Bob Likes Thai Food
3755 Main Street
Vancouver, BC
We have had discussions about authenticity for a long time. How important is it? Does it matter if it is authentic is people enjoy the resulting dish? Over the last couple of years, my perception has changed: If people is enjoying it, I think that some leeway can be given. But, at times, when the modified version is a hacked job that you simply can’t help but shake your head. Such is case with Thai food, specifically Pad Thai. For the longest, we have “complained” a lot of restaurants serving Thai food making that dish using catsup rather than tamarind sauce; but, would people “know” any better? In fact, what if a restaurant make it the original version. Would people accept it for what it is? With that in mind, I kept hearing about Bob Likes Thai Food and that meant I should drop by one of these days…
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Lunch,
Thai,
Vancouver
Green Basil
4623 Kingsway
Burnaby, BC
Finally, back to Vancouver! OK, not really, aside from this post being from Burnaby, the visit to Green Basil occurred way before my trip to San Francisco. In other words, this post is about a place over a month ago! Under normal circumstances, I might have as well scratched it; however, there was a particular reason I kept it: I went there with a group of ex-colleagues and ordered one of their combos. While the individual dishes could be ordered separately, it was the question of the combined execution.
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Burnaby,
Thai
Sala Thai
3364 Cambie Street
888 Burrard Street (Location visited)
Vancouver, BC
After weeks of travelling, it was time to meet once again with former co-workers. After all, never burn the bridges! The fact we were all working in the Downtown Vancouver area, made things slightly easier; however, there was still the usual question… Where? Given my reluctance of going to places like Cactus Club or Joey’s made things slightly more “difficult” (as it is usually a safe option, thought safe might not necessarily work for me). That threw a wrench to the organizer but, eventually, a place was decided: Sala Thai.
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Chicken,
Downtown,
Pork,
Seafood,
Thai,
Vancouver
Nong’s Khao Man Gai
SW 10th and Alder Street
Portland, OR
In a way, it was doomed to happen. Given my (somewhat unfair?) comparison of street food from outside North American to the ones in North America, it was almost certain that I had to visit an Asian one for comparison sake. And that brought the eternal question of… Which one(s)? I mean, given that the US can be as multi-cultural as Canada and, in part, I didn’t want to disappoint, I kept looking and looking around. While searching in other sites (Urbanspoon included), all of them seemd to point to two locations: Koi Fusion, which served Tex-Mex dishes with a Korean twish (take that Roaming Dragon, you are NOT the first! 
) and Nong’s Khao Man Gai, a cart that sells one and only one dish. While I am sure a lot of you would think that Koi Fusion would have been a better choice (due to a direct comparison with Roaming Dragon), the fact is that I wanted instead showcase what street food ought to be. And, in that case, Nong’s Khao Man Gai was a better option.
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Asian,
Chicken,
Portland,
Rice,
Street Food,
Thai
Pattaya Thai
406 Sixth Street
New Westminster, BC
It makes me wonder at times what is the general perception of the general readership about blogs. This is specially considering when I was personally attacked in two posts because my “lack of knowledge” on the subject. The funny thing is that I have never claimed expertise! (Even funnier is the fact some points in the comments are plain incorrect). Of course, that does not give me a free pass to freely say what I want, instead, I want readers to held me accountable, as I have mentioned previously. Of course, as long as you don’t go calling names, everything is fair game. With that in mind, that brings the question, what are the standards of printed publications? For example, when Karl wrote about Pattaya Thai, an editor from a local magazine attacks him. I have know Karl for some time and, while we might disagree on some things, I will have to also say he has really interesting insight and opinions about the food – and I respect him for that. But, still I knew I had to visit this restaurant and find out by myself what is so “special” about it. And that opportunity came when Sherman‘s hockey team (who, other than “Gadget Girl”, I won’t even try to list their names, on that note, Sherman’s post is here!) went there one night and checked with me to see if I wanted to tag along.
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New Westminster,
Thai
Thai Basil
1215 Thurlow Street
Vancouver, BC
I am not sure if it is a good thing or bad thing that I don’t tell people I do food blogging. Yes, unlike other fellow bloggers, I prefer not to “broadcast” what I do on the sides. Of course, there are times that is unavoidable, for example, PO is well aware of what I do. A similar case is EP, whom I have been friends with for a long time already. And, because I helped him finish a collection plus getting him some tickets, he invited me for lunch. Unlike other type of invitations (read: PR from restaurants), this was out of gratitude so no strings attached. Originally, he wanted to go to Shabusen in Burrard. However, when we arrived early without reservations, we were turned away. (Yes, it was a WTF?! situation). In the end, walking to Davie Street (with Stepho’s in mind), I did a quick check in my head and went to Thai Basil instead.
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Lunch,
Thai,
Vancouver
Royal City Thai
634 Columbia Street
New Westminster, BC
The first time we met Karl (of The Friday Lunch) was at the bò 7 món (beef seven ways) in Thai Hang. Being the good fellow blogger he is, when he was aware of a new Thai restaurant in New Westminster, he decided to check with Jessica, Sherman and myself if we wanted to give it a try. Hey, food? I am there!
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New Westminster,
Thai
