Nong & Jimmy at Taman Cahaya, after made several calls to my friend, asking for directions. WMW claimed that she came here before but that was few years back. Jackson on the other hand, never been here or heard about it before.
We had the Thai deep fried crullers with pandan kaya which is freshly fried upon ordering. I ordered 2 plates of this at first but then:
WMW: 2 plates enough ah? Make it 3!
Jackson: Whoa..! I think that’s too much laa.
Me: Jackson, believe me, later you’ll say, “It’s not enough laa!”
WMW: Yalah, it’s very good, you know.
Jackson: @.@”
Ahem… guess that he’s freaked out by our greediness. Anyway, we only ordered 2 plates as the dishes started to come not long after that.
Thai Mango Salad. Shredded half-ripen mangoes tossed with chopped onions, peanuts, chopped chillies and dried cuttlefish. We hearts this a lot for it’s not too sour, just nice.
Me being a non seafood fan, felt in love with their sotong bakar (grilled squid). The slightly charred squid gave a pleasant barbequed, smoky flavour. I had this just on it’s own, without dipping them into any chilli sauce.
Of course we can’t miss the Tom Yam Seafood soup. Loaded with goodies such as prawns, squid rings, button mushrooms etc. The soup itself is very flavourful, with just the right amount of spiciness and sourness. Milder version is available upon request.
And finally, we ended the meal with one portion of Black Pepper Crab. The crab, needless to say, was very fresh and we took our own sweet time licking and sucking the black pepper sauce glazed crab shells. (Precious Pea, we shall come here together one day!)
Thanks to dear WMW and Jackson again for the wonderful company.
Nong & Jimmy Thai Seafood BBQ
Lot 27363, Jalan Cahaya 1,
Taman Cahaya, Ampang,
Selangor.
Tel: 03-4251 1807, 019-261 1345, 012-273 8069
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lol! funny conversation u guys! love the sotong too!
i have always wanted to try this place but am clueless how to go 😦 got map?
Hahaha…you always think of me whenever you see crabs hor? I would love to join you guys that day but WMW called me when i just finished my dinner…somemore told me you guys going for Thai food and i just touchdown from my trip to Phuket. Never mind, next time yah.
Ginger,
We always infuse jokes into our conversations. 😛
MeiYen: I’ll try to get one and put it here. Else, we can organise a trip here.
Precious Pea: Yalah. Yeah, WMW told me that too. You had plentiful of seafood at Phuket already! Yep, next time.
wow, has been years since i went to nong and jimmy! i remember it serves great grilled prawns too..
Woow, the fried crulles looks nice to go with the kaya. Should drop by there one day.
hehehe….As always, good food, good company!
hehe.. i blog about this too!! I miss the yau char gueywt kaya
Wah! tak ajak pun…. sombongnya….. lol!
green chili is the in thing now? every i see…i see green chili hehehe.. the sotong bakar looks gooddddd
goooodness, they are tempting! especially the thai food!
SC: It’s time to revisit. 🙂
God of Food: The fried crullers with kaya – highly recommended.
WMW: Shall we make that our slogan? Hehe.
Jackson: Let’s go again one of these days.
BBO: Was in a rush that day. Next time!
Teckiee: Em… where did you see green chilli? Yeah, the sotong bakar is good!
Ai Wei: Hi there, welcome to Ipoh Mali. Nice blog you have there!
oops.. hahah mistaken the pandan kaya for green chili!! hahah
Teckiee: Hahaha!
Ohh nice different styles of seafood. Nyamm!
Black pepper crabs… sai ti mo ah?? I like the bakar sotong… looks good!!
Oh, the sotong bakar should be in it’s original taste and sweetness…
this is one of my fave place!!! glad you’ve tried them. eh din order cockles? it’s one of their famous item and usually first to finish.
feels very heavy and full of thailuv flavors. Nearly reached Grand Gluttons status 3 of you ! definitely confirmed once you can hit 3 big bottles of last pix (each) think jackson already qualified months ago
btw can make words bigger or not , while pixs superb quality words on small side ( then dark also )
Wow, excellent blog you have here. I love the pics 🙂 Keep up the good work 🙂 (Its making me hungry…)
is it only me but somehow the comments i put in never seem to appear..not the 1st blog d..haha
i was abt to say..i live like 2-3 mins away from u..y nvr call me 1? haha
Wow…the prawn in the Tom Yam Seafood soup!! almost as big as the bowl ~ must be real good… ^_^
Durianberry: We wouldn’t notice if you didn’t mention it!
NKOTB: Sai ti mo?
Celine: It’s still tastes good.
Babe_KL: No cockles since WMW and I don’t take cockles. 🙂
Tonixe: Enlarged the font size in the next post. Thanks for the comment!
Ethan: Hi, thanks a lot for visiting!
LotsOfCravings: Sorry, was thinking to call you but it was holiday and we though you might be spending time with Nicole, so we don’t want to be “lmap posts”! Will give you a call next time. 😉
Ling239: Hello, thanks for dropping by. Prawns… you have to ask Jackson cos I don’t take prawns. *blush*
sai ti mo? means waste or not…
NKOTB: Em… black pepper crab wor, why wasted?
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wah… i went there last sunday… the crab bakar kill me lo… 2 crab RM56 walan….. so expensive..
Edwin: They charge the crab based on the weight. Are the crabs big in sizes?
wei, while searching for the Ampang YTF, we bumped into this restaurant la … so familiar name, but in broad daylight, so probably closed. love spicy spicy Thai delights!!! =P
oh ya, this seafood restaurant, vryyyyyyyy nice oh!!!
I always been there…
J2Kfm: I think it’s open for dinner only. Let’s go there next time!
Cherry: Hello, thanks for your comment. 🙂
see the pic look like very good but don’t know the price good or not?
Samantha: Other than the crabs, other items are pretty reasonable.
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is it the food at nong & jimmy halal?
Hi Fiona, I dont think they’re halal.
is this restaurant HALAL???
What time Shop open?
Hi Anonymous, in the evening, around 5pm-6pm
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