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| - After almost three weeks of meats and taters, I came back to TO craving coconut rice. Then my friend's coworker recommended this place and a day later, there we were.
At first glance the restaurant sign is simple. Had we not been searching for it, I would have missed it. Heck, I did miss it until my friend (who had street viewed the place prior) pointed it out to me. The exterior is nothing fancy, but the interior is nice: warm atmosphere, nice blue table cloths, soft background music - great for a girls night, I'd hold off on bringing any young families though.
Several people came in and out before we ordered to pick up take out. The place seemed popular enough. The service was prompt and the food came out quickly. I ordered the roasted duck curry and a coconut rice and my friend ordered the tamarind beef curry with a coconut rice instead.
Why this place lost a couple of stars: we ordered two coconut rices, only one bowl came. Although it was larger, there was an assumption we would want to share. We did not. The coconut rice was also not creamy. Unlike my favourite Thai place in Hamilton, the sweet coconut milk taste was lacking. My duck curry also had lots of skin, fat and bones in it. I ended up wasting a lot of an already small dish. My friend enjoyed her tamarind beef, her only complaint was that they charge an extra dollar for all beef dishes, even if beef comes standard with the order. This seems to be an add on as a label was printed and taped to the cover of the menu.
Overall, the food was not bad, it just was not great. I haven't found a Thai place in Markham, like the hole in the wall in Hamilton, but until then, this will do.
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