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2020-10-03
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Summary: Great option for nice, easy, affordable AND authentic Thai food. The Goods: Very affordable and authentic Thai food - you can do as little as HK$48. Friendly staffs (all Thai). The Bads: Food tends to be to salty end (not too bad). A bit small but again, it's HK standard.Damage: We (2 persons) ordered quite a lot and the bill came up at HK$259 (no SC applicable) for lunch. That's a lot of food though; I ended up over ate a bit.This is the very first time I decided to have something in K
The Bads: Food tends to be to salty end (not too bad). A bit small but again, it's HK standard.
Damage: We (2 persons) ordered quite a lot and the bill came up at HK$259 (no SC applicable) for lunch. That's a lot of food though; I ended up over ate a bit.
This is the very first time I decided to have something in Kowloon City, because I normally just buy Thai ingredients and cook myself but my friends kept asking me what's the best one in Kowloon City, so here I am! (a side note to that is I will try review more in Kowloon Walled City area).
The restaurant consists of 2 (but separated) rows of HK townhouse (about 4 metres width). One of them have take-away boxes with various options for you to pick from. We got seated at a table for two (which make sense but it proved to be a bit too small for what we ordered). The decoration is adequate; nothing fancy but also not too dirty. Overall the food are authentic, but a bit too salty to my preference (my wife say maybe HK people likes salty - I will leave that to reader's opinion).
What we ordered
The papaya salad with salted [field] crab and fermented fish (wow! what a mouthful) came first. I would say this is our best pick; quite authentic and very well made/seasoned. A side note to this is it has salted crab and fermented fish, and it's an acquired taste. I think if you don't think too much of it and just try, you'll really "acquire" it; lots of expats in Thailand say the same thing.
Papaya Salad with salted field crab and fermented fish
$55
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Then came the spicy [tom yum] noodle. In case you're wondering; no, his is not the milky "tom yum" you're thinking of. The word tom yum is just "spicy soup", and there're quite a variety of it. I will rank this as my least favourite dish of the meal. It needs to have more flavour (sweet, spicy, and sour; the one thing they already have enough is salty), but then again maybe they already adjusted to HK taste. I like that they have pork liver too though.
Spicy noodle
$48
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My main is the braised pork leg/knuckle. This is another dish I would recommend. If the other dishes are salty, this is definitely not. The meat is juicy and the sauce (vinegar, garlic, chillies, and some salt and sugar) is very spot on. It usually comes with an (or half) egg (which it did), pickled Chinese mustard (which it did). The only thing I wish they serve too is pork [small] intestine; well, I think the reason is obvious - not a lot of people will like it.
Braised pork leg on rice
$48
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At this point we were still waiting for the grilled fish, and thinking we should already be full with these. Nevertheless, I really wanted the fish. A side note to non-Thais. In a non-upscale restaurant, they'll just bring out the food when ever the particular dish is ready. We don't have concept of appetizer, or main, and we mostly share our food, so no one will be left waiting - everyone will be waiting for the same thing.
Anyways, I slowed down a bit and waited for the grilled tilapia fish. I would say it's worth the wait. The fish is as what I expected; slightly chewy (because of the type of fish, not overcooked) but still juicy, and a bit salty from the salt coating when they grill it. Nice smell of the herbs. The only complain (of course, I can always find something!) is that the dipping sauce should be a bit sweeter (again it's edging towards salty).
Grilled fish
$108
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