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| - Good drinks, good service, great decor, nice presentations. Unfortunately the food doesn't match and the value isn't there.
The two of us split the royal Thai platter, pork jowl, khao yum and sea bream. The sea bream and a couple treats on the royal Thai platter were nice but nothing really stood out. Most notable was the khao yum, although it was notable for the price rather than the taste. Yes, it looks pretty but is otherwise just a $24 cup of naturally-colored rice with some herbs mixed in. Maybe there's a lot of labor that goes into it but none of that shows through in the flavour, and there's no way it makes a satisfying main course for anyone. (Well, maybe Kate Moss.)
Perhaps we ordered wrong, but the overriding theme was that none of the dishes we ate had any recognizable spice or funk to them -- aside from the green chili sauce served with the sea bream, you could even call them bland. I'd venture to guess this would've been the case with anything else we could've ordered.
We love Chef Nuit's other restaurants, and recognize this isn't just a noodle and curry spot. But the bottom line is nothing we ate was terribly interesting by any standard. I wouldn't even say Kiin is worth trying.
NB: We didn't order it, but the beef on the menu is not a "beef wellington" as so many people here have written, but a beef shortrib from Wellington County. This should be clear from the photos but I feel the need to point out. Even if you've never had beef wellington (which bears no resemblance to a) beef shortrib or b) Thai food) and have no idea what it is, you probably *did* learn how to read at some point in your life.
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