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2012-01-08
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We went to Cambo Thai last night after reading some great reviews on this site & as I am pregnant I had a craving for spring rolls & tom yum soup.Firstly, we made a reservation for 7.30 but there was no need as we were ushered in immediately. Menus were given & our bottle of wine was opened & we were given beer steins with which to drink it - interesting! But the setting is very casual so we were not too perturbed.The place seems quite clean & busy & they appear to have a couple of locations on
Firstly, we made a reservation for 7.30 but there was no need as we were ushered in immediately. Menus were given & our bottle of wine was opened & we were given beer steins with which to drink it - interesting! But the setting is very casual so we were not too perturbed.
The place seems quite clean & busy & they appear to have a couple of locations on the same strip. We had a couple of attempts to get the waitresses attention so we could order. Once we ordered, the food came out in no set order but was arriving within 10 minutes. I must add that I ordered a lime ice drink that was delicious. It was really tart & exactly what I was expecting.
We ordered (to share):
Thai Spring Rolls - these were yummy but not what I would call a spring roll. They were basically a prawn wrapped in spring roll pastry & deep fried. They were nice but had no seasoning or additional vegetables in them of any kind. The dipping sauce was quite sweet. I still left craving real spring rolls!
Vietnamese rice paper rolls with prawn & pork - these were a highlight & really fresh with lots of mint & lettuce & vermicelli noodles and a beautiful sweet/sour dipping sauce. They are quite large but we easily demolished them as they were yummy.
Steamed rice - We ordered this to go with our main meals but it came to the table at the same time as the entrees, so basically sat there going cold for the 20 minutes it took for our mains to arrive.
Beef with garlic, ginger & eschallots - I couldn't discern anything even remotely thai about this dish. It looked lovely with 1cm cubes of beef surrounded with 1 eschallot & lots of cloves of garlic. There was no discernible ginger, either visibly or to the palate. The sauce was more like a pepper sauce. This dish was actually quite nice but almost seemed like a winter dish from Europe!
Celebrity dish of mixed seafood & vegetables - this was the most disappointing dish of the night. It looked nothing like the picture in the menu and had only 2 small prawns, 2 mussels and a tiny lonely piece of calamari. The veges were crisp but so tiny. I would not order this dish again!
Tom Yum Goong - Now this soup arrived on it's own little bain marie so was kept piping hot. The flavour was divine & rich & intense and definitely satisfied that craving for tom yum soup. The straw mushrooms were really fresh but unfortunately the prawns were roughly chopped, shells & all, & were really difficult to eat.
Overall, we ordered too much food for the 2 of us and the bill was very cheap - only $298. That being said I would only go back for the tom yum soup & the rice paper rolls and to be honest, don't think I will go back
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