Pad Thai @ Beerthai House Restaurant

After how many weeks of having lunch at this place, this is the first time I have ordered their Pad Thai, a classic Thai dish.

I was kind of surprised to see that for their version, they use a different kind of noodles that I'm used to seeing in pad thai dishes. I'm not sure what kind of noodles they are but they're almost like vermicelli or glass noodles. Besides that whole noodle confusion, the dish was tasty and served with good-sized shrimps. I make a point of saying that because I've tried pad thai dishes where they serve those dry packaged shrimps that taste like cardboard. Ick.

We also ordered their Tom Yum Seafood Soup with milk. Always a good dish to have on a rainy day.

Beerthai House Restaurant
Golden Mile Complex #01-96
5001 Beach Road, (S)199588
Tel: 63922491

Assorted Mushrooms @ Beerthai House Restaurant

It's a Meatless Monday for me! And I find myself at Beerthai House Restaurant once again.

Over the weekend I read an article from PETA called Top 10 Reasons Not to Eat Shrimp. That title really grabbed my attention because if you've read my previous entries you would know I love shrimp and prawns. They are actually one of the reasons why I decided to go pescetarian instead of vegetarian. The #8 reason listed on the article was the worst for me. They called it "cholesterol bombs" -- with a whopping 152 milligrams of cholesterol per 100-gram serving of shrimp (four or five shrimp), just two servings would put you over the daily recommended allowance of 300 milligrams of cholesterol!

And right there is my other reason for giving up meat. Cholesterol is so my enemy. So for now, it will be strict moderation for me. And to start that off, I went for a Meatless Monday lunch at Beerthai House Restaurant.

I ordered their Assorted Mushrooms (S$10-12) dish which was simply different kinds of mushrooms sauteed with garlic and enoki or golden mushrooms deep fried in batter (the one in the flour cup). There were button mushrooms, shiitake, crimini and more I did not recognize. Along with the mushrooms were slices of carrots and placed over a bed of Chinese broccoli. Overall it was a light and simple dish and definitely something I'd order again.

Beerthai House Restaurant
Golden Mile Complex #01-96
5001 Beach Road, (S)199588
Tel: 63922491

Seafood Green Curry Rice @ Beerthai House Restaurant

Another lunch post brought to you by Beerthai House. :-)

This time I ordered their Green Curry Rice, seafood of course. You can also get this with chicken. The seafood were prawns, fish balls and squid. It also had some greens and red chilies. The rice was mixed in green curry sauce perfectly - not too soupy. Pretty spicy but very good. Can I just say how much I like how they serve their rice dishes? Pretty rice pyramids.

For this trip to Beerthai, we also ordered their Seafood Tom Yum soup. For some reason, this time around it was really, really, REALLY spicy.

Beerthai House Restaurant
Golden Mile Complex #01-96
5001 Beach Road, (S)199588
Tel: 63922491

Stir Fried Mixed Vegetables @ Beerthai House Restaurant

And so we're back at Beerthai House Restaurant after a couple of days of western food (aka Astons and Subway meals). 

For this trip, I tried to be all healthy and vegetarian. I ordered their Stir Fried Mixed Vegetables which was exactly what the name suggests -- all kinds of vegetables, uhm... stir fried. ;-)

What were the veggies? Let's see... it was mostly Chinese lettuce (or was it just cabbage?) and Chinese broccoli (kai lan) with slices of carrots and the best part? Mushrooms! It was a mix of several types of mushrooms (at least 3) I really don't know the names of.

There's something about stir fried vegetables in Thai cuisine that makes it flavorful enough to not need seafood or pork mixed into it.  They usually have this "sauce" that's really tasty. What is that?

Beerthai House Restaurant
Golden Mile Complex #01-96
5001 Beach Road, (S)199588
Tel: 63922491

Stir Fried Fish with Green Pepper @ Beerthai House Restaurant

Another Monday with a trip to Beerthai House Restaurant. This time I ordered their Stir Fried Fish with Green Pepper while my lunch buddy ordered their Kailan with Seafood.

The Stir Fried Fish with Green Pepper was basically fish fillets in a spicy red curry-like sauce. It was mixed with some red chilies, green vegetables and herbs that I really didn't recognize. The verdict is it was delicious as always in this restaurant but a tad bit oily looking.

As I mentioned above, my lunch buddy ordered their Kailan with Seafood. Actually, the original dish is supposed to be Kailan with Roast Pork but the people at the restaurant obliged us by taking the pork out and replacing it with seafood. The kailan was served with big sliced red chilies, prawns, squid, fish balls and some odd nuts here and there. It was perfectly seasoned with the sauce very yummy.

Note: We're going to try everything on the menu at this place so expect more entries from this restaurant. And frankly, it's the most decent place to have lunch near our office. I really don't like the food in the hawker centres in the area.

Beerthai House Restaurant
Golden Mile Complex #01-96
5001 Beach Road, (S)199588
Tel: 63922491

Crispy Cuttlefish @ Beerthai House Restaurant

Ever since I've started my new job, I've probably had lunch at this place half the time. It's a hole-in-a-corner type of place called Beerthai House Restaurant. They serve very good and affordable Thai dishes.

For this trip, I had their Crispy Cuttlefish which wasn't really a one-person kind of serving. It was meant to be shared but I couldn't resist. It is a very simple dish but cooked perfectly and when dipped in their Thai spicy sauce, it was oh so good. I finished half of it while the rest I had doggy-bagged. The dish cost SG$15 (good for 2-3 persons). 

My lunch buddy ordered their Mini Thai Steamboat (SG$7) with seafood. It had green vegetables, shrimps, fishballs, squid and rice noodles. A word of advice though, I had a small sip of the soup and it was spicy. For me saying that it was spicy means it IS. I think I have a high tolerance for spicy food so if you're not, best if you let them know to make it less spicy.

Beerthai House Restaurant
Golden Mile Complex #01-96
5001 Beach Road, (S)199588
Tel: 63922491