Koh Thai – Authentic Thai Taste in Wan Chai


Koh Thai is an authentic Thai restaurant location right behind J Residence in Wan Chai. The restaurant embraces a spacious outdoor terrace, as well as a cozy indoor dining area. 





Despite the some traditional Thai style decor, Koh Thai offers a wide range of authentic Thai food using true recipes and fresh ingredients. We are here today to sample some of their lunch items which includes appetisers and some main courses. 

Appetisers



Spicy vermicelli noodle salad with minced pork and a citrus dressing

One of the most refreshing appetisers to enjoy with light rice noodles, while the lightly seasoned shredded pork mixed well with the noodle as well as the sour dressing. It also had a light kick to it from the chopped chili pieces. 



Marinated pork neck with lime, mint leaves & Thai herb dressing

The flavour pork neck meat has been grilled until a nice char surface on the outside. The smokiness was pungent and balanced out nicely with all the flavourful Thai herbs and the citric. We were also told that glutenous rice was used to sprinkle on top! 



Grilled beef tenderloin served with a spicy salad

Some mixed green salad along with some thinly sliced tender beef. The moist and juicy beef soaked up all the seasoning goodness from the salad. The complexity of this dish was really enjoyable and mouth-watering. 



Straw mushrooms with Thai herbs, rice, ground chilli & lime

A healthy appetiser for sharing with friends. The straw mushrooms were prepared with again a mix of refreshing and lime-y dressing. I particularly liked how they added shallots to give an extra spiciness to it. 



Clear & spicy prawn broth with chilli and galangal

The clear soup was prepared with some prawn as well as the traditional Thai spices including galangal. The unique flavour from the herbs and spices were just very recognisable, delivering a special Thai oriental taste. 



Main Dishes

Seabass, heart of coconut, dry red “Chu Chee” curry sauce



The seabass was coated with a layer of semi-crispy batter and deep fried until perfection. The fish was pretty moist still, and was cooked with red dry red curry. The mild spiciness was great to go with a bowl of hot steamed white rice! 



Stir-fried chicken, water chestnuts, cashew nuts, dried chilli & onion

The chicken pieces cooked with some mixed nuts and spicy seasonings. The crunchiness from the nuts and chestnuts contrasted interestingly with the soft and tender chicken strips. While the onion and chili gave extra flavour to his flavour Thai dish. 



Slow-roasted lamb in a Masaman curry with pan-fried broccoli & potato

One of the sweetest kind of curry out there and it was cooked with mutton. The mutton was pretty generous in the serving size, while the curry was pretty sweet as it was prepared with lots of coconut milk, and veggies like potatoes and broccoli. The very pungent taste from the lamb might not be everyone’s favourites but it was again a great dish to go with some rice or naan. 



Pineapple fried rice with cashew nuts & curry powder




Pineapple fried rice has been one of the very classic Thai dish. At Koh Thai, it was served without the pineapple which I absolutely prefer. Since I have heard many people saying that the pineapples are always reusable so I would rather seeing pineapple fried rice without the actual fruit. 

The rice is pretty nicely sweetened from the pineapple fruit as well as the shredded dried pork. The house roasted cashew was also very flavourful and gave a nice crunch to the rice. 



Lime Soda
Lemongrass Tea 

Both drinks were super refreshing and I particularly liked the lemongrass tea because it was not sweet at all, yet the grassy flavour was very hydrating under this hot weather! 

Address: 1/F, J-Residence, 60 Johnston Road, Wan Chai
Tel: +852 3160 8535


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