Long time no blog. Been busy with exams and school and such ! But finally free :D
Anyways, went out with family today to eat (: And I wanted to eat Thai food! So I suggested we go to Little Bangkok Thai Cuisine, since I heard it was good (and it was close by)
Here's my take on this place! Rated #1 in Markham!
First Impression: Upon arriving at the small plaza, we didn't notice the restaurant at first, but upon closer inspection, we see the small space near the back - the front windows was overtaken by bright neon words of "Dine in, Catering, Take-out" and also posters.
Decor: It looked pretty fancy, with nicely folded napkins, bleached white tablecloths, pretty flowers on each table, and wine glasses sitting upon ever two-seater table. On one wall, it was replaced with a mirror, the other wall was painted a nice sandy colour and decorated with a painting of a flower, and the back wall had pictures of a couple in traditional Thai clothing. The place was also quite small, and all the decorations (although nice) made the restaurant seem very 'busy' and clustered.
Service: I saw 2 servers, and the manager/owner. They were all super nice! Even though the 2 servers did most of the work, they were quick on it, and got whatever we needed in a jiffy, all with a super nice smile (:
Food (Menu): We ordered several things. But I'll just name the notable mentions;
Deep Fried Tofu and Taro w/ peanut sauce and sweet and sour peanut sauce. - Both the deep fried tofu and the deep fried taro were both pretty average, but the peanut sauce and sweet and sour peanut sauce were awesome! I think it was the first dish we cleared even though it came mid-way during our meal
Pineapple Chicken Curry - This was interesting, and I don't usually see this dish at other Thai restaurants, so I wanted to try it. The pineapple gave the curry a nice sweet hint, but I actually found it a bit too sweet, and would have preferred it if it were a bit spicier.
Tamarind Beef Curry- MY FAVOURITE! It was just the right spiciness + sweetness combined! It was the last dish that came, so by then.. my family was already pretty full.. So i ate almost the whole thing :P I don't know what Tamarind tastes like... but I sure liked this dish! That's all I can say though! Just really good, so I highly suggest it.
Sticky Rice and Banana - We ordered 2 desserts, Deep Fried Ice cream and this. Although, I liked the deep fried ice cream more, the Sticky Rice and Banana stood out more to me. We wanted to order Sticky Rice and Mango, but it wasn't available, so we just ordered Sticky Rice and Banana. What we got looked like this:
I didn't expect this at all! I actually expected Banana, and then sticky rice on the side. At first, we thought we were jipped, and they only used banana leaves to steam the rice.. but upon closer inspection, we found this!
The banana was actually steamed inside the rice! Interesting hmmm! The dessert tasted somewhat bland.. but sweet as well. It was sort of like eating sweet porridge, but.. in sticky rice form?
We also had Lemon Prawn Soup (Tom Yum Gong), Coconut Chicken Soup, Plain Rice Noodle (for the curry), Pineapple Fried Rice, Baby Coconut Juice, Lemon Shrimp, and Deep Fried Ice Cream.
Out of all of these, they were all okay.. - the Pineapple Fried Rice was a bit bland though - no Pineapple flavour at all. The Lemon Prawn Soup was too sour, not spicy enough. The Coconut Chicken Shrimp was wayyy too sweet, but everything else was good!
Verdict!
Decor:3/5 (It was.. interesting, had a nice Thai-feel to it, but the decorations all just seemed so busy and somewhat unnecessary, and it was a smaller place, so it felt sorta cramped)
Service: 4.5/5 (only 2 servers, and they seemed pretty busy, but still excellent service and awesome smiles!)
Food: 3.5 (good food, portions were small, some foods were not good enough- but + .5 for the great Tamarind Beef Curry!)
Till Next Time!
- chee
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