Soi 7 means Street 7 in Thai and it is a popular street in Bangkok. Soi 7 is a sister restaurant of Koh Thai. The restaurant cares about the quality of food and fresh ingredients. It features sharing Thai cuisine with a modern twist.
The two-storey restaurant is decorated with a lot of Thai elements including the elephant paintings, and a lot of small decors shipped directly from Thailand.
Soi 7 not only uses all homemade sauces or curry pastes, but also homemade syrup for their drinks. We are already excited and delighted seeing this happy face from the bartender 😀
Cocktails
Passion Fruit Caipiroska ($108)
We absolutely loved this drink. Passion fruit is one of the most appetising fruit for summer. By adding extra lime juicy and quality US vodka, the citric and sweet balanced really well with each other. The seeds inside the shell can be your bonus too!
Mango Chili Martini ($108)
This drink is made out of fresh Thai chill mint and housemade Thai mango puree. It is almost like a class of nice mango juice but with a kick to it from the Thai chili. Perfect for mango lovers!
Forgot to mention, hanging a / many pictures of the Thai royal family is a must for any Thai restaurants. Wait! Which one is Bhumibol Adulyadej?
Appetisers
Tuna Tartare Wonton “Tacos” ($145)
Tuna tartare with homemade chili-lime tomato dressing in a crisp wonton skin, topped with homemade sour cream and fresh rocket leaves. We have never had a taco with deep fried wonton skin! We wish other Spanish restaurants can try to use wonton skin because it promotes extra crispiness and it is less doughy. And thinner skin can leave us more room for other awesome dishes too!
Mains
Laughing Bull ($168)
Grilled Australian wagyu beef, which has been sous vide for 12 hours and served with housemade nam-jim-jaew dressing. First of all, nam-jim-jaew is really fun to pronounce. Second of all, nam-jim-jaew is a traditional Thai sauce made from mainly sugar, fish sauce, and lime juice. It has a mix taste of sweet, sour and savory. We couldn’t believe it could actually go so well with wagyu beef! My mouth is already salivating talking about it, I wish I really have this in front of me instead of just a picture….
Pad Thai Lobster ($298)
Pad Thai with whole de-shelled Boston lobster, bean sprouts, garlic chives, dried shrimp and tofu, side with a wedge of lime, peanuts and sugar. This dish brought us back to Thailand, literally. After taking the first bite, we could taste the authenticity by its sweetest. Traditional pad thai is quite sweet while most of the Thai restaurants in Hong Kong aren’t aware of. Providing extra sugar is also quite common in Thailand but personally think that by adding lime juice is already good enough the lift the taste.
The dish uses the meat of a whole Boston lobster. The good thing is that it has been de-shelled so that you don’t have to be worried getting clumsy messy. For only $298, you can enjoy lobster and good pad thai in LKF area is such a good value! We are definitely coming back for more!
Desserts
Tiramisu ($88)
Soi 7 tiramisu is nothing like any other tiramisu. In the middle, there is mascarpone cheese and sponge cake, topped with cacao powder. Also, cream on the left and Vietnamese coffee espresso on the right.
Sorn Bunmee, Executive Chef, demonstrated us how to enjoy the fullness. First you should pour the warm espresso then the cream in the cup. The warm coffee is going dissolve a little bit of the mascarpone cheese, while the cream and cheese flavour balanced out the strong bitterness from the Viet espresso. The dessert portion was quite generous and it was meant for sharing. It was such a fun dessert to have and I am going to pour it myself next time!
Overall, we had a really enjoyable dining experience with the innovative yet traditional Thai food. The restaurant had revealed that all of their chefs are from Thailand, bringing us the most original flavour from their home town.
Soi 7 also serves valuable lunch set featuring some of the dishes we have tried. If you are only up for drinks, they also have Happy Hour promotion from 3-7pm offering 50% off drinks.
Sneak Peek: In October there will be vegetarian menu and a contest coming up…. stay tuned!
Taste: 9/10
Price: 9.5/10
Environment: 8/10
Service: 9/10
Address: G/F, 57 Wyndham Street, Central, Hong Kong
Tel: + 852 2840 0041
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