A personal blog detailing dining and eating experiences
Went to this pretty upscale Thai restaurant in Toronto (more northern part, like St Clair W).
For food, we ended up getting a fixed course. None of it was pad Thai, but definitely there were hints of the Thai curry flavor in a lot of the food.
Also, drink presentations were interesting. There was a traditional smoked presentation in a covered class, but also one drink came in an aquarium.
So went to this place twice since it was so good.
First, there are two Ayada restaurants in Chelsea Market (both have the same menu). Tried both. One is more fast food atmosphere, while the other is more lounge-ish. I’d go back to the latter one again (but don’t mind the former).
They have a full bar. First time I got an espresso martini without any sweetener. Second time got toki on the rocks. No complains for either.
For food, both times got the pad seeew with beef. So good. Easily best pad seeew ever. Also got the green curry the first time. Very spicey (next time choose mild!). Then got the carb filled wontons and the pork belly apps (didn’t hate them, but don’t love them, so would try something new next time).
Next time would want to try the crab fried rice.
We went to this restaurant for our first dinner at Edinburgh.
One interesting thing I noticed is that there was. I Asian staff for a Thai restaurant (of course that is totally ok).
For this restaurant it is basically family style. We got the short rib (which was a red curry), the green beef curry, the sea bream fish, cucumber salad, and the crispy chicken. I would get all of them again except the crispy chicken.
For drinks, got their version of a cosmo (wish it was a bit sweeter), and an Aperol spritz (can’t go wrong with that)
One thing we did wish though is that they had some sort of noodle dish. Aside from that would come back.
An interesting Thai restaurant.
I got their lunch special, which includes a soup plus their version of sui mai, plus pad Thai. I thought the Pad Thai was ok.
Next time I think I’ll try their pad see-we.
We tried out this place after we couldn’t get seated at Le Thai.
I got the Pad Thai with pork from this place. I have to say, it was pretty terrible. Also, the pork was not good quality at all (not sure how it has more than 4 stars in Yelp).
The one thing I will say though is that the soup they served as a free starter was really good.
We went here on NYE, and they had a special set dinner. Overall, I enjoyed the food, especially the pre-appetizers.
The one thing that did stand out was the Pad Thai. It was very delicious. I also remember the prawns being good. Although next time I’d probably go here not before an event that requires you to not be full.
We went to this highly rated Thai restaurant for our first dinner in Amsterdam.
For a drink, I got something called Jonge Jenever. It is basically thicker than vodka, but a tiny bit sweeter.
For appetizers, we got the shrimp spring rolls, and Tom Ka soup. Both very good.
For the mains, we got the Yellow Curry and Pad see Jew. Although both were excellent, we were surprised that the Pad see Jew was not with flat noodles, and the sauce was different.
Also interesting to note is that they do hand written receipts.
So this Thai place is the most Thai food place I’ve been to (if that makes sense). Most of the dishes are spicey, and they serve alligator!
We went here kinda late and after a music festival, so I was not too hungry. I ended up sharing an oyster pancake, which was really tastey, and I would definitely order it again.
A great Thai restaurant I would come back to.
At this place we ordered a bunch of small dishes (didn’t take picture of any of them). From what I recall, we ordered the grilled calamari, the vegetable crispy spring rolls (I thought this was good since it was basically lumpia), the wings, and the khaw kai noodle bowl (this was basically chicken with rice noodles).
For my drink, I got their special (pictured below) called the pineapple millionaire. And yes, I would get it again (it had the right amount of sweetness).
For dessert, also pictured below, we got the mark mango. The combination of coconut cream and sticky rice, shaved ice plus mango was AMAZING!
Everything we ordered here was really good.
Tom yum soup:
Massaman Beef curry (so good!):
Pad si-ew (also really good!):
Cashew chicken (good, but my least favorite dish):
We also ordered soft shell crab, but forgot to take a pic (it seemed on par with every other soft shell crab).