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| Chiang Rai at Kennedy |
We had passed by Chiang Rai a few times on our way to the
garden centre. I made a mental note to check them out sometime as Thai
restaurants are not so prolific in Markham. So, when the craving hit for some Thai
food, I ordered at Chiang Rai for pick up. Their pick-up system was so
convenient as they had a table set up right at the door—and you didn’t have to
go inside the actual restaurant to pick up your order.
When I opened the paper bag at home, I was delighted to see
that the containers were made of paper vs styro or plastic! A few brownie
points can be deducted though for including plastic cutlery. But I forgive them
since they included some personalized lovely notes written on the take-out
boxes. What a nice touch and this certainly put in me a positive mood right
before diving into our order, with the beautiful aromas wafting out of the
bowls.
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| Panang Curry, Pad Thai, Tom Yum fried rice and Fish Cakes @Chiang Rai |
We started with their homemade fish cake. Marinated in red curry paste and served sweet chilli sauce, it was delicious!
For our mains, we got chicken Panang curry: homemade Thai
red curry paste with coconut milk, roasted peanuts, red pepper, long green
beans, lime leaf and comes with Jasmine rice. We just got medium spicy but now I
wonder if getting Thai Spicy would take me back to the streets of Bangkok
(which, I know is quite far from Chiang Rai) where I vividly recall practically
burning my tongue with the spiciness of the curry! I had to take sips of pop
with every.single.bite. I will save this adventure for next time.
The rest of our orders, I chickened out with the spice level
and just got mild. I will have to step it up a bit next time. These were all
very good, though!
We got their Pad Thai with chicken. It was a decent serving and
packed with egg, tofu, and generous amount of chicken. It was pretty good. One of
the better Pad Thais around.
The Tom Yum Fried Rice caught my eye when I was perusing the
menu. So, I got this with shrimp. It was Yum-my indeed! The stir-fried rice
with tom yum sauce was very savoury with just the right amount of sweet and
spice!
The fam and I absolutely loved their dishes! The drive to
Kennedy road was totally worth it and will do it all over again—maybe next
month? 😊 until then…
