Thai Garden Village Seafood & BBQ, Kepong

Thai Garden Village Seafood & BBQ has spent eight years off Jalan Kepong, and the surprise is the setting: a garden with a water feature and live fish, a quiet pocket a stone's throw from a train station and the traffic around it. The cooking is a Chinese-Thai fusion rather than strict Thai.

What to Order at Thai Garden Village

Start with the Mango Salad — sour and spicy, and the right thing to wake the palate before heavier plates.

The Signature King Prawn Glass Noodles is the main to order: firm, pleasantly chewy prawn against springy glass noodles. Owner Lily Chan says the dish has been adjusted for Malaysian palates rather than kept strictly to the Thai original.

Geng Song Siakap — a spicy, sour barramundi curry — is the other must, and it wants steamed rice alongside. Chan imports the herbs and spices for the gravy from Thailand.

For Thai seafood in Kepong, or somewhere with a garden to sit in off Jalan Kepong, this one has quietly held its spot for eight years.