Although this place has been around, it was only last year that
Frame Thai really took off when it was mentioned around the blogosphere. If before it was your Thai laborers/general workers who frequent it, more locals are flocking this place in search of authentic Thai food. Offering fuss free Thai food, this is akin to street food but their price is anything but.
After my visit, they renovated and had a name
change from Lai Thai to Frame Thai but still at the same place. Most of the stuff sold here are imported from Thai since most of it is in Thai or gibberish English.
Why is it that anyone (if not everyone) who goes to Thailand returns with a can of peanuts? Are they that good?
Thai milk. Me thinks. Me no read Thai :D
For a place that started out mainly to cater to Thai groceries with a food stall as sideline, the latter blossomed and overshadowed its main purpose. The owners saw fit to turn the profitable food stall into its cash cow.
The best instant noodles come from Thailand. Korea comes in close. I have entirely given up on Malaysian instant noodles. Penang white curry noodle? Please. They don't come close. Unless if you like soggy noodles, overly MSG-ed soup. Yea, I am quite bad with cooking instant noodle though that's is the
easiest thing to whip up.
The stall is manned by Thai folks. Or at least they speak Thai. After a one year plus stint in Bangkok, jl returned home with some basic Thai conversation skills which do come in handy here if you don't like to point-and-order.
No, I doubt she was taking pictures; probably just picking out food for takeaway. Opens at 10am, the place can get rather crowded so either be there early or avoid the usual peak hours.
Papaya salad. A refreshing starter with the right notes of sweetness and sour. It would have been perfect for any hot sunny day but the chilli flakes in it is bound to send the temperature soar even higher. The raw long beans may seem out of place but it provides a form of greenness amidst all that citrus kick.
Wide rice noodles in spicy pork soup. Don't underestimate its clarity as it packs a punch. Maybe a double whammy. Or a headshot. Bottom line is, the soup is very spicy despite its color or lack thereof. This is the sort of heat that I like. Not thick at all but it heats you up almost immediately. It doesn't help either that these were served piping hot. The combination of chilli heat and the literal hot temperature meant sweating buckets. But it's so good that you just want to take it all in immediately. Sort of like how I keep chasing after all the elusive dreams and little boys who only serve to break my heart. Knowing fully well that I'd trip and hurt myself, I still do it at the end of the day in a heartbeat.
Stir fried minced pork with basil and chilli. The basil taste was quite profound but the chilli balances it out.
A healthier option of brown instead of white rice.
Not to be missed:
tub tim grob or red rubies or water chestnut with coconut milk and jackfruit.
I always (try to) order this when dining in any Thai establishment.
There's an ice box with crushed ice to go with it. Although shaved/finer ice would have been better, this was still good to dilute the sweet coconut milk.
It may be free but don't go
kiasu and fill it to the brim with ice. It'll be a pain trying to dig out the goodies from the bottom.
Give it all a good mix.
Prepare to attack. I don't quite fancy the jack fruit but it was sweet and complemented the dessert well. The water chestnut was crunchy without a thick layer of tapioca flour around it. Even if there was, I'd still be singing it praises because of its chewy slimy texture. Yes, I happen to like Taiwanese bubble tea too.
Another Thai dessert: mango sticky rice.
I don't care much about the mango because I don't eat them in general but these were pretty sweet. The rice itself was also good. The crunchy yellow bits gave the rice a much needed texture.
Overall, this is a good place for Thai street food. The unfortunate problem is their price isn't quite street average =\
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