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| - On the front cover of the menu, it has the restaurants name and in quotation marks "First Thai Restaurant in Canada". Sounds like a pretty serious claim. The meal was on!
There was another location in my old neighborhood of Cabbagetown, and I'd heard it wasn't that good, but I had just had a good day and wanted to celebrate with some Thai food and it was the only one close by, so I thought I'd go check it out for myself.
The place wasn't too busy, but a large party had just left so I thought that was a good sign. The atmosphere is nice but not stuffy. Tables are comfortable as is the seating and atmosphere.
I ordered #25, the spicy Thai noodle with chicken, and the mushroom veggie spring rolls. The spring rolls arrived first, and were delicious. Tasty, straight from the deep fryer, and a flavorful blend of mushrooms, carrots, cabbage, glass noodles and other vegetables. I'm a carnivore but I like veggie spring rolls more. They were served with sweet chili sauce which was made in house according to the waitress and was better than the store bough sauce which I still think is good. There's four per order, so that's a bonus for sharing if you're in a party of two or more.
The spicy Thai noodle was next and was also pretty good. Nice flavor without being overly sweet, and large amounts of tender chicken with a generous helping of thick rice stick noodles and veggies. The presentation was a bit lacking, it looked like it lacked color which tells me the sauce was very water based. That's good for not overpowering the senses, but not as good as a good house made sauce or tamarind. The noodles were broken up and the vegetables cut into large chunks, I prefer smaller pieces. Still, a tasty dish.
The service was decent. Server was a little slow on bringing water, but she was polite and brought the food out to the table as soon as it was ready.
Neal total came to approx $17, and I tipped $4. Overall pretty good, but I wouldn't go across town to get it.
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