This is what Ajisen Ramen’s fried mussels looks like in the picture:

This is what Ajisen Ramen’s fried mussels looks when it was served:

I still recall the first time we dined in a South East Asian restaurant in Raffles Place, People’s Square. The food and atmosphere was average. It was an incident that left a deep impression. A local couple ordered Indonesian pineapple rice and when it arrived, they complained loudly to the waiter that the dish was different from the picture in the menu. Finally the cook came along, apologized and took the dish back. I could not imagine this scene happening back home.

I saw this happened a few times in Shanghai actually. Initially I could not understand all this fuss until Ron and I had lunch at Ajisen. We ordered ramen and some fried dumplings. The fried mussels really looked big and delicious and we ordered this dish. And then the mussels arrived. What the heck! These tiny little mussels were not look appetizing at all.

Guess we finally understand how that couple felt. Being the “peaceful” type of people, we did not make a big fuss but quietly noted it down in our “Never make this mistake again” list!

Popularity: 16% [?]

1019 KangDing Road, near YanPing Road. If you walk from west Yan-Ping, you can’t miss it!

Facade of the restaurant

Native Thai cuisine prevails at this restaurant. For those who love Thai food, there’s a new Thai restuarant  along Kang Ding road, just few minutes walk from west Yen-Ping road.

The Interior.

Nicely printed menu in English with photos.

Chiang Mai Thai cuisine mainly offers native Thailand food. The selection of seafood dishes is fantastic. It has a quiet and warm environment and the lighting was comfortable.

We got there pretty early, at about 11 noon and we were the first customers. We ordered fried rice with shrimp paste and tom yam soup. For me, tom yam soup is a absolute must when trying thai food. To top it off, we ordered fried prawn cakes as appetiziers. It was a pity they did not have appetiziers combination, which is available at Thai House . But the prawn cakes were not available and we ordered fish cakes instead.

The service was actuallly quite good which is rare in Shanghai. They were very accomodating and polite. The food was good although we would have preferred it to be more spicy. While waiting for the final dish (fried fish cakes), we were served Satay instead. We though it was a mistake.  The Thai Chef explained that the fish cakes were not up to his usual standards and could not be served. The Satay was on the house.

All in all, the experience was pleasant and we would be back for more thai cuisine.

Thai fried rice with shrimp paste, sweat pork, fried egg and prawn.

Thai Satay

Thai Seafood Tom Yam Soup

Contact informations:

1019 Kangding Lu, Jing An District near Yanping Lu.
Tel: 5228-1588
URL: http://www.chiang-mai.com.cn/
caijiquan918@yahoo.com.cn
Open 11am-11pm
Delivery available within 3km.

Popularity: 19% [?]

Popularity: 9% [?]