Spicy Thai Thai Isn't So Tasty Anymore

On the first weekend the pandemic restrictions lifted on number of pax eating together, six of us went to Spicy Thai Thai for dinner. We used to love its food and hadn't been back for a while. So it was time to check it out again. We hadn't seen one another for ages, so it was really nice to catch up in person. The company and conversation made it a good night. 

Thank goodness I called ahead to book — the eatery was full! At least with a reservation, we had a guaranteed table. Every table held like eight to ten persons. Woah. There was obviously a large group of like... 40 persons that took up four tables. The kitchen couldn't handle the crowds on this first weekend of the new rules for '10 pax dining-in'. Food took ages to arrive. We waited 45 minutes for ours. 

Conversation and company were awesome, but the food, tbh, was awful and not what I remembered of its heyday. There were tom yam seafood soup, otah, crab curry, seabass in spicy lemon soup, stir-fried sweet potato leaves and cabbage, pandan chicken, green curry chicken, basil minced pork, and oyster omelette. The fish had been swopped out from catfish to sea bass. It was still decent, and the gravy piquant. In the condiments tray, the bottle green chilli was superb. Since nothing was spicy, that went well with everything. I think we finished that entire bottle. Stopped by KOOKS Creamery for dessert. 

Overall, I was disappointed with the food. The phad krapow pork was awful because the kitchen used the wrong type of basil — they used sweet instead of holy. What the. At least the foods I liked didn't turn out well. That stir-fried cabbage was hilarious. The menu described it as 'cabbage with fish sauce'. It came out tasting crunchy and fine and it wasn't mushy. But someone had forgotten to stir-fry it with sufficient garlic, no chillies or spices, and might have completely forgotten to add fish sauce. I was so glad that I didn't bother ordering the som tam. It would have been utterly wasted.

Spicy Thai Thai's kitchen now can't even measure up to the current standards of Un Yang Kor Dai or Little Elephant, and of course never Yhingthai Palace. After moving from Aljunied to Bedok North Avenue 1 and closing for a few months to do dunno what, the kitchen standards have dropped. The kitchen didn't seem to be able to deal with the crowds tonight and couldn't cook to its previous standards. They also dumbed down the familiar fiery spices. Haizzzzz. There's no point making the drive to Bedok Avenue 1 anymore for this not very Thai-sort of food.