Mong-Kut Thai Gold
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416-463-2667
In a city where most Thai food tastes like jumped-up Cantonese, this Greektown restaurant stands out like a 10-ton golden Buddha. Green papaya salad gives the palate a hot yoga workout: crisp veggies, ripe tomato, pungent dried shrimp and crunchy peanuts are tossed in a sharp dressing of garlic, lime juice and incendiary bird’s-eye chilies. Kung pad prik brings juicy prawns stir-fried in zippy red curry paste and fragrant lime leaf, with slivers of bamboo shoot delivering their unique earthiness and delicate crunch. The “homemade (Thai-style)” section of the menu yields such treasures as a bowl of somen noodles sopping up a decadently rich red curry of minced chicken, coconut milk and pickled mustard greens—it’s a refreshing change from pad Thai. With such an ambitiously long menu, there is the occasional dud: greasy, cabbage-heavy spring rolls, for instance, taste like something out of a ’70s-era chop suey house. Friendly service. Mains $9–$20.
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Vegetarian: Yes
Outdoor Dining: Yes
Price Range: Dinner for $60 - $90
Editor's Star Rating: 1.5
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