Thai Wi-Rat, 48 Duncan Street, FORTITUDE VALLEY QLD 4006
We
pushed and shoved our way through the chaotic streets in the Valley
last night as the Valley Fiesta was on and the streets were filled
with party animals. Our destination was a busy restaurant called Thai
Wi-Rat.
Buzzing
and crammed seemed to be an appropriate way to describe this Thai -
Laos restaurant. Orders are to be placed and paid at the counter
before you get any food on the table. The menu is filled with words
with foreign pronunciations and little explanatory is given hence
people with little or no prior Thai dining experience may find it
difficult to understand the menu.
As
usual, we went slightly overboard with the ordering. Coconut prawns
($8.90) for entree, followed by penang chicken curry ($10.90), pad
thai noodles, crispy softshell crab salad ($16.90) and coconut rice
($3.50 each) for mains.
Although
the food arrived promptly, I can't say that I was overly impressed.
The pad thai noodles was perhaps the yummiest and as for the
softshell crab salad, it tasted really fishy. The penang curry came
in a really small portion which was unfortunate as I had a huge
craving for some good, saucy Thai curry. The Thai milk tea I ordered
had way too much sugar syrup and very little taste of tea. On top of
all that, you get very minimal service at this restaurant if any at
all.
Let's
just say, we will not return again and would prefer Siam Samararn for
similar prices and distance from the CBD.
Total
Bunnie Dollars Spent: $58.
Maybe you need to understand Thai food before commenting.From what you ordered it seems you have no idea(coconut rice is a Thai desert).Thai salads taste fishy because of fish sauce or pala and Thai tea is supposed to be very sweet.
ReplyDeleteThis Restaurant is about as good as Thai food gets in Brisbane.Give the place one more try and order the Issan set. Siam Samrarn is a nice place to eat.
Hi Anonymous, thank you for your comment.
DeleteI'm certainly not a food connoisseur, nor have I ever claimed to be. I'm simply someone who really enjoys eating and loves sharing her experiences with everyone. Having been to Thailand before, I would like to think that I have some idea about Thai food (in my humble opinion anyway).
Your comment regarding that coconut rice is a Thai desert (sic) is rather interesting and I would like to point out that most Thai restaurants in Brisbane have coconut rice on their menus as an alternative to normal steamed rice, but then again, what would I know.
With respect to the softshell crab salad, I was actually being polite. To be blunt, the crab meat tasted fishy because they were not fresh, but perhaps I was being to nice and didn't explain that very well.
Indeed, Thai milk tea is supposed to be sweet, but perhaps the waitress accidentally tipped a whole bottle of sugar syrup into my drink.
Thank you for your recommendation and although I am certainly not in a rush to go back, I will definitely keep it in mind for next time.
I appreciate your comment. =)