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| - My first time back to this restaurant after their move across the street.
Other than the new renovations, the experience was essentially the same - cafeteria style sitting, elbow to elbow with strange neighbours, a level of loudness that makes conversations largely inaudible. I did notice an expanded seating area to better handle the crowd capacity & private booths and tables in one section (so you can wait for these if you prefer this option). I have to say that for small groups of 2-4, you get seated & served pretty quickly.
In terms of food, I think salad king does a pretty good job with its core dishes- by this I mean its curries, satays and pad thais. The food is well seasoned & quite tasty. I'm not sure if i would call the food authentic Thai, but I think they do a good job regardless. My only comment with regards to core dishes is that the restaurant seems to be cutting back on ingredients. I ordered the panang chicken curry and noticed that it seemed to have a lot of sauce but lacking in chicken.... Likewise, I checked out my neighbour's shrimp pad Thai and noted the obvious lack of shrimp.
As for appetizers, I think they are average at best. I didn't love the mango salad or mini shrimp rolls- mango salad was pretty dry & shrimp rolls overfried.
Everything said, however, I would go back to salad king although it wouldn't be at the top of my list. Service is decent, but don't go if you expect to have an intimate conversation with your buddy. And forego ordering appetizers- its really not worth it.
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