This is my first time eating at Thai Tantric and also my first time stepping into Orchard Towers. My first impression is that this restaurant may be a little bit hard to find as it's located at a corner on the 3rd floor. Came here to eat lunch together with my colleagues.

My Thai tea, which cost $2.This is my first time trying out Thai tea. It has a muddy orange colour but I like the taste of it. However it was a bit too sweet.

I also ordered minced pork rice that comes with an egg and basil leaves, one of the usual dish that I would order at any Thai cafe/restaurant. Here's the photo of it:This dish cost $6. The presentation of the dish wasn't that fantastic. It looked so plain, with an egg placed on top of the rice and the minced pork mixed with basil leave on the opposite side. To me, the food portion and taste was just nice. The minced pork and the sauce tasted nice and I like it. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 as mediocre and 10 as very yummy, I would give this dish a rating of 6. I like the minced pork mixed with basil leaves and egg and I think it tasted much better than the other Thai cafe situated at Far East Plaza basement.

We also ordered some chicken wings to share, which cost $10 for a plate of 7 chicken wings. I think this plate of chicken wing is a little expensive and it tasted normal too. Also, each chicken wing was oily and I don't think it will appeal to health conscious individuals. But to me, I don't mind. Haha...

Here's the photo of the chicken wings, which I would give a rating of 5.

I ordered the 3 pieces Drumstick Combo ($10.95), up-sized my coke drink by another $0.55 and added a combo Kimchi Fries ($1). In total, my meal cost $12.50, inclusive of GST.This is the 3 pieces Chicken Drumstick Combo. I chose the mixture selection for my drumstick flavour, which allowed me to try out their spicy & soy garlic version. I felt both the spicy and soy garlic drumstick were equally nice and I like both of it. The Kimchi Fries tasted normal to me and serving portion was average too.

There is always a long queue at Thye Hong for their Fried Prawn Mee as they always prepared it in batches. I was luckily as they just completed cooking when I joined the queue, so it was quite fast as they scooped mee after mee for each customer. I ordered the smallest portion that cost $5.20.

As usual, my Fried Prawn Mee smelt and tasted nice. However I felt it could have been better if they use fresher prawns as those I ate weren't that fresh. Also, my portion contained re-cooked mee. Some portion of my mee were already black in colour due to over-cooking, evident that they re-use the previous portion share that's remaining and add some new mee to cook for a new wok. Slightly disappointed but still I like the way my Fried Prawn Mee is cooked.

This is the Double Hamburger with egg. It comes with a bowl of Miso Soup and a cup of Pepsi drink. It comes with two beef steak that's thick and huge. It also comes with cabbage, corn, three long bean, an egg and a bowl of rice.

The beef tasted delicious and juicy. The cabbage tasted average while the corn tasted sweet. The Miso Soup has a lot of seaweed and tasted nice.My lunch set cost $11.90 in total, for the lunch set special promotion.

This is the Beef Kimchi Ramen Soup, priced at $4.50, is filled with generous slices of beef, ramen and cabbage. For the Kimchi soup base, I felt that it's diluted and a bit salty. Also, the shop does not have a good ventilation system as the mixture of the noodle smell and the cooking oil smell stuck to my clothes after I left the shop, certainly not a good idea to bring your date to, but a place for you to consider if you want to have a reasonably priced meal in Orchard where the price is still reasonable considering that the meat and ramen portion given was generous. Not forgetting it also comes with an egg. If you are going for a cheap and filling ramen meal, their Beef Kimchi Ramen soup is a dish you ought to try. If you are going for a quality ramen meal to satisfy your craving, I think there are better restaurants or cafes elsewhere.