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| - OMG, I waited so long to go to Khao San Road! I never got to go to their old location, and my girlfriend was raving about how the food was sooo good, just like the one she had in Bangkok and Phuket (I've never been to Thailand).
Well, we went. No line up for two people (larger groups would probably have to wait as the seating is cafeteria style).
I saw that they had two Pad Thais and asked the girl who was bussing the tables what is the difference (she was the closest by) and she retorted: read the ingredients, you will figure it out. Really? OK.
I had the Bangkok Pad Thai, and my girlfriend had Pad Gra Prao, and we shared a garlic shrip appetizer. Unfortunately, the appetizer was the best dish. My girlfriend had the Tom Yum soup and she wasn't impressed - didn't taste like in Thailand, no lemmongrass and different flavor.
The Bangkok Pad Thai was overly salty and soaked in fish sauce which drowned any other taste. Despite claims of "The best Pad Thai in Toronto" - this was one of the worse ones (I love Pad Thai and have it in every Thai restaurant I go). Mediocre, at best.
I tried my girlfriend's Pad Gra Prao - it seems like the cook dumped an entire salt shaker in it - so salty to be almost inedible. Drank a gallon of water afterwards. Otherwise the texture was ok.
So, there, I went to Khao San Road and will never return again. So many better Thai places in Toronto and in the same neighborhood. Another over-hyped Toronto restaurant for the we-like-waiting-in-line crowd.
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