Restaurant Nong & Jimmy (Thai Seafood BBQ) - Ampang, Selangor
I was looking through all my old food photos and saw these. Nong & Jimmy, one of my favourite Thai Seafood BBQ restaurant. How time flies! The last time we had Nong & Jimmy was 8 months ago. If you are looking for a pleasant, comfortable and air-conditioned dining environment, this is not the right place for you. The restaurant is covered with zinc roof, cement flooring, simple plastic tables and chairs. However, the queues were really crazy during weekends. Go early before 6.30pm to avoid the crowds. There's no proper seating arrangement. You just have to keep an eye on those customers who are leaving, stand next to the table and wait!
My favourite food in this restaurants are prawn cakes, mango salad, fried rice and black pepper style crab. Many customers will order their famous mini "yau char kwai" (golden-brown deep fried dough) served with green homemade kaya and BBQ cockles while waiting for the food to come. Since I'm not a big fan of kaya nor cockles, we skipped this starter.
Fried rice with beaten eggs and prawns were good. It might look innocent but you can just eat it on its own. Besides that, prawn cake was delicious too. Crispy on the outside, light and fluffy on the inside. Another appetizing dish is the mango salad filled with sweet and sour flavours. Consist of fried cuttlefish, peanuts, chili, sugar and fresh mango. I just love the fried cuttlefish. It's crispy and a perfect combination with the fresh mango. Black pepper style crab was good too. Slightly spicy, very flavourful but not overpowering hot. I'm not so keen on their tomyam soup that comes with prawns, squid, tomato, button mushrooms, curry leaves and spring onion. The dish was just ok for me.
Restoran Nong & Jimmy
Large crowds of people waiting for a seat outside the restaurant
BBQ seafood
Chili and garlic sauce
Tomyam soup - RM 15
Mango salad - RM 12
Kembong fish - RM 6
Fried rice - RM 6
Crab (black pepper style) - RM 60/kg
Prawn cake chili sauce
Prawn cake - RM 12
Address:
Nong & Jimmy (Thai BBQ Restaurant)
Lot 27363, Jalan Cahaya 1,
Taman Cahaya,
68000 Kuala Lumpur,
Selangor Darul Ehsan
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