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| - Let me preface this by saying I am NOT a food snob, and I can get get down with some crummy cheap food as long as it delivers the flavor, or the crunch, or the salty, or the sweet, or whatever it is that the given cheap food is generally expected to deliver.
This restaurant is on almost every Toronto delivery website and app, but delivers none of the above. (HAR HAR!).
I'd remembered a bad experience with their food a few years ago (yes: a MEMORABLY bad delivery experience!) but figured if they were still kicking, maybe something had improved. I put my order into Foodora, paid the delivery fee, and pre-tipped my delivery fellow 15%.
The fact that the order was accepted and then on the road all within 5 minutes should have been the first hint something was wrong.
* Veg. pad thai: flavorless save for the addition of lemon and the peanuts.
* Veg spicy noodles: not spicy at all, and about half the serving size of the pad thai. Seriously, not spicy AT ALL. Tasted like nothing except semi-burnt cooking oil. Granted, sometimes friend grease is tasty. (I TOLD you I'm not a food snob!).
* "Thick curry" shrimp: the coconut flavoring tasted macaroon-level sweet. I only had the veggies so can't comment on shrimp quality. All the veggies in all the dishes were either undercooked or wilted and soggy.
* veg. spring rolls: this was the really upsetting item. The spring roll I tried was for-sure spoiled. You'd wonder how this was possible with something that was obviously once frozen and likely vegan, but it's possible. I tried covering it with "thick curry," hot sauce, everything.. and I couldn't finish it. It was mushy - which I initially blamed on the delivery journey - and was almost sour in taste. Since reading other reviews about microwave sounds in the restaurant, the mushiness makes new sense. My dining friend wanted to try it to see if I was crazy. When he tentatively smelled it, he put it back on the plate and looked concerned and confused.
Seriously, don't do it. For greasy fast food, you should at least get some flavor reward. And you shouldn't risk food poisoning. There are plenty of other Thai delivery spots in Toronto. Try any of them.
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