Batam Boomz - Thai Food

Imagine going all the way to Indonesia and eating Thai Food. How ironical! We had little choice though as Holiday Inn was a 30 minute drive from town and a heavy downpour threatened. With huge potholes, dim street lamps and no traffic lights in sight, driving at night in Batam was not even an option.

Noticing that the Thai Restaurant next to the hotel spa was fully booked the night before, we decided to make our way there for dinner. I've only been to the spa once. Service is great and each customer enjoys the privacy of having a hut all to himself or herself. Unfortunately, like all popular tourist spots, prices have risen significantly. After studying the spa brochure for a long while, I decided to give it a miss and spend my money more gratifyingly on food instead. Take a look at the night shot of the spa. Doesn't it look inviting?

Anyway, back to the food. We began the meal with a serving of prawn keropok. Seems to be the usual practice here in Batam. It was a nice start to tickle our tastebuds. I like the chilli sauce provided. It tasted like a cross between maggie chilli sauce sans the sugar, tabasco and garlic.

To wash down the flavours of the Thai dishes, I decided on a glass of Lemongrass. It was cool, refreshing and subtlely flavoured with Lemongrass.

The appetizer platter was, well, appetizing. The spinach crepe with mushrooms was something unique and I throughly enjoyed the rice cakes with the basil chicken dip. I was certainly looking forward to the rest of the dishes.

FT was ready the pounce when the Pineapple Rice arrived. She was grumbling with impatience as we took this scrumptious shot. The rice was moist yet firm and delicately infused with the taste of pineapple and saffron.

The Otak serving was quite generous in size. We each had one to ourselves. A nice lemak cupcake.

JT, unfortunately for him (but fortunately for us) does not like Thai Food. So we ordered a plate of Oyster Sauce Ginger Chicken and a plate of white rice for him. Check out the rice pyramid.

The Ginger Chicken was pretty good. The Oyster Sauce was light and fragrant, the chicken tender and cooked just right.

There were other dishes such as the Peanut Chicken and my all time favourite, Nam Prik (Vegetable with Belacan Dip) but I was too busy eating to take any more shots. Do note though that prices here are pretty steep with small portions costing about S$15.

Holiday Inn Batam
Thai Restaurant