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We've tried the golden curry, green curry, and pad thai. Food pieces in the curry could be chopped into slightly smaller sizes, but the curries all taste authentic. The pad thai noodles stick to each other a lot and is difficult to fork up without lobbing a huge chunk of noodles, and though most people enjoy Thai food because they are heavy on savoury sauces, the noodles were too salty for my palate preference.
Portions are generous and staff are polite. But if you are going for a particular ambience to match the restaurant's offerings, there is little to expect from their dark walls, dim lights, and big tv screen (televisions in restaurants have almost annihilated the art of dining and conversation and I am still in mourning). If there was Thai music playing in this restaurant, I don't even recall hearing it.
If you want authentic curry dishes and don't mind the larger portions of food, then this is the place to go for dine-in and takeout. For a better pad thai restaurant, I'd direct you to my recommendation for a small place in Kitchener called Northern Thai.
If you are looking for an Orientalized* atmosphere to make a date night interesting, I wouldn't suggest this restaurant unless staring at the television screen and your neighboring diner's dishes is your Plan B exit out of an awkward firstdate!
*(Pardon the patronizing Western term but this is the best one I can think of to describe any kitschy-decor expectations readers may have when they think "Let's go get Thai food and have an authentic Thai experience in Markham!")
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