Dinner at Sala Thai (Vancouver, BC)

Several years ago, we stumbled on a Thai restaurant on our way to another restaurant. The thought of Thai food sounded good right then, so we changed our plans and decided to eat there. We were impressed with the quality of the dishes we ordered, especially their gai hor bay toey (marinated chicken thighs wrapped in pandanus leaves).

This time, we returned to Sala Thai (across the street from the Burrard Japadog) as a destination. This is a very fine Thai restaurant. We will order the gai hor bai toey (☆☆☆☆) every time we eat here. The yum nuea (☆☆☆) was also very good, though the beef was somewhat chewy, mingled with a tart lime dressing that had just the right amount of sweetness and burned from a liberal dose of cayenne. A savory addition of shredded pork flakes topped the pineapple fried rice with chicken (☆☆☆), another very good dish. The least successful entree was the stir-fried eggplant with garlic, Thai basil and bell peppers (pad ma-kuer) (☆☆), the flavors not fully developed.