This is where Baby and I go when we want to find ourselves a good treat. Most of the time ,we know what we want when we enter this restaurant. However, when in doubt, we’ll look out for signature dishes! The menu is very friendly and the recommendations are good.

The deco is chic and of course Thai-ish. Lightings were warm and we felt quite at home with the setting. l like the bright colored paintings and the comfy rattan-looking chairs.

Finally the star of the night arrived. Tom Yum Goong garnished with coriander leaves! Thai Accent offers 2 version. The thick broth or the clear soup. We got the thick one which is spicier! They are very generous with the use fragrant herbs as we can smell the aromatic lemongrass and lime leaves as soon as the soup is served on the table. Extremely appetizing. Don’t you love restaurants that are generous? *applauds*

The slightly herbaceous flavor of this distinctive sweet and sour soup is heavenly. Ah I adore spicy food.  The hotter the better. While some use chocolate as a comfort food, I prefer soups. Especially such spirited soup like the Tom Yum Goong.

Anyway, this is one of those stuff you can eat to clear your sinus so here’s where you should be heading to if you’re down with flu. lol. Btw guess what, the burning feeling of savoring this fiery dish actually releases endorphins. And endorphins makes people happy! Fyi drugs such as morphine, heroine and cocaine releases endorphins. No wonder there’s an instant feel-good moment each time I slurp down a spoonful of Tom Yum goodness.

Tom Yum Goong goes extremely well with the fragrant white rice. Yes, rice is free flow here!

Service was efficient and every customer is well taken care of although there’s always a crowd during dinner time. Quite a feat to make sure everyone has enough servings of rice and ice water (free too). Lemons were added to the ice water to give it a refreshing tinge to it. TLC.

Oh lets move on. We ordered another dish. We can only order 2 dishes (includes Tom Yum Goong) each time we’re here because we’re gonna waste food if we get anything more. That’s a disadvantage of getting Tom Yum. It goes so well with rice you end up filling your tummy with more rice and usual. Then you have no space for anything else.  :/

The last time we came, we ordered the Green Curry Chicken. Zany of us to do that because just like the Tom Yum, we enjoyed having it with rice. So this time, we got smarter and got ourselves the Baked Honey Pork Ribs which was absolutely titillating!

Wonder how they make the meat so tender. Much tender than my favourite Bak Kut Teh. Maybe they uses young ribs because Young ribs are more tender and juicy! Mouth-watering. Must be the delicious honey.

Warning: The Tom Yum Goong can be extremely addictive. You’ll be coming back again and again for more. Just like us. Too bad they only have 1 branch in Singapore. Yeah don’t even have branches in JB. But apparently they have 12 Thai Restaurants in KL. :/

Other goodies you can try: authentic Thai Iced Tea, Pineapple Fried Rice with Prawns, Steam Siakap with Lime & Chilli Sauce and the Mango Sticky Rice dessert! Yup I’ve tried all these and still loving it!

In a nutshell, dinner at Thai Accent is always Aroi Mak Mak (very delicious in Thai)!!!

Thai Accent
VivoCity #02-145/146
Tel: 6376 9282
www.seacuisine.com.my

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To get there, I have a little map. It’s located along Jalan Khalidi. Important landmarks to note is the Shell Petrol Kiosk and the blue rectangle with a yellow dot in the middle. That’s Muar MCA Building.

Turn to your left once you see a fish glittering in mid-air.

That’s Long Poh Seafood! Expect a good crowd where there’s good food.

We were sat at table 43! The deco is quite consistent with the restaurant’s specialty, FISH. The kitchen is opened to anyone who wants to peep and try to steal recipes. lol. There’s like 8 chefs whipping up dishes after dishes of Thai sweet/sour delights? Noted that the big al-fresco kitchen was as clean as a whistle.

Dinner came about 15 minutes after orders were taken. Pretty fast considering the amount of hungry people that night. Ah we didn’t get their specialty fish this time. Tried it previously already so decided to try a different dish this time.

Unlike the strong tangy taste of the Thai Sour Lemon Fish, the Teochew Steamed Fish (RM31) has less flavourings. We can taste the natural taste of the fish, which is very fresh. There’s a fine pool of wonderful sour-ish soup acquired from the process of steaming the fish which goes really well with smooth chunks of fresh fish meat. The soup is mildly sour because of the sour plum and ‘asam’ juice, the malay word for tamarind.

For 4 adults, we ordered 3 dishes because we were feeling still quite full after having some street food for tea earlier. Lol. Do order more when you’re here!

As for the Stir-fry Sambal Kang Kong (RM7), it was only fairly good. I’ve tasted better sambal. I guess we ordered the wrong stuff. Should have gotten Fried Kang Kong instead.

Rojak Chicken (RM16) was special! The chicken chunks were covered with thick goey rojak sauce. Rojak sauce basically contains palm sugar, tamarind, peanuts, and chilli. Not sure what they added besides the curry leaves but it tasted pleasantly different. Definitely a zesty and versatile way to enjoy chicken.

Well, I will be coming back for more hot stuff! Lets end the post with the beer of the day!

Long Poh Seafood
TS 26, Jalan Junid
Muar 84000
Johor, Malaysia
Phone : +606-9515095, +6019-6676080