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I LOVE Thai food, and I'm always in search of local options, since my go-to is Thai House Cuisine in the Beaches, and that's too far for a quick fix.
Does anyone remember the old fast food version of Green Mango that was on the East side of Yonge near Bloor? Not the sit-down one on the West side... that one was okay. But the GOOD one was the take-out location on the East side. They had the best ginger chicken, peanut chicken, mango shakes...
So last night I decided to give the Kingsway location of Green Mango a try. It was alright. But it doesn't even compare to the Green Mango of yore. Based on the menu description, I knew that the ginger chicken was not as I remembered it, so I didn't even venture there. I stuck with cashew chicken, vegetable spring rolls, a hot & sour soup for my hubby, and a mango shake.
The Cashew Chicken was pretty standard, and was tasty. I enjoyed it. Didn't love the little segments of canned mandarins (I think if you're going to put orange in the dish, use fresh oranges). The chicken was generally pretty fat-free, which is important to me. Overall, decent dish. The hot & sour soup was well received by my hubby, though I would probably not love all the mushrooms in it if I had ordered it. The springrolls - at first I thought they'd accidentally given me chicken springrolls, but then I realized that it was long strips of tofu. They tasted good, if a little breadier than I generally like, and could have handled a bit more filling. But we polished them off no problem.
The mango shake was pretty well how I remember it from Yonge, so that was a bonus.
Overall, the meal was okay, but no wow factor. I can't speak to the ambiance, as I picked the meal up for take-away. The restaurant felt pretty clean though, and the staff were friendly during the pick-up.
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