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| - Went to Pi-Tom's today with the amazing Karl R. I had a DealFind coupon for $40 worth of Thai cuisine and the 2 of us definitely overindulged.
We had the following:
Duck Salad - Wow... Although the salad itself was quite tasty, you can smell it coming from a mile away. My mother grew up in Vietnam, and I am no stranger to fish sauce, but keeping in mind I was sick and congested and I still found the smell to be overpowering - you may not want to introduce your cousin Cameron from England to such an "ethnic" dish. If I was not Asian, I may have shunned the dish due to its "funky" smell. The duck was quite flavourful, the skin was crispy, while the meat was relatively tender.
Coconut Soup w/ Chicken - My first time having a coconut soup. It was rather bland for my taste buds. It tasted like a creamy lemon soup. I just found it to be okay. However, I will say that the chicken was quite tender.
Peanut Chicken - This was one of my favourite dishes of the evening. I loved the spicy zing of the dish as it toned down the richness from the peanut sauce. The crunch from the peanuts also added a different textural component to the dish.
Authentic Pad Thai - Hands down one of the best Pad Thai I've had (though I haven't had many!). The noodles were piping hot, and it was just the right amount of sweetness - not too overpowering. It came with fried tofu, shrimp and chicken. YUM-MY!
Coconut Rice - Meh, for me it just tasted like steamed rice. The coconut was lost in the steaming process maybe?
Service was average. Our water glasses were topped up when they ran low. We were thoroughly stuffed. It was a bit cold as we sat by the window, so if you're going in the winter, you may want to avoid sitting by the window!
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