28 March 2009

Pad Thai @ Yum Thai - Recommended

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[First filed: March 27, 2009 @ 10:45]

One of my favourite things to eat in all the world is the king of noodle dishes, the takeaway pad thai.

But Canberra has, to date, been a little disappointing on this front. We’ve got a lot of Chinese and Vietnamese places that put it on the menu but can’t quite get their heads around it.

But in my opinion Yum Thai on Woolley St in Dickson have got it cracked. I can’t speak for their other food, although the specials board intrigues me, but for take-away pad thai they’re now my destination of choice.

$13.50 gets you four big prawns, plenty of chicken, the right noodles at the right consistency, and not too much oil. Most importantly there’s enough chilli to add bite, without bringing distracting fire. And the lemon wedge, when squeezed, gets all the way through.

Top notch.


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semaj said :

Go across the road to the Mekong River restaurant. That’s where the chef from the Yum Thai ended up and the menu is very similar to the old Yum Thai menu.

Thank you! Will try them out tonight.

(Sorry JB, too lazy.)

Go across the road to the Mekong River restaurant. That’s where the chef from the Yum Thai ended up and the menu is very similar to the old Yum Thai menu.

I am bumping this really old post because after they got me totally addicted to their Pad Thai, Yum Thai cruelly and selfishly closed their doors (after changing owners first, and now it’s turned into a karaoke place). So I am at a loss as to how to feed my habit.

I tried the Noodlehouse PT the other day and it simply doesn’t compare. It was bland and boring. I’ll stick with their Laksas from now on.

So… any recommendations for good Pad Thai in Dickson?

Maybe start a new thread?

Finally got round to trying the Pad Thai from this place on saturday. Good call. Very delicious.

Pesty said :

For really good Thai food cooked in very hygeinic conditions, then it has to be “Thai garden restaurant” also in Dickson. I can’t vouch for all of them, but at least one of the places mentioned in this blog is not (in my opinion) fit to feed a dog in….. you guess which one!

+1!

Fantastic food and always great service. Plus they use those awesome curly mushrooms. Delicious.

gun street girl10:33 am 28 Mar 09

MsCheeky said :

Thai Spice in Woden did good pad thai last time I was there, which is a fair time ago.

It hasn’t changed; it’s still good.

Thai Spice in Woden did good pad thai last time I was there, which is a fair time ago. Three Sister’s in Civic really sucked, though. Pad thai is the dish by which I judge thai restaurants.

For really good Thai food cooked in very hygeinic conditions, then it has to be “Thai garden restaurant” also in Dickson. I can’t vouch for all of them, but at least one of the places mentioned in this blog is not (in my opinion) fit to feed a dog in….. you guess which one!

Is it really that much better than Pad Thai from Dickson Asian Noodle House, just over the road? (Or for that matter, Civic Asian Noodle House.)

It is, in my opinion, better, but you get less and for slightly more money.

Only had takeaway from there, but the new Thai at the Griffith shops ain’t bad.

Oh for a Chinese barbecue restaurant in the inner South!

I love the noodle house for chinese noodles, not so keen on their thai efforts.

Is it really that much better than Pad Thai from Dickson Asian Noodle House, just over the road? (Or for that matter, Civic Asian Noodle House.)

I’m a bit of a fan and I reckon that I’ve paid more for worse than I’ve got at Noodle House..

la mente torbida1:07 pm 27 Mar 09

Teh Suko Thai @ Yarralumla does a pretty decent Pad Thai (needs chiili though). Beautifully wrapped in an egg omelette.

Mmmmm. Pad Thai.

My favourite.

I have always been keen on the Pad Thai from Zen Yai Thai in Civic.

Jivrashia said :

Does it also include egg (might be hard to detect as it is mixed in to the whole thing), peanut, bean sprout, and hard tofu?

Yes to all, also a bit of something green. (could be wilted chive?)

And noodle box is OK at what they do, but I’d stay off their thai stuff, wrong noodles, done wrong.

My favourite Pad Thai is still from Thai Spice in Woden – personally I think it’s better than the Yum Thai one – not that theirs is bad by any stretch.

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Snarky said :

How does it compare (with Noodle Box’s)?

The Noodle Box’s Pad Thai tastes like chinese/malaysian, and it’s not a complete Pad Thai. Not that it’s bad though.

Yeah, thanks JB. That’s my local so will definitely have to try it.
Does it also include egg (might be hard to detect as it is mixed in to the whole thing), peanut, bean sprout, and hard tofu?

Thai House in Weston…..great for any & all Thai food.

Pad Thai newbie here. There’s another place in Dickson called the Noodle Box in the lane between KFC and the block with Ali Baba’s that among many others, offers Pad Thai which I’ve enjoyed. How does it compare?

The karaoke place down that alley way is not that bad either. The speakers are so loud though, I was told that that was how they do karaoke in Asia.

Oh god thank you, thank you. The last decent Pad Thai I had was in Darwin years ago and I’ve tried, oh lordy how I tried.

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