My Thai Kitchen - Festival Mall

I was running errands for our balikbayans earlier this afternoon at Festival Mall when my dear tummy started to protest. So I started to roam around and find a dining place. First, I checked Stavros, a Medi resto, maybe to have a Chicken gyros but no one is eating so I skipped. I still have to try Stavros' though. Next stop, Wendy's, for a Baconator, but I don't feel eating a burger that time. So I went back to Chef's Avenue and saw this newly opened restaurant that replaced Tia Maria's. It is now Pho Hoa and My Thai Kitchen. Interesting.. Thai + Vietnamese cuisine in one place.

MY THAI KITCHEN/PHO HOA

I went in and sat in a booth. Two menus were given by the ordertaker, one for My Thai Kitchen and one for Pho Hoa. I browsed the menu of Pho Hoa, nothing caught my interest and I don't feel like eating noodle soup that moment so I skipped to the Thai Menu. I liked the choices on the Thai menu, all my favorites are in there. I was torn between ordering Pad Thai and Bagoong Fried Rice. I chose chicken Pad thai and Thai milk tea.

While waiting for my order to come, I can't help but to notice the restaurant's interior and finishings.

pink and green chairs.

girly accents.

file drawers anyone?

The restaurant doesn't have that feel of an Asian or Oriental restaurant. It's more of a design you would expect in a store that sell cupcakes.

Pad Thai (P210) and Thai Milk Tea (P90)

My Thai Milk tea arrived first. It was really good and refreshing. I would have this again. Blame it on my milk tea addiction. The flavors of tea and milk is balanced. There's this fragrant aftertaste but it's not overwhelming and actually add to the good drink experience. After playing 2 games with 500,000 score on Temple Run, my Pad Thai arrived. It is served with lemon and chili on the side. It looks promising enough. For the taste, it's OK but it's a bit oily for my taste. I believe that a perfect pad thai should have a perfect balance between the sweet,salty,sour and spicy and mine is a bit too salty and for P210, I already had cheaper but yummy Pad Thai so I expected more on serving size and quality for this one. I am so disappointed that I wasn't able to finish my order so I just decided to have dessert. I ordered Thai Sticky Rice with Mangoes.

Khao Neeo Mamuang /Thai Sticky Rice with Mangoes and Ice Cream (P110)

This was the bomb! This compensated for my Pad Thai. I love the sweet and salty taste of the sticky rice which was complimented by the coconut cream and the vanilla ice cream. The mango is not really sweet but it adds to the flavor explosion on my mouth. The waiter even noticed asked if I liked it and I answered "Opo! soooooobra!" and he was all smiles after that.

Generally, I like the restaurant. Foods are a bit pricey but would definitely come back to try their Bagoong Rice, Tom Yum, their Vietnamese food and of course more sticky rice. Great start!