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| - LOVE this place. It is a bit out of the way, and pretty far on the west end, but it will be a worthwhile visit.
The restaurant is not hard to find, but be mindful of their hours as they do have a break in between. Sala is not a large restaurant, so naturally seating will be hard to find if you come at peak hours. Servers are nice and courteous, and while you wait for your food, you get some nice shrimp chimps to munch on. They were surprisingly good and not the cheap, bland ones. Instead, they were very crispy, light, and flavourful. Almost like a dish itself.
Onto the good part. We ordered 4 dishes including dessert. We also ordered a thai iced tea (a must when eating thai food, which had too much ice here imo). Each dish was a good size for what they charge and to share, so you can order more food to try!
Pad kra paow, bangkok pad thai, mango salad, and mango sticky rice was on the menu. EVERYTHING was colourfully and beautifully put together, right down to the smallest details. It didn't look like anything was just thrown on the plate (if they did, then that's some skills there), instead, everything was presented neatly for the customer to feast their eyes upon.
Now the mango salad I could have passed; the tropical mangoes were refreshing but other than that there was no wow factor. I did hear the tom yum soup was pretty good though, so that might be a better option.
The rice and noodles were delicious! The bangkok pad thai is a bit different than your usual pad thai... it's actually more to my liking. There's less sourness, and has slightly different flavours incorporated. They also use glass noodles instead of the usual rice noodles, which soaks up extra sauce and flavour. The thin egg crepe was not only IG material, but also a nice rounded addition to the dish. In any way, the dish was still really good.
Now, the mango sticky rice was a bit deceiving... not that it wasn't good, but it's appearance gave it more points than its taste did. Like the other dishes, it was once again very colourfully decorated, especially with its mango rose arrangement and plate, but with the chocolate sauce drizzled over, I thought it gave the dish a weird finish...
Nonetheless, a delicious restaurant with courteous staff and a nice ambiance. Will return :)
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