Thai garlic seafood fried rice, Krapow chicken, Stir-fried kailan with salted fish (Burpple Beyond: $30.10)!
Tuesday Thai dinner — Thai garlic seafood fried rice + krapow chicken + stir-fried kailan with salted fish (Burpple Beyond $30.10). Tom yum chain at the 1-for-1 deal.
Tuesday Thai dinner with BB — Thai garlic seafood fried rice + krapow chicken + stir-fried kailan with salted fish (Burpple Beyond: $30.10). The proper Thai restaurant spread at the 1-for-1 deal tier.
We ordered:
- Thai garlic seafood fried rice
- Krapow (gai pad krapow) chicken
- Stir-fried kailan with salted fish
Total: $30.10 (Burpple Beyond price)
The three-dish Thai dinner spread is the proper rice-and-shared-mains format. Different from the single-curry-and-rice (the basic Thai meal), the multi-dish format runs the proper sharing-style Thai dining with the rice as the carb anchor and the various dishes as the topping rotation.
The Thai garlic seafood fried rice (khao pad goong) was the carb anchor + seafood combo. Standard Thai fried rice preparation:
- Jasmine rice (preferably day-old for the proper texture)
- Wok-fried with oil + garlic + onion
- Egg scrambled through
- Seafood (prawns, squid, sometimes scallops)
- Soy sauce + sometimes fish sauce + sugar for the seasoning
- Garnish: scallion, cucumber, lime wedge
The Thai garlic style usually means an aggressive amount of garlic in the fry — both wok-fried garlic for the savoury depth and additional crispy garlic chips on top for the textural finish.
The krapow chicken (gai pad krapow) is the iconic Thai street food dish. Ground chicken stir-fried with:
- Thai holy basil (the defining herb — sweet basil is acceptable substitute but holy basil is the authentic version)
- Fresh Thai chilies (lots — the dish is meant to be spicy)
- Garlic and shallots
- Fish sauce + oyster sauce + sugar for the seasoning
- Sometimes served with a fried egg on top (gai pad krapow kai dao)
The proper krapow has the holy-basil floral aroma cutting through the chilli heat, the chicken minced or finely chopped for the proper texture, the sauce reduced down to coat each piece. One of the most iconic Thai dishes.
The stir-fried kailan with salted fish is the proper Cantonese-Thai fusion. Chinese kale (kailan / gai lan) stir-fried with garlic + salted fish chunks. The salted fish (鹹魚) provides the deep umami brine that elevates the simple vegetable preparation. The Thai restaurant rendition of this Chinese vegetable dish shows the cross-cultural influence in Singapore Thai restaurants.
The Burpple Beyond $30.10 price tier indicates this was the 1-for-1 deal on a $50-60 menu spread. The proper Thai restaurant dining for two at half the price.
Overall: 4.6 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Solid Thai restaurant 1-for-1 dinner — would re-visit.
