SomTum anyone?

I'm beginning to discover that Sydney is so blessed with great Thai food.  I mean not only the likes of Spice I am which is authentic or Chat Thai but along Pitt Street, there are quite a few Thai cheap eateries which live up to their name of being cheap and good.  But, they each try to differentiate themselves in terms of the Thai cuisine.

I dragged a friend to check Saap Thai one Monday night.  I've had lunch in Saap Thai a while ago... the menu looked quite extensive and most of the tables in this small eatery has been filled.

We didn't know what to order but ordered a spicy chicken noodle which is one of their chef's suggestion.  It didn't look exciting when it arrived... mainly with soft noodles with a curry chicken sauce.  The chicken curry sauce had a nice consistency to it and I must say... looks are deceiving as the noodles and the sauce were a great combination and tasted really good.

We also ordered another specialty dish which is fish salad.  The fish salad is shredded fish, and cooked in a crumb with a spicy Thai salad dressing on top.  I think Bangkok restaurant does this dish better.


We decided to also order a pad thai as it looked quite good when one of the waiters brought it passed us.  Hmm... let's say, the taste was a bit sweet-ish and lacked oomph.

We were told that this Thai eatery specialises in Som Tum which is green papaya salad.  Looking at the menu, yes... there were plenty of Som Tum variations.  I think we should definitely order Som Tum next time I go there instead of Pad Thai!