IMM Building, Jurong East St 21 Level 1 besides Giordano
Went to fetch GF after work. After much discussion on where to have dinner, we decided to try this particular restaurant "Bali Thai" ( at the IMM ) that we have passed by a couple of times.I would say the ambience is cosy enough to sit down, enjoy a little chat over dinner with your family and friends. The soft lighting, the ethnic dressing of the staffs. The seats were comfortable, thou the table was a little small . Anyway we were curious about the food they serve and we thought what better occasion than today to check it out?
As the name implies, Bali-Thai serves fusion Indonesian and Thai cuisine. We didn't really noticed if it was Halal-certified but we dun really remember seeing pork on the menu.
For starters, we had the Special Thai Fishcakes.
They tasted really like Otah fishcake. There were visible bits of herbs inside them. We were disappointed with this starter as it lacks the freshness of seafood but had the added "artificial " taste of commercial ready-made otah fishcakes. Nothing to rave about. ( 2/5 )
Next up we had the all-time favourite, the Tahu Telur ( Deep Fried Beancurd). This was too, quite okie, but nothing to rave about either. The accompanying peanut sauce was a tad too spicy. ( 3/8 )
Thai Black Olive Fried Rice. Was deciding between either Thai Pineapple Rice or the Thai Black Olive Rice. Hmmm... So we asked the staff about their Thai Black Olive Rice and somehow he came across to us as being not that familiar with the dishes that Bali Thai serves. Anyway i remember i did ask him him if one serving was big enough for two person ( if the serving is small, then we'll probably get the Pineapple rice in those huge half pineapples ). He told us it's enough for two. Guess what, the plate above was the exact serving portion. Lol... Gonna order more dishes.... Taste wise, nothing special about it. ( 2/5)
Ayam Pangang. This was by far the best dish the whole evening. According to the menu, it is chicken grilled over charcoal in a special Bali sauce. The meat was a little bit dry but still okie. The favour was one of a sweet and salty, kindof like soya sauce braised chicken except that this was grilled. ( 3.5/5 )
Oh ya we had this tall glass of Ice Thai Tea. According to our blur waiter, it supposedly should taste like Ice Teh Su-Su. Hmmm.... It that case, this should be one pretenious glass of milk tea isn't it. Gotta try it!~! GF suspected that coconut mlik could have been added for that extra sweetness. To me, this was an excellent glass of ice milk tea. I ordered Ice Thai Tea, not Teh bin..... ( 4/5)
For desserts we have Thai Mango with Sweet Rice. Basically it's glutinous rice with sliced fresh mangoes. This is one simple yet greating tasting dish. Both of us enjoyed it tremendously. ( 5/5 )
The bill came up to about SGD$45. Considering the portion that were served, the quality of the dishes, the service from the staffs... i would say quite okie but then i would not come again for the main dishes, perhaps the desserts, the drinks and the starters.
A point to note is, the ambience is really cosy. So i would say apart from the quality of the food served, GF and myself enjoyed the evening very much. What better ways to spent the evening than to sit down, have a meal with your love ones? Chatting over dinner, i guess food binds the both of us together even closer.
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