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2016-09-09
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Confession: I really can't eat spicy food. So places like Thai, Sichuan and Indian is not something on my top lists of places I want to eat. But whenever, I'm with my friends and I'm not the one to choose the location, we always end up eating something spicy.A friend of mine was moving back to the US and a six of us decided to treat her to lunch. Just one more gathering with our gang of friends. She chose Thai and Sweet Basil Thai was the restaurant she chose. This restaurant is actually a place
A friend of mine was moving back to the US and a six of us decided to treat her to lunch. Just one more gathering with our gang of friends. She chose Thai and Sweet Basil Thai was the restaurant she chose. This restaurant is actually a place I like as well ... the food here really isn't spicy. At all.
Arriving on a Sunday, it was actually pretty quiet. Considering this is a weekend in Causeway Bay, being rather empty was a bit alarming. The restaurant had a very nice layout. Design was tastefully Thai. Menu was in English, Thai and Chinese with the odd photo. The staff immediately poured hot water for us without asking if we wanted hot or cold water. When I requested cold, all my friends followed, too. It's really hot out. No one wanted boiling water. Then the annoying thing is, when we received cold water, they kept refilling our glasses with boiling water. I found this a bit annoying. It's good they refilled glasses of water but we had cold water and want cold water. Not boiling.
Combination Platter ($268). This included three each of shrimp cakes, fish cakes, chicken in pandan leaves and spring rolls. The appetizers were a ok. Nothing really stood out. Everything seemed alright. Though the fish cake seemed to have way too much flour.
Grilled Pork Neck ($118). The pork neck was moist. There was a nice bit of sweet basting on top that tasted a bit like honey? Not too bad but it felt like eating char siu. It came with a dipping sauce that tasted like fish sauce. It was not spicy at all.
Pomelo Salad ($98). Possibly my favorite from everything we ordered. It was sweet and refreshing.
Fried Tung Choi with with Shrimp Paste ($78). Usually most Thai places make this dish spicy and strong with the taste of shrimp paste so it's also super salty. But there wasn't a lot of shrimp paste added so it wasn't fragrant enough. It also wasn't spicy at all. Pretty good for us girls who wanted some veggies.
Tom Yum Seafood Soup ($238 for large). My friends shared this as I feared it would be too spicy for me. However, boyfriend gave me the prawn as he's avoiding shellfish and shrimp. The soup, in my opinion, wasn't too spicy. I could actually eat the prawn without downing water. It was a bit on the tart side. The prawn didn't taste fresh.
Chicken Satay ($138 for six sticks). Quite possibly the worst satay I've ever had in Hong Kong. They were dry and tasteless. Dipping into the satay sauce, was even worse. The sauce didn't taste like satay at all but more like a watered down version of it.
Yellow Curry with Beef ($118). The curry sauce was actually pretty good. Rich and flavorful. The only thing was the beef was a bit tough and chewy. I think most of the beef was left behind while we dipped into the curry.
Garlic Bread ($52). We ordered a round of garlic bread to soak up the curry sauce. Garlic bread was just dripping in butter and garlic. I think I would have preferred it to be just plain bread. But it tasted pretty good anyways.
A very mainstream choice for Thai where majority of the food isn't very spicy. This appeals to more a mainstream audience and that is what they are aiming for. Prices are a bit expensive than more authentic Thai places but then the setting here is a lot more comfortable. They also serve shark fin so you can guess what type of customers they are aiming for.
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