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| - I've had the pleasure to dine here on numerous occasions as Mengrai easily boasts the most Delicious with a capital D Thai culinary experience one could have in Toronto. The owner Alan is as always a gracious, and benevolent host all smiles and full of welcoming charm. His wife Sasi is the culinary genius who rules the kitchen, churning out magically savoury oeuvres like the Sasi's #54 Red Chicken Curry with Lychee which is in it's own category of otherwordly deliciousness. To put it mildly if heaven served Thai food, then for sure I believe Sasi would be the Head Chef!
The atmosphere at Mengrai is intimately pleasing with rustic Thai style appeal, where exposed brick meets darkwood Thai relics and intricate gold embroidered details of traditional Thai textiles mix with weathered hardwood floors. So basically the interior looks like a marriage between a Thai antiques shop and a friendly local pub.
I came here tonite to celebrate a milestone birthday for a dear dear friend which was a surprise for her, and enjoyed one of the best meals I'd had in a very long time. With some clandestine advanced planning we'd had a chance to carefully orchestrate a special prix fixe birthday menu for 15 people at approximately $40+ per person (not including drinks), and of course Alan was super accomodating and helpful with the logistics of putting our birthday surprise meal together.
The meal was served ever efficiently by the expeditious servers with drinks to start in a bevvy of confectionary flavours like the Lychee Martini, Swedish Berry Martini (w/touch of banana liquer) and the Thai Snow which was the runaway favorite of the night served up with frothy coconut milk and a sugar rimmed glass!
Our first course consisted of various bite sized appetizers like
Mango Salad, Taro Yam Roll, Shrimp Triangle Wrapper Crisp Dumpling all of which were finger food-tastic!
The second course was the Crispy Morning Glory paired with Golden Pumpkin Soup which features light tempura battered Thai Spinach along with the most divine pumpkin soup with just a hint of spice that definitely hit the spot on this cold and dank night.
Alright now for the money shot, we were SPOILED with a Baccanalian array of Thai entrees which consisted of;
The amazing Sasi's #54 Red Chicken Curry with Lychee
Filet Stripe Bass Tamarind Coconut
Grilled Traditionally Raised Beef Tenderloin w/pomegranate tamarind reduction
Street Style Pad Thai
and lastly the Special Pineapple Fried Rice served in a fresh pineapple for the birthday girl!!
Dessert was doubly delightful as we indulged in Thai Sweet Coconut Sticky Rice w/Fresh Mango along with Tropical Ice Creams. The servers were even kind enough to bring out a cake with sparklers that we had brought in for the birthday girl ourselves and also sliced and served it up for us.
In summary, I felt like I was dining Roman orgy style via Thailand... minus the need for Twinrix vaccinations. Seriously, I'd never experienced a food coma this transcendental.....If you haven't already dined at Mengrai, well my friend, then you are missing out on some exceptional Thai food!!!
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