Braving last evening's freakingly chilly windy weather to join a group of enthusiastic foodies at Jatujak sort of had its rewards.
The interior looks like those airy beach-themed snacks-and-drinks cafes that I've seen in travel posters of touristy spots in Thailand
I'm going straight on to the food because I was quite late, having gone down several stops South past Eglinton ave and Victoria Park ave before having to turn around and come back North.
The inside was busy enough when I got there and it took abit to flag down one of the servers. I decided to order an appetizer, a main dish and a drink. At the recommendation of the dinner's host I got the curry puffs which I am so glad I did. For the drink I had a green iced milk and a Pad Kee Mao stir-friend noodle plate. I actually wanted to get the Gaeng Panang but decided that noodles might be quicker for the cooks to dish up.
And just like the other folks at our table said, the food did get brought out quickly enough, starting with my drink and curry puffs. The milk drink seemed like regular milk with some sort of green flavoring added to it. There was this pink bubbly-gum taste to it and I just couldn't distinguish the taste of it. Some of the others thought it was green tea but it was simply nothing like that at all. But it tasted good! And it would be alot more refreshing in the summer.
I loved the curry puffs, a soft crumbly double surrounding a slightly spiced-up mashed potato filling and these were served on a bed of crunchy fried glass-noodles. The host said it was like a cross between an empanada and a samosa and I don't disagree with that observation. And I liked the fried glass-noodles and had to tell the server not to take the plate away because I wanted to continue eating them, and I put the rest of it on the Pad Kee Mao.
The Pad Kee Mao had this faint scent of lemongrass from it when I lifted the first forkful and it tasted good, flavorful enough with just the right about of spiciness to it.
I haven't had actual Thai food in awhile but the experience here was new for me.