I've been tempted by the intriguing title of this restaurant for over a year. "Salad" King, but Thai food? How curious...
Before I ventured into tasting the restaurant's fare I had inquired with my peers as to their experiences. Salad King was not necessarily to be compared with the likes of Sukho Thai or Khao San Road (which play in the "sophisticated" or slightly upscale arena) but was a "you get what you pay for", "student-friendly" name. I found this was largely true. I ordered the famous Islamic Noodles dish (another curiosity: I would love to hear about which staff meeting years ago may have engendered this choice of name) and it was as I would expect for any restaurant in a student hub - huge portions, decent price. The sauce is peanutty and I quite liked it. The noodles on their own aren't bad either. I cannot say I was blown out of the water, but hey, I liked it. My slight grievance though was with the vegetables - for whatever reason I didn't feel the sauce paired as well with them as they did with the noodles.
All around though, it's not a bad choice, especially (I would imagine) for Ryerson students in search of low-key Thai food between classes.