Good Evening Bangkok is a Thai eating establishment located at the Rainforest section of 1 Utama. I couldn’t help but feel that the restaurant’s name is derived from Good Morning, Vietnam – the Robin Williams movie about being a DJ in the Vietnam War, the only solace for US troops mobilized to probably the only war they lost. 😉
Good Evening Bangkok has a nice ambiance with Siamese artifacts adorning the entire interior. The seating arrangements are covered with an unfortunate shade of pink chair liners, but other than that, the lighting and fixtures were all very warm and inviting. We weren’t really hungry so we just shared a starter, a main dish and dessert.
Doris had the fresh watermelon juice (RM 7.50) while I went for the Evan & Tate Salisbury Chardonnay (RM 16). My original choice was for the Singha beer (RM 18) for maximum authenticity but unfortunately Good Evening Bangkok ran out of the Thailand brewed beer.
This is their signature appetizer – the Good Evening Combo (RM 16.90), which is a taster dish of sorts. It contains fish cake, money bag, prawn wonton and mango salad. I love the mango salad, it reminded me of the som tam (papaya salad) I had back in Bangkok a couple of years ago. The other dishes didn’t really make an impression on me.
Phad Thai Goong Sod (Stir-fried Thai rice noodle with fresh prawn) was recommended by the waitress for the main dish. It’s one of their new menu items, priced at RM 14.90. I absolutely love this dish! Notice the dried chili powder and ground peanuts on the side. It creates an amazing fusion of flavor and texture when mixed into the rice noodles. It’s very, very spicy too, which always gets bonus points from me.
Khow Neow Ma Moung (Mango with sticky rice) is probably one of the most recognizable and popular Thai desserts. It’s priced at RM 11.90 at Good Evening Bangkok and comes with half a whole mango sliced into nice, easy to handle cubes, sauce on the side and sticky glutinous rice sprinkled with sesame seeds.
It somehow didn’t taste too authentic but that’s all right coz I just went there for the WiFi. 😉
Good Evening Bangkok is a relaxing place to eat breakfast or lunch. The presentation is good and the service is excellent but most of the dishes have been found wanting. The appetizer and dessert we ordered isn’t anything to write home about, but the main dish is absolutely fabulous! It’s definitely worth checking out.
Nice food.
HB, order wine! U Pick good one that par with food.
Not sure where is 1U? Is it near KL?
u always find good place to eat.. i wonder, how much do u spend every month for outing?
the place look good but the food just normal lo..maybe the taste is different but it hardly tell from the picture..
Haha, u went there just for wifi XD
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Whaat, RM18 for Singha beer, must be joking. But seriously, Singha beer is nice to drink. Cheers!!!
went there once and had the clear tomyam soup. it was quite hot despite the look of a clear soup. i heard their best is the pandan chicken, check it out next time if u r ever there again
wow you really are trying quite a number of food joints in 1Utama. You staying around there now? Anyways, eventhough I have been to 1 Utama for countless times, I never tried Good Evening Bangkok, maybe due to the unpleasant reviews that I heard or it’s simply not worth it. As for your Theobroma review, looks like you really have a passion for chocolates. I don’t really fancy it because I find everything on the menu too chocolatey. It might be a side effect from working in a chocolate factory.
It doesn’t look so tempting for the price 😛
oh, i read the title and immediately came over to yr blog. i thot u were in Bangkok. Guess this means bye bye to posts abt Bangkok from u for the time being. 🙂
On your last entry regarding durian pancake, I have to say not all people like durian due to smell and taste. I live in LA and a co worker brought durian for lunch snack. Boy it smell so bad that other workers and manager thought it was gas leak in building.
Once found out it was her durian never again and banned from office. I do not like it due never grew up eating it and if I had maybe or maybe not like it.
Wah, got a beauty gf already o..he he..u already move to KL ar? wil not back again? anyway, take care and…dun do so much “hole” in ur body la,made people scare..ha ha…