Thai Food - Halifax

[canuck]

My wife and I will be arriving in Halifax later today and she'd like to have some Thai food tonight for supper. Any recommendations for Thai restaurants in Halifax? Is Talay Thai any good?

[RubberToe]

Certainly, as is Cha Baa Thai.

[canuck]

Thanks Rob! Any preference between Cha Baa and Talay?

[RubberToe]

It's been a while since I've eaten at the Halifax locations of either. I find both restaurants mostly the same, IIRC at least the Dartmouth Talay and Cha Baa share or used to share the very same menu. Both are excellent.

There's a new Cha Baa in Bedford too, right by my work so I've eaten at that one too. Top notch.

[AllanMar]

I like Talay (halifax) over Cha Baa (Burnside), but it's a very close call. Either one is great.

[canuck]

Awesome, thanks gents!

[mr x]

My wife and I will be arriving in Halifax later today and she'd like to have some Thai food tonight for supper. Any recommendations for Thai restaurants in Halifax? Is Talay Thai any good?

Fuck, you can probably make better thai food from what I saw. Go to Stillwell and have a burger.

[Jimmy]

We haven't tried Talay, but love Cha Baa Thai

[GAM]

Cha Baa for me. Ask for extra heat if thats the way you like it.

Sandy

[canuck]

Just got to Halifax after wonderful 6 hour drive in the fawking snow! Around the Truro area was brutal with whiteout conditions and at the very least 20 cars off the road. The northbound lanes were shut down entirely.

Anyways, heading out for supper and I need a freakin' beer!

[Jimmy]

Hopefully you left the S2000 at home this time

[mr x]

Glad you made it!! Wish i could stick around for a beer.

[canuck]

The wife and I ended up eating at Cha Baa on Queen St tonight. I had Massaman Beef and the wife had Sweet & Sour Chicken and we had a couple orders of spring rolls as well. We both thought the food was excellent and would eat there again in a heartbeat. Service was extremely good as well.

[moophone]

I prefer Gingergrass (morris & barrington) You don't get as much but I find it much better than all the others. I've tried them all, and they all have unique strong points.

I would rank overall:

1 Gingergrass (check out crab rangoon, coconut soup (yum), basil [protein], mango salad (perfect), green/red curry). Tell Nira, the owner I sent you (Greg from Bedford who used to live next door in the same building as her niece). They will reduce portion sizes before compromising on taste, so you pay a little more. Their only weak point is their deserts suck (who cares, just eat all the yummy main courses and forget desert). Oh yeah their sauce for the satay appetizer is also perfect.
2 chabaa (great peanut and massaman curry. good spicy vegetarian soup (one dimensional but quite good). Not so authentic on a lot of dishes (e.g. dried mango except in mango salad)
3 baan thai (best feature: cool thai carving on the wall worth a small fortune. Used to have really good cashew curry but not as good lately. My wife likes this more than I do)
4 talay okay. not great. too much fish sauce in their mango salad as I remember.
5 thai ivory (not so great, but cool atmosphere and "decent" food. Not recommended)

[Jimmy]

I want some curry chicken from ChaBaa Thai now

[homebrewcrew]

You can never go wrong with Caa Baa Thai best Thai food in halifax.