Central Thai

Perhaps is the massive rain that makes me crave for something hot and spicy. So, when i saw the signage indicating that there's a thai restuarant nearby, my legs start to walk towards that direction almost immediately.

Perhaps it is the structure of the building (very much taller than most of the shopping center), i will need to go through numerous escalator turns before arriving at the restuarant. This do make me feel bit giddy and definitely its not for those who are afraid of height. :) As it is also a relatively new building and some shop spaces are still left as unoccupied or are currently under renovation. This inevitablly makes me think that i am heading towards the wrong direction during my search for the restuarant. Never the less, locating the restuarant can be much more simple if you go by the lift.

"Central thai" is located in the midst of the restuarants alley. Its exterior somehow blend quite well with its surrounding and without the use of any eye-attracting colour, one may easy miss this restuarant. As for its interior, it is quite well lighted and has reasonabley sized table and chairs for its guests to have their meals comfortably.

"Central thai" is currently having a 'one for one' promotion and this includes staple food like curry, rice and noodles. However, beware of some item exclusion that they have. Before we start to order our food, we were then told that for the curry category the 'one for one' promotion is not applicable for yellow curry. As for the noodle category, the 'one for one' promotion is only applicable for 'phad thai'. With these exclusion, it seems like that issn't much variety to choose anymore. :(

Not wanting to waste the 'promotion' and our effort to come up to eight storey, we decided to just settle for few simple dishes. These include the pineapple rice and green curry, which falls under the 'one for one' promotion. At the same time, we also order a plate of vegetables and tom yam soup. The pineapple rice though smells quite fragrant but it has a significant lack of ingredients. Beside the usual peas and corns that i can find in the fried rice, i do not seem to see any pineapple chunks in it. Luckily, there are still some shredded pork floss at the top of the rice, making this dish more presentable.

The green curry is definitely not my cup of tea. Perhaps is the way that it is being cooked, which have a very strong taste of herb, making it very different from the yellow curry. Having ordered a chicken green curry, the number of chicken pieces should be more than any other ingredients as it is deem as the main ingredient. However, we only managed to find few miserable pieces of chicken slices. Of course, this dish would taste better if it was much hotter. Personally, i feel that both the pineapple rice and green curry are not really up to my expectation. I wonder if its due to the 'one for one' promotion?

The other two dishes fare much better with more side ingredients like carrots and mushrooms in the vegetable dish and more obvious fish slices and mushrooms in the tom yam soup. However, i find that the tom yam soup lacks a fragrant smell.

As for their service, i find that they are pretty attentive and fast towards customer response. Take for example, one we are seated, they would immediately serve us with water without us having to remind them. As for the order and bill payment wise, they are equally quick and fast, we would not need to wait for long before all these were settled.

Overall, this is a pretty decent place to have some thai food. Although they do not have much variety in their menu, one can still find the normal thai food available, like phad thai and pineapple rice. As for the price, i find it quite reasonable for a restuarant fare with slightly less than 10 bucks for a phad thai. Of course, with the now promotion of 'one for one' as well as a 10% off for citibank member, you may wish to give this restuarant a try.