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| - This has been pretty much my favourite neighbourhood restaurant ever since it first opened. I'm astonished that some people seem to have had bad experiences here, because I've certainly never been disappointed in all the years I've been going there.
Delicious food (although some of it is probably too spicy for the typical North American palate), huge portions (I usually end up taking half of it home), low prices - there's just no down side, unless you count that it's not terribly fancy looking, and occasionally they get too busy and things get slow (victims of their own popularity, I guess). Still, those are very minor considerations compared to how good it is.
A few things that are good to know:
First of all, if they warn you that something is really spicy, they mean it. The green curry in particular is not for the faint of heart. I have a pretty good heat tolerance, but that one challenges me.
Second, the soups are massive, often thick enough to be more like stews, and come with a bowl of rice as well. You can easily make a meal out of one of them, maybe two meals. This is not soup to get as an appetizer, unless you're sharing it between several people -- they're huge and hearty and very filling. I especially like the Hot & Sour Bamboo soup, but all the ones I've tried have been good.
Third, not only do they have a decent vegetarian section on the menu, but they can make many of the other dishes vegetarian on request, by substituting tofu for chicken or whatever other meat may be in them. So there are lots of options for vegetarians, as well as for meat eaters.
Fourth, a note to the person who complained about the mangoes in the GREEN mango salad being not ripe: that would be what "green" means. They're SUPPOSED to be that way, and many of us like the tartness.
All in all, you pretty much can't go wrong with Khmer Thai, at least if your tastes are in any way similar to mine. Obviously a few people have found it not to their liking, but everyone I know who's ever been here has loved it, and it's certainly a longtime favourite of mine.
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