友誼泰國菜館 (已結業)

Item: 友誼泰國菜館
Rating: 4
Author: nuttawit.ta

Friendship Thai Food

3.5

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衛生

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1351

九龍城

$51-100

泰國菜

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Summary: It's another dinner-service only good Thai restaurant in Kowloon City. Most dishes taste authentic with some dishes a bit adapted. I could recommend this as another option.The Goods: Taste authentic (with some exceptions). Reasonably priced.The Bads: Depending on where you're seated it feels a bit cramped. The staffs were too busy for some requests. One of the dish takes quite a while to arrive. Damage: The 2 of us ordered 3 dishes, with one of them being fried noodles for carbs, with j

Summary: It's another dinner-service only good Thai restaurant in Kowloon City. Most dishes taste authentic with some dishes a bit adapted. I could recommend this as another option.
The Goods: Taste authentic (with some exceptions). Reasonably priced.
The Bads: Depending on where you're seated it feels a bit cramped. The staffs were too busy for some requests. One of the dish takes quite a while to arrive.
Damage: The 2 of us ordered 3 dishes, with one of them being fried noodles for carbs, with just normal tea. That comes to HKD280, or HKD140 per person. We were full but not too full so I guess this is the right amount of orders for 2 persons.
[My review is long so I marked recommended or not-recommended dishes in underline. The food names are bolded and each section (ending with dish photo) for each dish]

A colleague told me I should try this restaurant but they only opens for dinner service it's been a long time until I finally come to try (I like to just chill at home for dinner - Kowloon City is not close by). The shop is a bit removed from the street with plenty of Thai shops but it's not too far away. They have ground floor as shop front which is were we're seated, but they also have a separate unit on 1/F which I find a bit awkward because they have to cook their food in G/F shop, carry them out the front door to take the stair next door. I was seated right at the door (like, 2 feet away) so it feels a bit busy with people walking in and out all the time.

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The shop is not too cramped if not because of the fact I was seated next to the door. It's a bit old though, with plenty of Brahma & Buddhist figure/figurine as decoration. I never liked the kind of decoration but I guess it's just preference. The openrice time suggests they open at 6pm. We arrived at 5:50pm and there were 2 tables eating already so they definitely opens before then. The dinner service is quite busy, and the staffs struggled to keep up from time to time.

What we ordered
As mentioned we only ordered 3 dishes which is quite enough for 2 persons. The first to arrive was the #11 Spicy & sour seafood soup (Poh Teak) at HKD78 (for small). It's my favourite dish so I always order it (lol). It's similar to the infamous Tom Yum but without milk (clear broth), no chilli paste (not red), and with sweet basil which is something I think adds very nice flavour to it. It is quite the way I like it, except that I think it can be even more sour. This dish should be sharp sour then follow by spiciness (which is also a bit lacking but I understand most people can't handle the heat). The seafood consisted of shrimps, squid, and venus clam. I'd say the amounts are good for the price, although one comment is that the venus clam was either frozen or overcooked - the meat shrank and a bit tough. Overall though, I would say it's still a good dish, still some room to improve but good enough for me to recommend.

#11 Spicy & Sour Seafood soup

Another dish came almost right after, and it's the #86 Fried Rice Noodle with Pork (Pad See Ew Moo) at HKD68. We ordered this for a carb dish, and it's also one of my fav (again). To the goods first; it has good wok hei (stir fried) flavour, comes with good amount of pork, not overly sweet, and use the actual noodle type (wider and chewier than ho fun). Now to the bads; I think it's quite adapted to be similar to Chinese style (干炒河粉) in terms of flavours from composition of sauces, the noodles stuck together in multiple layers (look at the most front one in the photo), and they didn't bring us condiments (sugar, chilli flakes, vinegar, fish sauce). On that last point, it's probably not important for most people, but when eating this dishes, Thais always add some more condiments to the way we like it. We asked for it twice and never get it, the staffs were too busy serving food and we gave up. Ignoring the service, I still wouldn't recommend as it taste very much like Chinese style fried noodle that you can eat anywhere.

#86 Fried Rice Noodle with Pork

The last dish came very late. It's a common thing to happen in a Thai restaurant because we don't have concept of serving orders so we just usually serve any dish whenever they're ready. The problem is sometime some kitchen is more delayed than the others. I feel the need to mention this though because we finished like 70% of the other 2 dishes already when this last one came. It's the #48 Beef in Lime Sauce (Neur Yang Ma Now) at HKD128. It comes with grilled beef (from guestimate it's probably about 200-300 grams), Chinese kale, and the lime sauce. The beef is a bit unconventional in a sense that we rarely cook the meat like this (medium rare) and instead it usually come medium well or well done. Although not entirely authentic, I'd say it's a good adaptation - I still don't like very tough grill meat served in Thailand. Although I wish they serve with a cut with more fat (like the authentic kind) for flavour. The beef itself is well marinated but it's not a high end cut (a bit chewy) but for the price it's good. The sauce is slightly too sweet and need more sourness in my opinion (but my wife said already good level of sweet, just a matter of preference). The table next to me also ordered the same dish and they seem to be struggling with the spice, so beware of it. All-in-all, I'm not surprised this is one of dishes people recommended, and I would recommend it too. Must order!

#48 Beef in Lime Sauce

A few last thoughts.... if you don't order special drinks, the tea will cost you HKD3 per person. Since I'm extra stingy, I think this is a bit much. It should be free! Also, the cup (or the tea itself I'm not sure) taste a bit like they didn't wash out the dish washing liquid well, yuck! It's quite minor point though. That's pretty much it, I think overall I could still recommend the restaurant but then again you have a lot of options. As usual, the menu photos below, Enjoy!