first time trying thai basil. the ambiance is simple, functional and classy. the restaurant is aesthetic and minimally decorated. we were greeted at the entrance by a thai traditional costume clad lady with a sawadi khaa which was pleasantly surprising and made us feel really welcome. our server was linda who was very sweet and helped us making our menu selection for lunch. thank you linda!
coming to the food, we tried limited items as their portion sizes are huge -
1. tom yum (prawns): oddly this has coconut milk (not tom khaa) in it but the flavour was good. the prawns were veryfreshand big in size. the veggies in the soup was also very fresh. it can easily service 2-3 people.
2. green papaya salad: fresh, crunchy, flavourful and a huge portion again. what’s not to love?!
3. pad thai (eggs & chicken): they customised to make it slightly saucy for us, don’t do this though. the noodles were againfreshand tasty. we added our own touches to it with the garnish and sauces they had served us up front which really helped enhance the flavours.
4. chestnut with coconut milk (dessert): very different and weirdly nice. basically it’sfreshchestnuts with coconut milk. make sure to stir / mix the liquid from the bottom so you get this slightly sweet and salty taste. we liked it enough to finish more than half of it.
so all in all we loved our meal. the service was nice, and the food was great. only suggestion would be to help explain to the guests what all the sauces / garnish is for or can be used it. we used it mostly in our pad thai without which we found it bland. but to each his own.
if you expect indianised thai food, this place is not for you. but for fresh, flavourful, happy food, do give this place a shot.
definitely going to be back to try the thai curry and some other items on their menu. hoping for the experience to live up to these levels again.
khapon khaa!!
p.s. my food pictures aren’t great, zero effort put in.