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| - With 746 and counting reviews (mostly positive), there's little need for me to add to the noise. The food was good! If you're downtown, and you are in the mood for thai food, I'd recommend you take the Khao San Road to currytown (feel free to scroll down and check for 'road' jokes, I'm sure it's not original.)
Here are my recommendations based on a single meal:
LINEUP
There will likely be one. We arrived before 6 on a frigid Tuesday evening following Family Day. We waited. If you don't like lining up, listen: despite the fact that I drank the leftover curry sauce like a soup, delivery thai food is available in toronto. Just do that instead.
MAINS
We had the Khao Soi with shrimp, and a Bangkok Pad Thai with Tofu. Plates were cleaned. Sauce was slurped. Tiny dried shrimps helped pretend I was a giant. My only concern was that the curry should have come with extra rice, because it seems obvious that I would want to employ that incredible sauce a little more. Of course, I didn't ask for any, so who knows if they would have accommodated on request (still though...I mean, you make a delicious thing but don't provide a vehicle to finish it? Thank god I have no shame and am willing to drink curry like it was a beverage). Both dishes were in the $15 range. It costs an extra $2 for most dishes if you want fish or shrimp, FYI.
DESSERT
Tiny tapioca balls in coconut pudding - YES. So tasty, such a pleasure to eat, and without making me feel like I just ate a cup of sugar. Possibly a little on the expensive side ($5), but worth a try.
PARKING (see: service)
Around the corner on Widmer for 7 bucks (after 6pm, Sunday to Thursday). Don't waste your money on street parking or the 10 dollar lot across the street. If you get there before 6, well, you're on your own. Rush hour on a weekday? Yikes. Take the TTC.
SERVICE
Overall the service was fine. One quibble: when we arrived, I dropped off my GF and ideled, so she could see if a table was available, then take that table, and give me a thumbs up so I wouldn't otherwise pay for parking if the wait was too long to bear. She came out and told me that they wouldn't sit us until all members of our 2-person party had arrived.
Okay. If you are an otherwise reservations-taking restaurant, and a non-reserved party shows up, I can understand this policy. But if I park, then find out I have to wait 40 minutes, I'm going to be pretty upset. When your known-to-have-lineups restaurant is located on a busy, parking-deficient street like Adelaide, you are going to have to sometimes accommodate this situation. I rushed to a lot around the corner, then sprinted to the restaurant. Thank goodness I beat the next party of 2, but knowing this issue will arise next time, it is a surefire way to ensure I will never drive to the restaurant again. Of course, who would TTC or cab to a restaurant they may have to lineup 40 minutes to an hour for? Anyone else see the inherent problem here?
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