Look What We Have Done

One fine Sunday, myself and my two besties in Langkawi, Mag and Yun got all-dressed and went for a "romantic trio" dinner at The Datai Langkawi. I guess no further flowery description needed for this classy resort?


We have sort of planned a series of "farewell-dinners-in-nice-posh-restaurants" and The Datai was one of them. (And unfortunately, the only place we managed to make it)

Get my make-up done in the car (just came back from KL the same evening) and tried to take some shots in the car, with Mag speeding like Lewis Hamilton's girlfriend...

The iconic horses of The Datai Langkawi. They somehow remind me of Palace of the Golden Horses. Okay, both are horse...

After an exhilarating (and somehow scary) 1-hour drive to this secluded resort, we reached there 25 minutes later than expected. The resort looks stunning. Oh, didn't I mention that we were having dinner at the Pavilion, their Thai cuisine restaurant?

I will feel so sorry for myself if I never had anything from their wine list. The wine menu is huge (literally) and good to be used to bury yourself in if you have a cold war / fight with your dinner partner. Just kidding, you wouldn't want to fight in such a nice place...

I have made a big mistake for ordering S.Pallegrino sparkling water that I love to death. I was not instinctive enough to know that both Mag and Yun DO NOT like sparkling mineral water.

A. Kuentz, Riesling, Alsace, France 2008 - my first glass of wine. Was good. Later I had a glass of Rolf Binder South Australia Chardonnay followed by a glass of Brown Brothers, Late Harvested Orange Muscat, Australia 2009 dessert wine.

Khaw Phad - Thai Fried Rice. The adventurous trio actually asked for "Very spicy" when being asked by the attentive waitress on our preferred level of spiciness. I can only say that we are well-trained, as everything was not spicy at all. We had a Tom Yam Goong as well but I have reserved my effort of taking a photo of that as it was not very impressive (I'm sorry). Well, we were "impressed" by the correlation between the price charged and the portion served. Anyway, the fried rice was pretty good.

Gai Phad Kreung Thed Thai - Stir-fried Chicken with Spring Onion and Thai Herbs. Very savoury and I love the dish served in fine clay dinnerware. I must stress that I like one of their little touches - plates were all heated before served, this definitely keeps the food warm (so that we can spend more time talking but not eating cold food later)

Yam Woon Sen Jae - Spicy Glass Noodle with Beancurd and Mushrooms. Appetizing but not too surprising.

It was a great dinner in a nice restaurant anyway. Of course I will always remember what we have done in The Datai. Hundreds of photos taken, endless laughter and of course, Yun, the broken macaroon. Guess it will take quite some time for us to be together again to have such an enjoyable night? I will definitely miss you girls.

Lots of love...Xx

The Datai, Langkawi
Jalan Teluk Datai
07000 Pulau Langkawi
Kedah Darul Aman, Malaysia

Tel: (604) 959-2500
Fax: (604) 959-2600