KHA (Martin Road)

We began our meal with green papaya salad, which is popular in Thailand. The crunchiness of the green papaya combines well with the spice of red chili pepper and the saltiness of dried shrimps and fish sauce. Som Tum is a beautifully unique dish that will open up your palette.

One of the most common sites in a Thai street food market is their grills. When the Grilled Pork Skewers arrived at our table, I immediately exclaimed:“好香啊！”

Indeed, the grill imparts a depth of flavour that makes such grilled pork meat irresistible. Thin slices of pork meat are skewered and marinated in spices like coriander root, ginger, fish sauce, dark soy sauce, and sugar. Grilled to perfection, the pork pieces were slightly charred. I was put off by the marbled and fatty meat initially, but after my first bite, I was converted. In fact, the more fatty the meat is, the rich and more flavourful the taste! *MUST TRY*

Salt and Pepper Crispy Garlic Squid is something that will never go wrong. Crispy to the max, the batter is lovely and not very salty.

I have eaten Singaporen style Laksa, but not Thai Style Laksa. There were lots of vegetables in the dish, the soft vermicelli was cooked in a very thick and spicy laksa gravy. Vegetables were garnished at the top, hence it remained crunchy. There were some small fish bits in the soup, but I thought it would be better if there were more. Well, it’s either you love it or you hate it.

When I was in Thailand two weeks ago, I tried Phad Thai is almost every meal and questioned the Thai people how does a classic plate of Phad Thai exactly taste like? These Thai friends, who have been living in Singapore for many years, complained that our local Phad Thai tasted more like Char Kway Teow because Phad Thai should be sweet and not savoury.

Here at KHA, I have tasted a sweet Phad Thai, which was packed with prawns, tofu, banana blossom salad, while remaining the wok hei flavour. Not the very best I have tasted, but it’s not bad!

Khao Pad Roast Fry ($7)

Rare Grilled Red Curry Rubbed Wagyu Beef ($29) The grilled beef comes with papaya salad, yoghurt, chilli jam. The beef was smoky and succulent, grilled to perfection.You are supposed to mix all of them together but I felt the chilli jam will cover up the flavourful beef meat. I prefer to eat the grilled beef separately.

Papa Adun’s Phad Tow Hu ($14)

Khao Neaw Ma Muang ($7)

Sang Kha Ya Fug Thong ($7)

Ruby Starlet ($12)