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Thai Flame
1902 Roberston Rd #104 Tucked out of site in Bells Corners, this strip-mall eatery serves beautifully balanced stir-fries, richly flavoured curries and a plethora of Thai favourites in an unassuming dining room. Owned by a Laotian family, main dishes are served alongside a generous helping of sticky Jasmine rice kept warm in a woven bamboo basket. For a truly authentic experience, try the pla sam rot (three-flavoured fish) - a whole fish in a sweet-and-sour sauce with pineapple, lime and bird’s eye chilies.
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Ottawa’s Tastiest Thai RESTAURANTS
With winter on the horizon, an onslaught of blowing snow and below-freezing temperatures are right around the corner, whether we’re ready for it or not. Determined to make the shut-in season a little more bearable, we’ve gathered a repertoire of the best Thai to titillate your taste buds. Whether you prefer exclusively authentic or westernized fusion, each of these spots offers a unique take on the spicy sustenance and are sure to add a little heat to your hibernation. 26 | FACES MAGAZINE
Khao Thai 103 Murray St.
has been handed out to only three other Ottawa area This Murray Street restaurestaurants, ensures that at rant, which opened in 2004, least 60 per cent of dishes celebrated their certification Tees Up For A offered New Decade on the menu are of authenticity from the Royauthentic Thai cuisine, and al Thai Government in the Photography by Jesi that theCason cooking methods summer of 2019. The Thai are the same or very similar Select designation, which to those in Thailand. Further-
more, it verifies the usage of Thai ingredients and food products, meaning that you’ll be hard pressed to find any ketchup within the vicinity here. Although Khao Thai remains completely, and proudly, authentic, owner Pai Chiturai, admittedly does have to reduce the spice level for many inexperienced Canadians.
