Tom Yum Noodles @ Muay Thai

Very close to calling Muay Thai the best place in Thaitown, sure Chat Thai and Spice I Am would have something to say about that but Muay is starting to pull out in front. I do need a number of Spice I Am visits to commit to this, but the distance involved in getting down there from the office is not helping their cause.

So when we had an old colleague come to visit the obvious choice was Muay - it also helps that it never busy so the fact is we can snag a table for 7 easily. Having said that that fact it's never really busy at all might be an issue down the line for their business.

Having jumped back on the Tom Yum bandwagon a little while ago was interested to see how Muay Thai would do here; was not disappointing.

Am disappointed by the level of lighting though. Poor photo ahead;

The key here was the lack of the Tom Yum flavour that is everywhere, I assume this is because most places are using the same brand of paste to make their soup. Muay Thai are working from scratch. The biggest clue here is the colour of the soup, more clear than the generic red-orange of tom yum paste.

Lemongrass and lime leaf flavours in the soup but nowhere near as overpowering as they are normally. Plenty of room on the palate to personalise the dish with some condiments. Vegetables were crunchy and there were even wonton sheets here, a very different soup.

With all the wet dark weather this was quite the mood lifter and puts the generic tom yum back in it's box. Muay Thai again putting most of the other stores to shame.

Where – Muay Thai

When – 03/04/13

What – Tom Yum Noodle

Cost - $10.50

With – Messrs Kim, Lim, Toll, Maynard, Calalang and Chongwattanapirom

Rating – 3.5/4