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2013-11-11
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My previous dining experience at PORN'S Liang Seah street wasn't a memorable one but one evening my friends insisted to have Thai food and since we were near Buona Vista, we headed over to PORN'S which is conveniently situated at The Star Vista for dinner. As it was my second visit to PORN'S, I realize that the interior of the restaurant looks very much different compared to their first outlet at Liang Seah Street. It has a very hip and young feel with striking pop art on the wall, keeping tha
As it was my second visit to PORN'S, I realize that the interior of the restaurant looks very much different compared to their first outlet at Liang Seah Street. It has a very hip and young feel with striking pop art on the wall, keeping that casual feel of the place yet having a different look altogether.
Kicking off the meal with a appetizing soup, ordered the Tom Yum Talay (Seafood Tom Yum) - Large $12.90 and the portion was just nice for the 3 of us to share. It was served in a traditional steamboat which were widely used in the olden days with charcoal. However, it is more for that design for a rustic feel of dining in Bangkok. The Tom Yum soup had a very generous amount of ingredients like fish slices, prawns and squid as well as a variety of vegetables. This Tom Yum isn't as spicy as I thought and it is definitely worth the value of what we are paying for as each of us had a good 2 serving bowls of it.
Being guys, we ordered something to nibble on, the Flame Grilled Pork with Homemade Dip ($9.50). As delicious as it seems, the grilled pork was nicely sliced into bite size and it was succulent and tasty to every bite. When eaten with the Homemade Dip, it added a robust flavour with the sweet, spicy and tangy flavour which was very addictive and yummy. Perfect beer snack!
Nothing beats a good douse of curry over our steamed rice and so I ordered my favourite Gang Kaew Gai (Green Curry Chicken) - $10.90 which gave off an alluring fragrance in the air when brought to our table. The curry wasn't too diluted or overly rich, perfect to my liking! I can't help but to drench every bit of rice with luscious mouth-watering green curry. Sadly, the tender chicken slices and eggplant were a tad little to go around the 3 of us. Maybe it is just me being my favourite dish and happened to be delicious I guess.
Coming to veg, we had the Thai Sambal Kangkong ($7.50) which was nice and crunchy with a good stir-fry flavour of garlic, sambal and dried shrimps. However, some of the thicker parts of the kangkong stem was quite hard to the bite and tasted raw. Perhaps the thicker parts should be cooked a little longer and that would be perfect.
Washing down the dinner, I had the popular Homemade Thai Longan Tea ($3.90) which the staff has recommended me. It is an absolute cooling drink to have to clear the spice from the dishes and some longans to chew on. It didn't taste artificially sweet and the logans were really generous, filling up half a glass.My overall experience at PORN'S was better than my previous visit at Liang Seah street and I have to say the quality of food has improved. However, the service maybe a little slow for some during busy peak hours with the dinner crowd. I'll certainly return again soon to try other dishes on the menu such as their Fried Fish with special Thai sauce!
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