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| Green Curry with Chicken with Puff Pastry on Chicken Pot |
I wanted Thai. I was thinking about a safe choice like Simply Thai, but I figured maybe I should try something new and hence I chose Chilli Thai Restaurant. We arrived the restaurant at 9pm but there were still people queuing in front of the restaurant. While we were waiting, the waitress approached us, told us that our seat would be ready in a minute and whether we would like to order first. As we had checked the food on the menu earlier while we waited, we ordered straight away. The total waiting time was about 15 minutes, but it was fine as there were a cooling fan outside the restaurant to provide a cool breeze.The food had started to serve to us before we sat warm our seat. Everything came so promptly, the dishes were all packed together in a small 2-people table. The waiter, seemingly the manager or some sort of higher level staff noticed the scene, pulled and combined the table next to us immediately to give us more space. Very thoughtful of him, I was very impressed.
Tom Yum Kung with Mixed Seafood (Small)
When the Dong Yum Gon arrived, the waitress immediately served the soup for us immediately. She meticulously distributed the seafood and soup into our bowl. I very much appreciated her effort, but she made me missed the chance to take a photo of the original pot. Seriously they gave a superb generous amount of seafood in the pot! There were octopus, squids, prawns, mussels, mushrooms, tomatoes and herbs. Octopus and squid were chewy, Prawns were at medium size and were very fresh, Mussels were big and fat. Fortunately there is no such thing as too much when it came to nice food, so I was very contented with the overmuch ingredient. 
The soup itself was absolutely scrumptious, a very spicy pot indeed. The taste of cilantro and herbs had perfectly permeated the soup and every ingredient it contained. You felt the spiciness on your tongue, but could not control yourself from craving some more into your stomach. We had 4 bowls of soup from the small portion, we wondered how many bowls could the large portions bring. Highly recommended!
Stir-Fried Flat Noodles with Beef
This dish could be accompanied by chicken, pork or beef. Since we had the chicken curry, we were choosing between pork and beef but were kinda indifference between the choice. So we asked for the waitress for opinion, she replied with an embarrassed but cute smile, saying they love beef more, so cute! When the dish arrived, I saw no difference from a typical Stir-Fried Flat Noodles with Beef in Hong Kong style, except more ingredients in the dish. After tasting it, I realized the dish was actually sweet along with the saltiness. What I love most about the dish was that the beef which were really nice and tender! No matter they recommended beef over pork. I also love the side ingredients, such as the eggs, the mixed veggie, baby corn and the red carrots. There were also lotus root, which although is sweet and fresh, I personally think its taste did not really pair with the dish.
Green Curry with Chicken with Puff Pastry on Chicken Pot
I was really excited about this dish, firstly about the puff pastry, secondly about the cute chicken pot. There were two curry choices, yellow or green. According to the waitress, green is spicier than yellow, so we chose green. The restaurant is smart about pairing puff pastry with the curry, they are a perfect match. The puff pastry was baked just right to give the golden brown colour on the cute chick. When I tilted the edge of the puff pastry and had a peep at the inside, the sudden flow of a rich and nice curry aroma steaming out of the leak almost killed me. Not another second of wait, we started to attack the chicken. 
The pot was again very generous with overmuch chicken pieces. There were interesting ingredients such as Thai aubergine eggplant in it. It texture was like baby tomato but were a bit softer. Its real taste was confused by the perfectly permeated curry taste. There were also some eggplants in the pot, but there weren’t any taste on it. The curry sauce was just mildly spicy, very rich, creamy and saturated with coconut taste. It was truly a great dish.
Pancake
We had the pancake along with our chicken. The pancake was hot when served and had a nice brown colour. When it comes to pancake, I personally prefer a softer, air-cushioned like texture with lots of layer. The pancake here was not puffed enough, so the texture wasn’t that soft and was on the stiff side.
Lychee Smoothie
The Lychee Smoothie was nicely décor with a flower at the side with a bubble tea straw. The texture of the Lychee Smoothie was thick, The taste of lychee was strong and was only mildly sweet. What I love most about the drink was the wooden long spoon which had a small flat spoon base so I could enjoy the smoothie spoon by spoon. The drink was overall just average.
Coconut Milk
The coconut milk was really nothing special. There were only a slight touch of coconut taste with it. The only memorable thing was the cute twisted straw.Overall, I had a very nice dinning experience in the restaurant. The service was great, all the waiters were very friendly and cute. They paid attention to the customer’s needs, gave modest recommendations when needed, clean up the table from time to time and would came over and talk to you occasionally. The food on the other hand were pretty genuine, lots of herbs and thai food were added into the dishes. The portion were more than average, order a portion less if you want to visit the restaurant. There were still several appealing dishes and appetizers available on the menu which I will definitely come back to try them.
Chilli Thai Restaurant
86 Electric Road, Causeway Bay
☏ 2571-228z
Date of Dinning: 04-07-2010
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