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| - I went to Sabai Sabai the first time on a Saturday around lunch with my folks and my partner. We had reservation but the place was fairly empty at that hour so I'm not sure if it's a necessity (though I imagine it is for dinner).
To begin, the four of us split four appetizers: crispy squash fritters, the taro spring roll, the spicy chicken noodle salad, and deep friend garlic shrimp. The taro spring roll was the perfect texture - light, crispy, not too greasy, although I expected the taro flavour to pop a little more, yeah? While I assumed they would come out in a different form, the crispy squash fritters were a kind of latticework of deep fried goodness that was accompanied with a really nice lemon grass-flavoured sauce. Deep fried garlic shrimp were fine.
I ordered the panang curry with chicken which was fantastic. It's trite and cliché to say, but I've only had a handful of Thai curries that tasty outside of southeast Asia. My partner had the khao soi, which we thought was much better than the version we had at Khao San. The beef was really really really tender. More cinnamon and something else that was really complex and drawn out flavour-wise. My folks had the green curry with fish and noodles along with the basa crispy fried fish with tamarind reduction. Both seemed really top notch.
Service was fine and friendly. Would definitely recommend this place to anyone, but I think it's only worth going as a group of 4 or more because it's a place for sharing, which is how Thai food is suppose to be!
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