For the past two weeks or so, we had quite many restaurants/cafes opening in Penang starting with OldTown White Coffee at Penang Times Square in mid May to Palm Village Café on Sunday. The latest would be Aroi Thai Restaurant yesterday in Pulau Tikus, Penang. The restaurant had a simple layout without much fuss over having too many authentic Thai displays within the premises. It’s simple and yet comfortable for your dining experience with their cooks all the way from Thailand.
Basically, the food choices here were not as spicy and hot as the ones you would get from Thailand. Since it was just their first day of operation, I would think that they were still adjusting their ingredients usage to cater to the general taste buds of the locals. Let me share with you my experiences in this restaurant so that you could judge them with your own verdict.
As usual, I would start with the most basic dish in any restaurants just to know them better. The first dish that came was the Thod Man Pla (Thai Fish Cake – RM3.50 each). These were quite nice combined with the Thai chili sauce and plum sauce that were served except that I felt they should have added in some chopped long beans for that extra bite.
wow, another new Thai restaurant…my fav….sure will go when i visit Penang.
It seemed like many people love Thai food over here. 🙂
Excellent news! There can never be enough Thai restaurants to go around! Parking at Bandar Baru supermarket is the best bet, I think!
Well, I still missed those authentic ones from Thailand. Somehow I could not find one here in Penang. Maybe it’s rather hard to get certain ingredients locally.
wow…. another Thai outlets…. that’ll be another place for makan. ^-^
You sure can eat a lot Mary. LOL!
good .. very near my workplace!!
Try their set meals and do tel me your verdict. 🙂
wow…. so many food reviews… waist line expanded or not?? 🙂
Well, actually I lost weight running around. LOL!
reasonably priced-like the green curry.
I did try many version of Green Curry before, I find the one here good as it was not over spicy as others 🙂
Interested to try out their set lunch 🙂 Is it available during weekend?
I’m not sure about that as it was just their first day of business. I will check it out when I visit them next. In fact you will get a stamp for every RM50 you spent there. After the card has been fully stamped, you can claim a set meal. 😛
[…] CRIZ BON APPETITE » Blog Archive » THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF AROI …Drive on until you have reached the Jalan Cantonment/Jalan Burma traffic light. After the traffic light, you would see a row of shop houses on your left. The restaurant is just along this row of shop houses, between Soon Huat fruit and … […]
the green curry looks good!
but hw come desserts so bad ahh..
Well, I would say it was a rush opening. They should have considered on the availability of certain ingredients.
Green Curry, Fish Cake, Pandan Chicken and Tub Tim. Safe choices and usually will not fail. Too bad for the Tub Tim.
Yea.. that was the let down of the whole meal. Anyway, it should be a small matter to them to change to the demand of their customers.
wah, thai restaurant…. sure very hot and spicy one. got chance wanna go there to try out dee. How come the name is Aroi not Ah Lai? Should name Ah Lai’s Thai Restaurant. 🙂
What a joke Steven! So when will we get Steven Goh’s Tea Garden?? LOL!!
wah, so many invitation in one weekend ah? erm…hard to get good phad thai in penang. can introduce some?
I had tried many restaurants, even those from malls. I kind of like the one at Cafe Cantina near the foot of Penang Hill. You can check out the food here: http://crizfood.com/103/cafe-cantina/
No harm trying out good food! I’m sure they will find ways to adjust and suit the taste buds of Penangites!
Hey many have tried and planning to revisit so why wait la? Let’s go to AROI!
Are you treating then Ong?? LOL!
I have tried and to my surprise they sure taste excellent. Even my grandma gave a thumbs up. Well? What’s holding your legs?
Haha… thanks for throwing in your invitation here Mr. Ong. I hope the business has improved further these few days? 😛
Aroi means Oiishi in japanese and good taste in plain simple English. Cheers!
Thanks for sharing the meaning of ????? with us. It’s indeed delicious or tasty. ?????????? Thank you.
Cool intro
Welcome JJ. 🙂
looks good…from the environment to the dishes. Thanks for sharing!
No problem Bee. Let’s hope they will allow us some reviews too to check on their improvements. 🙂
my dad tried this place last week. said it was pretty good. so looks like i’ll be going soon. 🙂
Looking forward to your review Lingzie. Let’s hope they will confirm my request before your visit. Hehe 😛
Yeah, I tried that last week and the food was pretty good though a bit pricey for some of the dishes. The roasted pork leg (RM25) was good but still cannot beat my favorite, i.e. the “choo char” at Lucky 99 on Lembah Permai which is much bigger and cheaper at only RM15! Tender yet crispy. Simply the best crispy pork leg I’ve tasted!
Well, I have to admit some of the food are good but my family found the place a bit overpriced for the amount of food served.