Date of visit: 7th August 2010
Tuk Tuk Thai @ Graham St., Soho
First off, reservations are a must. Lots of people who live around this area know of this place for its good and reasonably priced Thai food. The waitresses and chefs are obviously Thai and so communication may be a little difficult, but still manageable.
We began dinner with two lime sodas ($28 ea) (my friend’s iced lemon tea was exchanged for a lime soda since it wasn’t your regular brewed tea with lemon, but Thai tea bags, which tasted quite weird if you’re new to it!). Our drinks were refreshing and needed for what was about to come!
After what seemed like ages, our starter of prawn and lemongrass salad ($65) arrived. It was a small plate which lacked vegetables – there were two strips of Chinese lettuce on the bottom, at most, and on top sat a few shrimps and chopped spring onions, shallots, chilli, lemongrass etc. The dressing was very Thai - sour and spicy. First two bites we both agreed it was yummy… after a few more bites our mouths started burning. Whilst the shrimps itself was mildly chilli, the other parts of the salad was dressed in so much chilli we couldn’t finish this tiny plate because of its spice levels. I asked for it to be less-spicy in the beginning but I guess the chef didn’t get our message. Ahhhh I was quite disappointed really because we were forced to waste a potentially good salad… If the menu had only listed it’s spice level we would’ve avoided this dish in the first place! It was so bad my lime soda was finished within seconds, and my mouth was still burning.
Next our pumpkin and seafood curry ($75) came with our place of rice ($10). We had asked to change it to a yellow curry as my friend D only likes yellow curries. After the salad, we had asked the waitress to tell the chef not to put any chillies in our curry. By the time it arrived the burning sensation from the spicy salad had disappeared (thank god) so we had our taste buds intact to taste this wonderful yellow curry. It was actually really mild and had a thick consistency. Inside were some fish fillets, shrimps, squid and imitation crab meat. It was served in a steamed whole baby pumpkin, which was quite thougtful since you were able to scrape the sides for some pumpkin meat. Some vegetables in the curry would’ve been better, but I guess they expect you to order vegetables as a separate dish. When we eyed around the other curries seemed to be served in really small bowls.
Portion sizes here are small – good for single diners, as you will be able to finish a single curry with rice, and also good for group dining because this allows you to order more to try and share! I wouldn’t suggest this place for large groups though – service is too slow and the restaurant is honestly quite cramped!
Food:♥♥♥♥
Service:♥♥
Price: $$$
Tuk Tuk Thai
G/F, 30 Graham Street, Soho,
Central, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2542 2760
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