Date: March 25, 2013
Location: 326 Adelaide St W (east of Spadina), Downtown Toronto
Website: http://khaosanroad.ca/
Cuisine: Thai
Meal: dinner
My thoughts:
After two unsuccessful attempts to come here (i.e. to actually dine here), I finally made it! I came here with fellow (closet) foodie aka coworker aka DQ for an early dinner. Initially, we were going to just head over to a work convention after work, and he was close to bailing in favour of studying, but after I suggested coming here, he quickly changed his mind - if that says anything.
Anyway, enough non-food chit-chat. This is a food blog, after all.
This being my first time here, and having heard wonderful things about everything here, I allowed my companion to take the reins in deciding what to order. Worried that I might be disappointed with his order, he decided to play it safe and ordered his usual Khao Soi with Chicken ($13) - egg noodles in a coconut milk enriched curry, garnished with crispy noodles, green onion, coriander and lime.
When our order came, which was a mere couple of minutes after we'd ordered, I was doubtful that we'd ordered enough. I'd been anticipating this meal for ages and I came hungry and prepared to eat!
But by the end of it, we were full. The egg noodles were fried - I know, unhealthy, but oh-so-good. Who knew that deep-frying egg noodles would produce such a light and crispy texture? Also, the creamy coconut sauce was so rich and extremely flavourful that I drank the whole thing like soup. (Yes, seriously.) Needless to say, I ate like a barbarian and made a complete mess of myself. Even my coworker said he was surprised I was such a messy eater. I replied that I only am when I am this hungry and the food is this good.
Despite our better judgement, we each decided to get a dessert. Khao San only has one dessert, Sa Koo Ma Prao ($4), making it easy for us to decide. This is a small personal-sized cup of small tapioca pearls in a sweet coconut milk, flavoured with pandan and strips of tender young coconut. While I liked this and the fact that there was fresh coconut in this (nice twist), this was nothing new. My mom made this all the time when I was a kid. But my coworker really liked this.
By the end of all of this, both my companion and I were so stuffed that we felt like boycotting the convention in lieu of a nap. I also felt like I was pregnant with that extra weight on my ventral side (never having been pregnant, that's what I imagine being pregnant feels like anyway.) Worry not, though. We carried ourselves, with the extra 5 pounds that I'm sure we each had packed on from dinner, to the convention.
Just one final note. Our waiter was incredibly attentive (without being overly so) and consistently refilled our waters within a minute, tops. He was also friendly and smiley - which I think is worth mentioning as, sadly, not all people in the service industry are.
Great meal! Will be back to try other things!
My thoughts:
After two unsuccessful attempts to come here (i.e. to actually dine here), I finally made it! I came here with fellow (closet) foodie aka coworker aka DQ for an early dinner. Initially, we were going to just head over to a work convention after work, and he was close to bailing in favour of studying, but after I suggested coming here, he quickly changed his mind - if that says anything.
Anyway, enough non-food chit-chat. This is a food blog, after all.
This being my first time here, and having heard wonderful things about everything here, I allowed my companion to take the reins in deciding what to order. Worried that I might be disappointed with his order, he decided to play it safe and ordered his usual Khao Soi with Chicken ($13) - egg noodles in a coconut milk enriched curry, garnished with crispy noodles, green onion, coriander and lime.
When our order came, which was a mere couple of minutes after we'd ordered, I was doubtful that we'd ordered enough. I'd been anticipating this meal for ages and I came hungry and prepared to eat!
But by the end of it, we were full. The egg noodles were fried - I know, unhealthy, but oh-so-good. Who knew that deep-frying egg noodles would produce such a light and crispy texture? Also, the creamy coconut sauce was so rich and extremely flavourful that I drank the whole thing like soup. (Yes, seriously.) Needless to say, I ate like a barbarian and made a complete mess of myself. Even my coworker said he was surprised I was such a messy eater. I replied that I only am when I am this hungry and the food is this good.
Despite our better judgement, we each decided to get a dessert. Khao San only has one dessert, Sa Koo Ma Prao ($4), making it easy for us to decide. This is a small personal-sized cup of small tapioca pearls in a sweet coconut milk, flavoured with pandan and strips of tender young coconut. While I liked this and the fact that there was fresh coconut in this (nice twist), this was nothing new. My mom made this all the time when I was a kid. But my coworker really liked this.
By the end of all of this, both my companion and I were so stuffed that we felt like boycotting the convention in lieu of a nap. I also felt like I was pregnant with that extra weight on my ventral side (never having been pregnant, that's what I imagine being pregnant feels like anyway.) Worry not, though. We carried ourselves, with the extra 5 pounds that I'm sure we each had packed on from dinner, to the convention.
Just one final note. Our waiter was incredibly attentive (without being overly so) and consistently refilled our waters within a minute, tops. He was also friendly and smiley - which I think is worth mentioning as, sadly, not all people in the service industry are.
Great meal! Will be back to try other things!
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