Thai Food
- Thread starter iluvrubs
- Start date
Magic Thai @ Yonge / St Clair - very small, very intimate, amazing service, fantastic food. Great place to get know someone.
Von Wigglestaff said:
Eaten there. Actually, that guy's brothers place on Dundas near Bathurst, called Bon Vanipha (Thai/Laotian) was way better. Unfortunately, it closed it about 6 months ago. Now an asian vegitarian restaurant.
Whatever you do, don't go to Young Thailand.
It USED TO BE my favourite Thai restaurant. The food was great, they used to line up to get in the joint. But they started to slide big time. I don't know what happened, but the restaurant started to physically fall apart, the washrooms wore out, were smelly, not maintained. The carpet is thread bare, you name it, the place slowly slid into dumpdum.
The food, basically it followed the same route down. The chicken dishes featured less chicken, with gristle, and was very very greasy. The shrimp spring rolls became greasy. The pad thai, well, I knew it was over when they started garnishing it with ice berg lettuce instead of bean sprouts - cheaper I guess.
I used to go there once a week, or get take out. I had noticed the slide in quality and slowly stopped going. Once, I thought, I go back just to see if things improved. They hadn't. It was so bad, they weren't even taking credit cards any more.
Sad sad state of affairs. My once favourite thai restaurant in the City was reduced to a dump.
It USED TO BE my favourite Thai restaurant. The food was great, they used to line up to get in the joint. But they started to slide big time. I don't know what happened, but the restaurant started to physically fall apart, the washrooms wore out, were smelly, not maintained. The carpet is thread bare, you name it, the place slowly slid into dumpdum.
The food, basically it followed the same route down. The chicken dishes featured less chicken, with gristle, and was very very greasy. The shrimp spring rolls became greasy. The pad thai, well, I knew it was over when they started garnishing it with ice berg lettuce instead of bean sprouts - cheaper I guess.
I used to go there once a week, or get take out. I had noticed the slide in quality and slowly stopped going. Once, I thought, I go back just to see if things improved. They hadn't. It was so bad, they weren't even taking credit cards any more.
Sad sad state of affairs. My once favourite thai restaurant in the City was reduced to a dump.
I'm a huge lover of thai food, although I admit to not having tried Salad King. But that isn't a date ambience anyway. My suggestion is Rex Saigon (Yonge and Eglinton). Its Thai and Vietnamese cuisine and its really good. The atmosphere isn't great but it will do for a first date. If you go you have to get the chicken spring rolls as a starter.
goodtime
Travelaholic
Say it isn't so...it was my fav. Guess his mom got tired of cooking. Will miss their Ping Gai & desert purple coconut stickrice.Mr. Downtown said:
The Queen Mother makes a good version of Ping Gai when the Cook is on a good day.
There's a place in RH Thai chef & another in Markham with good potential but not consistent.
Golden & Bangkok garden with good Thai atomsphere. But in terms of Thai deco unmatch to eatery in Orlando with awardwinning autheric straw rooms.
Last edited:
erasus said:
Upstairs at the Salad King is a good spot. It is right downtown so you always find something to do after the meal.
Syn
gar said:
I use Chowhound to do my research whenever I check out a new resturant. For those who don't know I am a Buffet Master, I have been to so many places I could write a book. Chowhound has help alot then it comes to finding good places to eat.
Thanks
Nicole
rajiv1973 said:
I've only been to Bangkok Gardens twice... But I absolutely LOVED it there!!!
I haven't really been to any of the other places... so I really don't know how the rest of the places compare. But I really liked Bangkok Gardens. Food was great. Place was clean. Service was good. Price was reasonable too.
BUT!!!... I haven't been there for a while now.... so not sure if it's changed....
