Yen Ta Fo (Dry) @ Thainatown

I've crossed blocks for this dish. From Market Street to Golburn; which, by my count, is four. Four whole blocks I used to have to negotiate from the old office to get to Thianatown for a serve of their dry Yen Ta Fo.

Why the Herculean effort? Why the struggle? Cause you can't get this dish anywhere else (that I've seen).

There has been another dry YTF tasted in the fair history of this blog at the ever reliable Chat Thai - here. But there, and most places I've been into to, serve with just a dash of soup and that is the only difference from the regular dish. Less soup.

Thainatown go the whole hog (hold the pig please) with a full on stir fry dish.

We've got the same basic ingredients here, seafood, kale and noodles but it's the different type (vermicelli as opposed to wide flat rice) of noodles that makes the dish stand out and allows it to stay a Yen Ta Fo as opposed to Generic Stir Fry No 12. The vermicelli absorbs most of the sauce so whist there is no soup here the flavor the soup brings to the dish is not missed.

All in all a top dish and unique enough to want me coming back time and time again. Only complainet was that the serve was a touch on the small side so it does lose half a point there. Think I'm still burnt from the disappointment of the Rad Na in my last post. 

Better news is that Thianatown is only a block away now.

Where – Thainatown

When – 02/04/13

What – Yen Ta Fo (Dry)

Cost - $10.50

With – Messrs Clarke, Dong, Mukai, and Chongwattanapirom

Rating – 3/4