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| - I'm not sure why this restaurant is so highly rated - I pretty much compare every Thai place to Pai in downtown, which is both authentic and uses great authentic ingredients. I thought I'd try it out - so I ordered the Pad Thai, Red Curry with roasted Duck, and Tom Yum Soup.
First, the soup was really not that deep or flavourful. It wasn't really very tangy at all - the lemon and galangal/ginger flavour was pretty low. The soup doesn't even have any heat. There were also no sliced red chilis, tomatoes, onions, and the deep flavour of real lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves and I suspect the fish sauce was on the low side - it needed more salt. Oh, the whole button mushrooms were actually wilted and the shrimp was rubbery - definitely NOT good. I suspect it was sitting in the soup all day rather than put in as the final inclusion. This was the most disappointing item on the menu. If you want Tom Yom soup, go to Pai and you'll never go back to eating this version of it.
The Pad Thai was better - it tasted good, but it wasn't really Pad Thai. The dish is still fine, but I don't think they are using Tamarind, and it's not as garlicy and savoury as a more authentic version. It was also pretty dry - especially the chicken, which was probably pre-cooked, drained of all of its savory juices and simply warmed into the stir fry. They didn't use Ban Pho noodles - they opted for more thinner noodles.
The red curry was pretty bland. The Taste of Thailand version is strictly superior. Theirs was creamy, but it just lacked depth and warmth, probably to not using a very authentic curry paste. What burns me is that store purchased ones are actually much better. It's not that hard to use the Maesri brand, which is actually quite good, if you can't make your own. I'm not sure what happened here, so I was also disappointed.
The portions were also pretty small. That is not something I would really mention if my mind was blown away by the quality of the food, but considering my other disappointments, it's also worth mentioning. I expect to have a lot of leftovers for the next day, but there is far less than half of the total amount of food for lunch.
I realize they really aren't that many great Thai places in Etobicoke - I wish Pai was out here instead of downtown Toronto - but Taste of Thailand, while not being authentic, is at least much more chefy and more flavourful in all aspects, and the prices are basically the same, you should probably just order from there. But if you really have time in your day, just go get Pai... it's SOOO much better.
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