Thai Away Home
3315 Cambie Street
1206 Davie Street (Location visited)
Vancouver, BC
Once again, I am on the look for something “different” to eat for lunch in the West End. While there are a lot of sushi spots, I did not want to go any one of them (comparison between these gets a bit tiring after a while). And there are several Korean restaurants but, somehow, I don’t feel too comfortable going there by myself. This time, that “something different” was Thai. I have blogged about one other Thai place previously, Khunnai Chang; however, after my initial post, I have been a couple too many times already. No, that won’t work. In the end, the Thai restaurant ended up being Thai Away Home in Davie.
This is actually one of two locations; the other one being in Cambie Street. Can this be considered a chain? Well, they have franchise opportunities! Anyway, I got there around lunch and it was empty at that moment. However, after I made my order, people started to walk in, mostly for take out. In a way, it made sense: There isn’t a table in the straight sense of the word – a “communal” table in the middle and some stools. Heck, there isn’t service in the straight sense of the word. Want some water? Grab a glass and fill it from a water cooler!
Now, in addition to take out, they sell frozen packages: re-heat and serve. It sounds interesting but, oddly, they have recipe printouts too. Could it be one is for those too lazy to cook and the other for those willing to do so? Or the idea is that similar to the now defunct Sliced Tomatoes? Of course, if what it is sold in those packages is the same as what you would get in the restaurant, you might want to try the food first, right? Said that, I ordered their yellow curry with chicken (had also the option for beef or tofu).
The curry comes with rice and salad. At this point, there is no way I won’t do a direct comparison with Khunnai Chang. Well, actually I don’t really have to. In a straight, head to head comparison, Thai Away Home loses horribly, as both costs about the same; however, Khunnai Chang offers a small cup of soup and a spring roll in lieu of the salad. So, the question boils down to taste.
In this case, I am a sucker for this type of curry (*) so there is no way I won’t say it was good. Semi-sweet sauce over rice, with slices of chicken (white meat) and some tender pieces of eggplant. Come to think about it, I think that would be the main weakness of this meal: white meat chicken. Sorry, but dark meat taste way better. Anyway, once you pour some of the curry on top of the rice, you can start to taste that sweetness, that hint of coconut. I could eat curry like that the whole day! 
(*) Order of preference: mom’s version of curry, Thai, Chinese, Indian and, finally, Japanese.
Despite I mentioned Khunnai Chang looks better, still it is a lunch good option. In my case, if it wasn’t because I have to walk from Robson to Davie plus some extra blocks…
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