Kiin is not your average Thai cuisine - it is wonderfully more upscale and the dishes are definitely much more high end than the typical Thai offerings elsewhere.
When I heard Kiin was opened by the same people who run Pai, Sabai Sabai and Sukothai, I had really high expectation as those are some of my favourite places. I was not disappointed!
For my first visit, I started my meal with a delightful Royal Thai platter, consisting of 4 delicious and delicate looking Thai dumplings. The platter starts with dumplings on the sweeter side and you work your way to the savoury one. Even though some would say it is quite small for a $12 dish, I thought it was perfectly reasonable considering how great it tasted and how much work it must have taken to make these delicate morsels.
The pork jowl was another wonderful and tasty dish - I simply love the meat texture, and the flavour was incredible. Thai kale stalks are provided on ice as a palate cleanser between bites, and they were wonderfully crunchy. Yum!
My first meal was so good, I decided to go back with some friends a week later! We ordered some bigger dishes this time. Most notable was the Khao Yum, which probably is one of the most pretty salads you'll see. It's got different coloured jasmine rice mixed with lemongrass, long beans, coriander, lime leaves, pomelo, sprouts, edible flowers and tamarind-soy sauce. A great sharing dish!
The Yum Tua Plu (wing bean salad with chili shrimp paste) was wonderful also, and I love the crunchiness of the wine bean.
The braised short rib was fall off the bone tender and the sauce was super tasty. I would highly recommend it as well.
The only miss for us was the sea salt-crusted sea bream. Even though the fish itself was cooked perfectly (not dry), we thought it was a bit gimmicky and most of the flavour was from the provided Kale leave and sauce mix. A bit pricey at $32 IMO.
Overall, I really loved Kiin and I look forward to seeing what other dishes they might come up with next if they ever refresh their menu.