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Location: This is a familiar location where some of you may have seen that it was where Khao San Road used to be. The doorway is on the side but you walk into a completely different layout of the same space.
Atmosphere: love the decor! Great vibe to this place. They took the time to make the place really a nice mix with vintage/modern feel. Love the tiling around the walls (those hexagonal wall tiles) and little details such as the halfway-painted black light bulbs on the ceiling that my friend and I noticed. Wonder if that's why this place is still so dim even with all those light fixtures on the ceiling.
I must say, it is really loud in here once the place is busy -- Although I was sitting in a cozy table of 4-- I felt like I couldn't hear what was said by my friend across from me.
The space between each table /group was perfect. It wasn't too cramped but I must say that this place isn't very big. It is not going to be as easy a few large party groups. Perfect for smaller tables though.
Service: Friendly service and attentive staff. They changed our plates when our mains came (probably because she overheard that I made a comment about my friend's DIRTY PLATE for jokes). But that kind of attentiveness definitely merits my appreciation. They were great to share some of their food recommendations since our whole group was first to try this place.
Food:
2 pages of food options. Honestly, I thought I'd had more selection for their dinner menu. I was actually craving your typical thai noodles and rice for dinner. However, I guess I should have looked up the dinner menu before coming to a surprise for our meal.
This place is known to be a shared experience. We were able to order several small dishes and mains to be split with our group.
Starters: Royal Thai app- colourful and cute arrangements of peanut infused small bite size apps. I'm a big fan of plating and décor. It is a bonus if the plate looks pretty and appealing!
The bite size items came in pairs -- obviously for a group of 4 , they recommended that we order 2 of those plates, but we were happy just to order 1 plate to try for starters.
I think it was OK and fun to try a taste and appreciate the plating to start off our night -- but I'll pass next time because each bite was semi sweet/salty peanut infused taste and if you eat it in the order they recommended, you eat the fried dumpling at the end! Still very happy I tried it though!
Pomello salad - my mom makes this type of salad pretty often and so I have a very familiar taste when I eat this. If you have never had it, it is a mix of shredded pomello, crushed peanuts, some chilli flakes/sauce and the key ingredients are the special thai sauce (which is both sweet and sour flavours). They served this on a bed of lettuce and the waiter said we can eat the salad as a wrap or just eat it separately! I enjoyed this refreshing salad very much because I don't often order this at restaurants. THe flavours were also unique since it had incorporated lemon grass and coconut flakes. ALSO-- LOTS OF shrimp were in this salad to enjoy.
Pork jowl- THIS WAS GOOD GOOD! The waitress described the flavours correctly. It has a bit of a smoky flavour to it. If you haven't had pork jowl before --- it is the portion of the pig's neck -- always a fan of eating and cooking this type of meat. It has a good chewy yet tender type of texture. But this dish had so much good spices and seasonings that make it just a little spicy, strong onion taste and a hit of smoky flavour. It is recommended by the chef to alternate with the thai kale served with this dish as well. If eating the thai kale on its own, my friend described the taste as "raw broccoli". But I dunked my kale into the sauce of the dish and mixed it with the onions and peppers to get all the flavours for my plain veggie wrap!
Khao Yum - Lots of tables ordered this big bowl of colourful and finely chopped ingredients! They mixed it for you at the table. This was fun to watch them mix as their pour all their sauce at your table. I really didn't know what I was eating (not your typical rice dish). It was not served hot either but a nice mix of textures in your mouth when you share. Definitely the portion was large enough to share with 4 people. I would say it would be too much for 2 people to share since you want to make sure you leave room to try the other dishes.
My FAV -- Curry braised beef with ROTI side order - THIS was sooo good!
The beef was braised for 12 hours they say to make it fall off the bone and just full of flavour. The curry was so delish! The roti was perfect for me since it was very light, flaking and stayed crispy.
Will not need to order the pandan or matoo thai tea!
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