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For someone who isn't a fan of Thai food, Khao San Road did exceptionally well in providing a fun dining experience. The place was on fire as it was jammed from 6:30 onward. People were coming in and out waiting for take out, waiting for tables, watching our food jealously as their stomachs rumbled.
We had a table of 8 so we ordered a lot of apps to start. The shrimp chips were decently crispy with a nice peppery flavour that lingered on the tongue. The squash chips on the other hand were not as flavourful or exciting, very mild and safe; same sauce for both which was a little boring. Deep fired sweet potato thingies were okay nothing special. The salad hand rolls were pretty refreshing as I don't usually like these things, but they were so clean and honest I ate more than I wanted.
Was not a huge fan of their coconut milk, mushroom, basil, chicken soup. To be fair I don't like coconut milk as it's too sweet for my tastes, but there was something extremely bitter in mine and it was completely off putting. Everyone else at the table loved it, so it might've just been me.
The fried tofu was absolutely delicious! SUPER flavourful, crispy and utterly mouth watering. Really surprised when I casually tossed one in my mouth. Might just be the best tofu I've eaten in a restaurant. Bam.
Onto the mains. I got the Pad Gra Prao (minced beef on rice with fired egg on top) and it was pretty tasty. Nothing wow, but a simple, solid, decently made dish. I wish my egg was bigger, runnier and more awesome. Should've asked for 3.
The braised beef curry was a total disappointment. The sauce was good. noodles were okay but the beef was tough and chewy, very sad to eat.
The best dish of the night was hands down their green thai curry. Now that was a fantastically put together dish with so many flavours, perfect heat, creamy-ness, coconuty-ness, tender chicken-ness. Going from one dish to the next, it was clear that this one was in a league of it's own. A god among peons.
There were more dishes but after a while Thai food ends up tasting the same to me. Blasphemous to some, but truth for me. I can handle only so much coconut and peanut in one sitting.
One knock I have on the place that is completely irrational is their menu. It's written in such a way that I had a hard time figuring out what I wanted. First, the Thai names were of no use to me, and neither were the English phonetics. The descriptions of all the dishes seemed to start off the same with 'coconut milk curry, and ended with beef $ / chicken $'. Yes I was super tired and I didn't want to read, but c'mon, make it easier on me =/
Verdict: the best Thai food I've had in Toronto. Khao San is more than just hype, it's legit.
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