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| - Pai Northern Thai Kitchen is one of the most popular Thai restaurants in Toronto and the restaurant won few awards from the NOW Magazine (2014 ~ 2016 Readers' Choice Runner-Up). Chef Nuit Regular also own three other sister restaurants (Sukho Thai, Kiin, and Sabai Sabai).
Parking is not fun in downtorn Toronto, but I managed to find a lot about 4~5 blocks away. Our party got here at 6:45 PM and the hostess said the waiting time is approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour. I put my number down so that they can text me when our table is ready, but I started to get a bit anxious because I wasn't too sure whether I would actually get a text via data roaming (using US number in Canada) and my friend had delayed texts during this Toronto trip. Luckily one of my friends was able to utilize his unparalleled soft skill by talking to the hostess after we waiting about 30 minutes and somehow he was able to get our party a table immediately afterward.
The menu selection reminds me a lot of Pok Pok (a very popular Thai restaurant in Portland). You will find mostly Norther Thai cuisine and no pad see ew is on the menu (I didn't even notice until one of my friends mentioned about it). I still somewhat questioned why one of my friends ordered Pad Thai when that's not even on one of Yelp's highlights, oh well.
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Grabong (freshly shredded buttercup squash fritters lightly coated in red curry paste batter, deep fried and served with a sweet garlic tamarind dip with nuts - CAD $13): Squash fritters were lightly fried and they didn't even taste like squash (more like sweet potato). Oh man that sweet and spicy dipping sauce tasted extremely addicting. This is a must order dish.
Pad Gra Prow with Crispy Pork (Moo Grob) (holy basil stir fried served on steamed jasmine rice and topped with a Thai style fried egg + nam prik nam pla sauce [fish sauce, garlic, chili & lime] - medium spicy, CAD $17.5): WARNING - If you don't like fish sauce, then you will NOT like this dish. Luckily I like fish sauce and this rice dish tasted a bit like a Thai version of Taiwanese minced pork rice with an egg. Medium spicy wasn't very spicy. It was a very delicious dish and I also recommend this dish too!
Thai Iced Tea (CAD $5.50): Maybe I was pretty thirsty, but that was one good Thai tea. I probably finished the drink in less than 1 minutes.
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EXCELLENT Thai food - good enough to compete against some of my favorite Thai restaurants in Los Angeles (e.g. Daisy Mint in Pasadena, CA). I wouldn't mind waiting for a hour if I am coming back here again.
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