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2014-03-30
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I have some friends who are fans of Thai on High and we dined with them there recently. It was a Saturday around 6:30, and the place was completely empty, though more customers came in as we were eating. One plus about ToH is that it is BYOB and-- what's more-- there are excellent places to acquire beer in the surrounding area: the SOHO Wine & Spirits, and a new liquor store beneath Island Crest. I forget the new store's name, but they had Dogfish Head (!!!), but unfortunately not the 60 or 90 m
The rice paper rolls looked a little ragged. They weren't closed on the ends; they were irregularly shaped. I thought they perhaps had too much cabbage, too little herbs, and needed some sriracha. Still, they were OK, it's hard to make bad rice paper rolls. C
The papaya salad was not bland or soggy, so it beats out the lower end stuff you find around HK. It wasn't spicy, however, and it lacked that special something that makes me want to eat pounds of papaya. B
I'm the last person who should be asked to review satay. I think it's the worst grilled meat in the world. Give me fajitas or kebabs or bulgogi, I just have never had satay that made me say anything other than "meh." So there you have it, meh: C
One of my friends is really into this chicken and cashew stir fry. I don't see what's particularly Thai about it, but I will say that it was the best thing we had. The veggies were nicely stir fried, crisp but charred; the chicken was tender and well-flavored. Mostly it was soy sauce, but sometimes simple works. Good: B+
We got the vegetarian Massaman curry. It had a nice array of vegetables including some I wouldn't have expected like broccoli, long beans, and is that bitter melon (?). Still, I liked it-- I actually think broccoli in a curry is a brilliant idea, due to its propensity to sop up sauce. The curry didn't have that cardamom-y warmness I associate with Massaman curry, but it was still reasonably good. B
This is the dish that I really wanted to order, but I was rather disappointed. In general I'm a fan of thick, broad, flat rice noodles. With a little bit of sauce in them, and pan fried to get the slightest hint of smokiness in them, they can be one of the most carbohydrate-y satisfying things I know of. These ones were chewy in a bad way. Tough to bite through, I think undercooked. I wouldn't order it again, and that's saying a lot because dishes like this are my Thai restaurant staple. Poor: DToH has promise, in my mind. My friends' favorite dishes (the chicken and cashews, and the curry) were good. The ingredients were all top notch, there were just a few missteps, like poorly rolled rice paper rolls and poorly cooked rice noodles. It's a relatively new restaurant and I expect it will improve. I'd certainly rather go here than the Thai restaurant in my building (i.e. in the Queen St. cooked food center). But it won't become a go-to for me. OK: C+.
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