Amarin means Heavenly in Thai. In this 'Heaven', the interior flooring of this restaurant is parquet and its windows overlooks the Federal highway. However, you can see also see the sky. Amarin is situated at Megamall Mid Valley but don't let that stop you from coming here.
Now back to 'Heaven', it's quite a grand setup, especially the wooden panels greeting you at the front of the restaurant. You are also entertained by slow Thai songs wafting unobtrusively through the restaurant. For the tastebuds, appetizers were the 'Special Mix combo' which consisted of some rice cakes , spring rolls, fried wonton skin and some fish cakes. The fish cake was the most delicious of the lot, it tastes like fishball with curry leave and more 'kick' in flavor. I believe they use some chili powder in it as well. The appetizers were not fried too oily and its good for two to three persons.
In addition, the Papaya Salad was a delicious dish with mango and papaya strewn together on the dish with some dried shrimps. I find that the papaya has a 'moderating' effect on the sour-ish mango taste which balances the dish quite well. So not too sourish but yet enough kick to knock you off. Besides that I also had the Tomyam Goong which was Amarin's Prawn Tom Yam. I asked for the Ching Mai Version, which is the one with less coconut milk. This makes the soup clearer. It reminded me of my days in Chiang Mai.
"Good Thai food in a busy mall"
For the main event we had the Deep Fried Garoupa with Thai Chili Sauce ( Pla Thod Rad Prik). to 'butter tongued' people watch out! there are little tiny packages of hot 'cili padi' cleverly hidden in this dish so beware. Anyhow, the Garoupa is very crunchy and should be eaten when it's hot. So timing is crucial here. It's like eating solid fish crackers, covered with hot spicy gravy which has lots of red chillies, the sauce is thick with some plum -like taste to it as well as giving a sizzle to your tongue.
The service is quite alright , some of the workers there are from Thailand or Myanmar so it gives it a more authentic feel. Happily the foreign staff at Amarin could speak quite good English and their knowledge of their food is competent, which you find lacking sometimes in certain restaurants.
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