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| - I really like Thai food. I eat is much as I possibly can. So, when I was getting my hair cut at my barber who is adjacent to this restaurant I couldn't help but make a mental note to come by and check out this establishment. It is located in a strip mall in Scarborough, Ontario. Yea, that's right, I ate in a strip mall in Scarborough, aren't I brave? The location is most surrounded by a what appears to be a blue collar South Asian Population. In terms of affluence, it is pretty standard fair for Scarborough. Though, judging by the condos I can see slightly off in the distance, and the plans to build a Subway line out to Scarborough town center by possible future mayor Rob Ford, the beginnings of Gentrification are indeed reaching even Scarborough of all places. However, I digress.
The service for this restaurant is fairly good Upon entering the restaurant we were greeted by a server who sat us at a table. The decoration was pretty interesting, they had high backed benches which gave the feeling that I was sitting at a booth. Personally, I very much prefer the feeling of sitting at a booth while eating over eating at a table. While eating at a table, I always feel exposed, and like I can't really have a conversation. So I definitely give major points for the setup of the restaurant. The decorations were modern, with accents which were appropriate to the type of food that is being served.
While there I ordered three dishes. Thai Spring rolls, Lemngrass soup (which they said was like Tom Yum Soup) and Vegetarian Pad Thai.
Spring Rolls - The spring rolls were good. I like the way that they slice the spring rolls in half and serve it with a sweet and sour sauce with crushed peanuts. It doesn't really add anything to the dish, however, it gives the impression that they care enough about the meal to try to plate it nicely for you. The spring rolls themselves were good. They did not taste too spicy, or too bland, they went well with th sauce, and were very nice on the palate.
Lemon Grass Soup - This soup was good. For the way that they made it, it was fairly decent. Personally, if I were them I would have preferred just a little bit more citrus in the soup, with a little bit of cilantro in it to give it a little extra zip. The spring rolls came with a garnish of cilantro with a shredded and put into the soup and used the lime from my water, and it really tasted kind of awesome. I felt kind of awkward making the suggestion to them however, so I didn't.
Veg Pad Thai - Ok, this was the low part of the experience. First of all, they didn't ask how hot I wanted it. I have mentioned this before, but this is always a bad sign when they don't give you an option in terms of how spicy you want your pad thai. Also, the Pad Thai definitely tasted of ketchup. There had a lot of vegetables in it, and the ketchup wasn't too obnoxious, however, I definitely tasted it pretty obviously. Usually places use ketchup instead of tamarind to either keep the cost down, or if they don't really know how to make pad thai. I'm not really sure what the case was here. But, I hate it when my pad thai tastes of ketchup. Then again, this is Scarborough, so I am not really sure how authentic I should be expecting the Pad Thai to be. Keeping that in mind, I will temper my expectations. They made a good faith effort to make a good dish, it was otherwise cooked very well, they had lots of vegetables, and peanut, and lemon slices.
All in all, it was a very good eating experience, the prices were very reasonable and the people there were very pleasant. If I was in the area and wanted thai I would definitely consider stopping in and getting some.
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