While the Thai food served here is tasty, it is on the pricier side (same as US prices) so you're…read morenot really getting a deal here. Of the three dishes I had here, my favorite was the grilled pork neck, followed by the tom yum with the green curry at the bottom (because it is on the sweeter side). Since there are so many food options just a stone's throw away from every other restaurant, I'd dine elsewhere before deciding to come back again.
MY ORDER
x1 Tom Yum Soup
x1 Green Curry
x1 Grilled Pork Neck
TOM YUM SOUP: ($136HKD =$17.58USD) I have no qualms with this Tom Yum soup. While not the best Tom Yum soup I've had in terms of depth of flavor, it was still very tasty. I appreciate that it was full of ingredients like mushroom, fat headed shrimp, tomatoes etc. I also enjoyed the splash of coconut milk on top.
GREEN CURRY: ($118HKD = $15.03USD) If you like sweet coconut curries, you'll enjoy this. Filled with Thai eggplant, basil, mushrooms and your choice of meat, this was definitely a bang for your buck. Curries are an amazing pairing with rice, if only the rice ($15HKD = $1.91USD per bowl)bowls were cheaper here. Since I'm not a fan of sweet curries, I probably won't order this again, but I will note that this curry was not as sickeningly coconut sweet as the curries you'd find in the U.S.
GRILLED PORK NECK: ($118HKD = $15.03USD) The fatty neck was grilled in a sweet and savory barbecue sauce and would have been a bit too decadent if it weren't for the vinegary dipping sauce it was served with. Even though the lemony fish dipping sauce is sour enough to make you wince when consumed on its own, together they make this dish. This also comes with a couple shrimp chips...that taste like pork floss (unfortunately, I don't know what this is).
ENVIRONMENT: Nice and modern looking, this restaurant was apparently remodeled with an upper and lower level. Expect to eat with light tin utensils atop of tin dishes. The air conditioning, while initially an excellent respite from the sweltering heat outside, was a bit too strong for my liking as the food cooled down too quickly, but it may have been set so high to accommodate government mandated indoor airflow.
CONS:
- pricey compared to other local restaurants
- air conditioning was too strong
TIPS:
- while i thought the green curry was too sweet, it may just be that I find all coconut milk based curry too sweet