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| - As Canada's first select Thai premium restaurant and is owned by the same people as Salad King, I had very high expectations for Linda Modern Thai. The restaurant is conveniently located in Shops at Don Mills, and the decor is absolutely beautiful. It has a high ceiling and some pillars that provide a very classy, but modern atmosphere.
I visited the restaurant along with three coworkers for lunch on a Friday. My coworker told me that the restaurant is not usually busy, but maybe because it was a Friday, we were not seated immediately (the wait was only about five minutes). Unfortunately, we were unaware that there was a closet for our coats until we saw a server open it and hang a customer's coat after we were already seated for some time. We would have liked it if the server told us about the closet instead of having us find out ourselves.
Overall, the service was great, but the food took a while to arrive. We waited for about 30 minutes for our food. We only had an hour for lunch, so we were pretty tight on time. Make sure that you have plenty of time to sit at the restaurant during a busy Friday period and even reserve a table if possible.
My coworker and I got the Royal Pad Thai. I really liked the presentation of the dish because the pad thai itself is inside an egg wrap. The sweet and sour elements were delicious, but I have had better pad thai at other restaurants before. Linda Modern Thai prides itself of its "award-winning" pad thai, but I just didn't think that the flavour justified a high price of $18. Regardless, the noodles tasted great, but I found the chicken a bit dry and hard to chew.
My other coworker got the Tom Yum Goong (hot and sour soup), and she was slightly unimpressed because she was expecting it to be more creamy. Linda serves it with a clear broth, which is a different version of Tom Yum Goong that other restaurants may serve. She also felt that the soup smelled like cleaning supplies, which was not very appetizing. She also got the entree size mango salad, but she wasn't full after eating it.
My fourth coworker got the golden curry with crispy beef. He didn't have any complaints for his curry. In fact, he really enjoyed it. However, he noted that even though he asked for the spiciness level to be the highest, he felt that it was definitely less spicy than Srirarcha sauce.
I would certainly visit Linda Modern Thai again because the food has great flavours, but I would like to try the curry instead. In addition, I would only visit the restaurant if I had time to spare.
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