Might have to consider renaming this blog to Yen Ta Fo Adventures.
Yen Ta Fo! Yen Ta Fo! Yen Ta Fo!
Do love Chat Thai. Sure you have to wait, every-time (and this is at lunch so god only knows what it's like at 8pm), and it's noisy. But there is a reason why it is so popular; the food is great. Pretty simple really.
Did try to shake it up a little and opposed to wet (soup) I went dry. Thinking it would be stir-fried but instead it came as it would as a a soup but with only a very small amount of liquid right at the bottom. Different. Not what I was expecting.
Now when I first got onto the YTF bandwagon was careful to ensure that I asked for no pork, happy to take as is without the pig; so just kale, fish balls, squid, tofu, noodles and the soup. Now it comes with two types of tofu, regular and some kind of dark fermented tofu. But it turns out, after 2 years of eating this dish, that the dark, soft, stuff is actually congealed pigs blood.
Shit. That ain't vegetarian friendly.
Have to ask to hold the pork and blood when I order now. Apart from today, as there was no pork listed on the menu I just asked for 'no blood'. So of course it came with half a pig nestling amongst the noodles.
Thankfully I'm not that fussy and there were no shortage of takes round the table for the pork, had to portion it out in fact.
Still was excellent a great way to mix up my Yen Ta Fo obsession, will be back for another bowl, just have to remember to hold the pork AND the blood.
Where – Chat Thai
When – 12/03/13
What – Yen Ta Fo
Cost - $10.90
With – Messrs Clarke, Dong, and Chongwattanapirom
Rating – 3.5/4
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