Ying Thai Restaurant

Greeting everyone! Happy new year and Happy Chinese new year! A bit belated and its been a month since I last blogged about anything. Been slacking off recently haven't I? Many things were happening this past month or so since I've arrived back in Singapore! Once I arrived back there was christmas, then new year and more recently Chinese new year. Not to mention I have summer school as well so I had to spend time doing my assignments. Anyway this time round I'd like to talk about a Thai restaurant I went to while I was in Melbourne called Ying Thai.

Located along Lygon street, I guess not many people will think about going there to eat Thai food since Lygon street is known for all the Italian restaurants! But being away from home brought about cravings for food that always satisfied my taste buds and hence one day my friend brought me here and the rest is history. I think I ended up going back to this restaurant about four times to satisfy my craving for spice! =X

Anyway, Ying Thai is a pretty authentic Thai restaurant and you will find many popular thai dishes served here. On my first visit to the restaurant we just had tom yam soup (obviously a must have at any thai restaurant!), khao pad nam and pad thai.


When ordering the tom yam soup you can choose the level of spiceness, and there are a total of 4 levels of spice. I never tried the most spicy one before, but third level of spice is quite spicy already. I think getting the most spicy version will prolly kill my taste buds, but the hot version is just nice for me. Caused me to break out in sweat while eating it but shiok nonetheless! Spicy and sourish, you could also taste the subtle hint of lemon grass in the soup. It was also full of yummy seafood like fish, prawns and calamari, as well as mushrooms and tomatoes. Great for getting the gastric jucies going for the main course!

Next up is another familiar thai dish called pad thai, which is a type of stir fried stick noodle. It's sweetish and sourish, and is served with chicken, egg and some vegetables and topped with nuts. The stick noodles are pretty similar to kway teow which is a type of flat rice noodle, though their stick noodle is thinner. It was a big portion, and even though its meant for 1 person I think it's pretty difficult for your average asian to finish such a dish. It was delicious though!

Lastly we ordered khao pad nam, which is a thai fried rice that is fried with luncheon meat I think. It was very tasty as well though I guess it's not something I would really order all the time as its mainly just rice and luncheon meat. Also a very big portion even though its meant for 1 person. Luckily my friend is a big eater so we didn't have a problem finishing all the food.

I also managed to try other things which were pretty awesome too, but I forgot to take photos. The pandan leaf chicken, fried fish and vemicelli salad were all noteworthy mentions. Overall I think this is a good thai restaurant to visit when you're in Melbourne and craving for some thai food. Of course, after you finish your meal you can also cleanse your palate or cool down your burning tongue by having some gelato at Freddo's which is just a couple doors down!