Aroy Dee Thai Kitchen - Alternate Thai cuisine in Town

Operating Days: Daily

Operating Time: 12 PM to 6 AM

Address: 262 Middle Road, Elias Building, S188989

We chanced upon Aroy Dee Thai Kitchen after some shopping at Dhoby Ghaut area. Located just a 5 minutes walking distance from POMO, this place is opened all night, which make it a great place to place for dinner/supper.

We are provided with the menu and a pencil after a table was allocated to us. They offer many familiar dishes you would see on the menu in any Thai restaurants.

Everything was pretty much self-service at Aroy Dee. Once you have marked out what you want to order on the paper menu, you are required to bring it over to the counter to place your order. Aroy Dee takes only cash transaction, do ensure you have enough cash on hand when you visit.

We ordered a cup of ice green milk tea which was served to us in just a few minutes. The first mouth was slightly too sweet for our liking, but thankfully, the taste was more balanced after the ice melted.

Our love for Tom yum soup is beyond words and It is definitely a must for us to order whenever we visit a Thai restaurant. The taste of the Tom Yum soup at Aroy Dee is slightly on the saltier side — but it is definitely full of flavour. It would be better if they can hold back slightly on the amount of salt added to their soup base. 

Next came was the Basil minced chicken rice. Unlike most Thai eatery, we were quite disappointed to not see a fried egg on top of the white rice. Nevertheless, the taste of the minced chicken won our hearts down. It was stir- fried very well with a good amount oyster sauce and fish sauce, and the fragrance of the basil leaves lingers in your mouth after you have eaten. The cut chilli padi also spiced up the whole dish, which overall left us with a deep impression.

It would be better if there was a fried egg added.

The fried egg was served almost immediately right after the Basil leaves with minced chicken. Overall, the taste was pretty normal— it is a dish that is hard to go wrong in any eatery.

The pandan chicken was the last dish that was served and we had some expectation for this dish. There were a total of 6 pieces served for the $10 portion.

The taste of the pandan chicken was no way similar to any other pandan chicken we had tasted elsewhere. Instead of using thigh meat, breast meat used, which made the chicken very dry. The taste of the chicken was normal.

All in all, we would still recommend Aroy Dee Thai Kitchen to people who have late night Thai food craving after having a pint or two nearby. The opening hours of Aroy Dee is also a plus point for all the night owls (they close at 6am).

Aroy Dee Thai Kitchen probably isn't the best Thai food you can get in Singapore, but they do have some kickass dishes that you can try if you visit. Do share with us some of your favourite dishes after you have visited them!

Hom Aroy Thai Food - Authentic Thai Cuisine in Hawker Centre

• Operating Hours: 11.30 AM - 3 PM & 4 PM - 8.30 PM
• Operating Days: Daily
• Address: 22 Toa Payoh Lorong 7, #01-10, S 314022
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Having thoughts of having authentic Thai cuisine but do not like to go for expensive priced restaurant? Now you can have it under $10 for an authentic Thai meal in a Hawker centre at Kim Keat Palm food centre.

This place really has lots of hidden gems, you could look at my previous post on $2 Cai Png, Fried Oyster Omelette, Beef Noodle, and Chee Cheong Fun. Today we came here again to have Thai cuisine. Most importantly, it was not those stalls that just sell fried Bak Chor with rice or Spicy and sour soup and call them Thailand cuisine.

They have an impressive number of dishes displayed including Tom Yum Gong, Green Curry Rice, Fried Basil leaves with meat.

Ordered Basil leaves with fried pork ($4), this is one of most popular, and the most beloved Thai street food dish of all time.

Steamed white rice coupled with pork infused with Thai basil leaves, long beans, carrots and lots of red chilli with a combination of dark soy sauce and fish sauce. It is delicious with a good balance of fiery hot and savoury.

It tasted like some of the food stalls on the street I've had in Thailand, but something lacking is the taste of basil leaves, they could make it taste better with more of it. 

The pork was lean and very few fats can be seen which I love so it won't contribute to the already oiliness to the dish. Some advice for non-spicy food takers, it could be spicy to you.

Will I return? Of course! with such a nice meal and there is still lots of dish I have not tried, be back for their tom yum soup or any other authentic dishes.

Na Na Original Thai Food (Golden Mile Complex) 24HRS!

• Operating Hours: 24 Hours
• Operating Days: Daily
• Address: 5001 Beach Road #01-51/52/66C S(199588)
• How to get there: Alight at Nicoll Highway MRT (Circle Line) and walk towards Concourse and turn right on Beach Road. Estimated walking time about 5 mins.
• Food I had: Pad Thai (Chicken), Basil Leaves With Minced Pork and Rice, Tom Yum Soup (Seafood), Fried Shrimp Paste, Lemongrass drink.

Golden Mile Complex, also known as "Singapore's Little Thailand, is a place where you will not regret going for authentic Thai food. Ranging from mookata (Thai-style steamboat), Thai themed pubs and clubs, restaurants to Thai Supermarket, Golden Mile Complex is really the best replica of Thailand. In my opinion, Nana Original Thai food is one restaurant that I frequent most, for its generous amount of good food served.

We visited Nana Thai on a random Friday night at about 11 PM. There were still many people having their meals! We were also glad that there were many seats available for us to settle down for our supper.

Their menu placed on each table

 

The food was served almost instantaneously (after about 2 mins) after we ordered. The refreshing lemongrass drink (น้ำตะไคร์) opened up our taste bud quickly, thanks to its lemon-lime and sweet syrup taste with a hinge of mint and ginger. This drink is recommended if you like the lemongrass taste.

Cost: $1.50

We did not have to wait long before our Tom Yum soup was served. They serve their tom yum soup with either the prawn, fish or seafood option. We had the seafood tom yum soup as we wanted to eat it like a local Thai.

All soup were served in a ceramic ancient clay pot, similar to which people used in the olden days. The plus point for using the ceramic clay pot is to keep the soup warm faster and longer, with the help of the fire on candle wax at the bottom of the pot.

There were really lots of spices inside each tom yum pot! They were generous with a number of ingredients cooked in each pot (tomatoes, crab meats, squids, mushrooms, onions, prawns, and fishballs).It is definitely one of the best Tom Yum soup I had ever tasted in Singapore! We felt that the level of spiciness was more towards the mild side, and it is suitable for one who does not take too much chili. If you wish, you can even request for less spiciness to suit your taste bud. With the natural sweetness from the seafood itself, it has certainly enhanced the taste of the soup without too much MSG added. We did not feel thirsty even after we finished the whole pot of soup!

Highly recommend you to try their tom yum soup when you visit this restaurant!

Cost: $12 for seafood/prawn, $15 for fish

The next dish that was served to us is the basil leaves with Minced pork rice. The taste of the minced pork with basil leaves is surprisingly good! We realized that local Thai likes to add fish sauce (鱼露) to most of their stir fry dishes and this dish are no exception. The using of fish sauce, oyster sauce, and chili padi to cook up the right amount of sauce does not take away the natural taste of the pork, and the mixture of long bean with basil leaves further enhance the mouthfeel of this dish. The taste is heaven! Great to go with some white rice! You can also request the staff for least spicy / no spicy option. We seriously believe it will taste equally good.

Cost: $6 per plate.

We love Phad Thai so much and we had to order this everytime we visit a Thai food place. Although with mixed review, we went ahead to order this as we wanted to taste it ourselves. The bean sprout was very raw so we decided not to mix it together in the noodle. You can choose to fry the noodle with chicken or pork, together with their default diced bean curd and eggs.

Like any local Thai restaurant, they also provide condiments at almost every table (Chilli flakes, sugar & peanuts) for their customer to mix it into their pad Thai. We felt that it was a little too dry, and the taste of is similar to our Singapore Char Kway Tiao. It was quite normal overall, and the texture of the noodle was soft & chewy, which we quite like it. However, as compared to the basil minced pork rice, Na Na's Phad Thai was very slightly below average.

Cost: $6 per plate

The last dish served to us was the fried prawn cake. The condiments given with the prawn cake was the sour plum sauce which we find it quite nice. The prawn cake was crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside. Overall this dish is nice and it's definitely recommended.

Cost: $12 for 5 pcs