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Nov 23, 2007
somewhat of a dissapointment
I always heard that this place was where one goes for authentic Thai food...and being a die hard fan of Thai... I literally have been calling every week to find out when it was opening.
The plus points: The "New Thai Pavillion" has a nice decor (kind of cliched though, almost looks like a cheaper and smaller version of China House), excellent service and I guess that is about it.
Lets get to the food...I always say if a Thai restaraunt can get the Som Tum (Papaya Salad), Tom Yum Soup, Pad Thai right then well it should be good. The Papaya Salad was nice but it comes with no grilled shrimp, i requested grilled shrimp but it was a hassle. The Tom Yum was above average but needed a little tweaking (sugar & fish sauce) and the Pad Thai was a severe let down (much better than Thai Ban).
I also had the starters...beef satay which were nice but didnt taste like satay, the red curry chicken(very disappointing) and the green curry chicken (pretty decent but lacking vegetables)
Small details were missing in the food like bean sprouts and lemon wedges with the Pad Thai & the cucumber salad in sweet chilli and fish sauce that is a staple with all Thai Food.
To be honest....I would say it is probably Bombay's best, and I would go again because I guess mediocre Thai food is better than nothing...it just frustrates me...why cant we get some real Thai food in Mumbai....I mean we are so close to the place, we have similar local ingredients (some) and things get flown in daily...all you need is a couple of street chefs and voila....sorry for the banter I just don’t understand what is the point of spending tons of money on the interior of a restaurant and not fine tuning the food to what it should be...I would have rather preferred the same old interior and allocating the budgets to have real Thai chefs...maybe im just barking and well they have opted to localize to the local palette……
