{"id":4737,"date":"2015-05-01T11:42:50","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T15:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/?p=4737"},"modified":"2015-04-30T11:57:00","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T15:57:00","slug":"the-thai-on-bloor-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/the-thai-on-bloor-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"The Thai on Bloor – Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thai food has always been one of those foods I gravitate towards – especially being vegan. Yes, everyone talks about hidden fish sauce, but it doesn’t happen often, and from what I’ve been able to tell most of the time when I go into a restaurant people have been honest with me (even if it means they lose a sale.)<\/p>\n

We live near High Park, and a relatively short walk away from Roncesvalles, which has a couple of vegan friendly Thai restaurants (The Friendly Thai and Thai Chef Cuisine) and since moving to the neighbourhood we hadn’t branched out much beyond those familiar two.<\/p>\n

One evening I walked\u00a0by The Thai on Bloor from Keele station. It’s one of those wonderful stumble-upon a place on foot experiences that are so rare with the internet dictating so much of my eating habits these days – but The Thai had a big chalkboard sign outside, and one of the items was “Vegan Options Available.”<\/p>\n

\"IMG_20150421_172326\"<\/a> Just this line was enough to make me feel optimistic, they used the V word, but looking at the menu got me feeling excited. A whole glorious vegan page of dishes, with some meats even. I put The Thai\u00a0in my mental “To Eat” list and moseyed on my way home.<\/p>\n

Finally, a friend<\/a> and I paid them a visit for the first time a month ago, I had the Spicy Curry Soy-Shrimp. It’s meant to be eaten with rice, but I skipped that so it didn’t seem like much food (what I’m saying is, you should probably get rice with this.)\"Spicy<\/p>\n

I didn’t find it spicy (but I don’t usually find anything spicy), but it was full of great flavours – with red peppers, long bean, bamboo shoots, and basil leaves.<\/p>\n

More recently\u00a0I went in by myself. I started walking home from Keele station again, and decided to stop in for dinner. JC was out, it was raining, and I didn’t feel like cooking myself anything for dinner, so it was nice to have a tasty local option right on my way home.<\/p>\n

\"salad<\/a><\/p>\n

I started with an order of vegetable salad rolls – which had vermicelli noodles, lettuce, carrots, tofu, cucumber, and a peanuty dipping sauce. They’re not actually in the vegan section of the menu (they’re in the appetizers) but I asked my server if there was anything not vegan about them (she said they were okay!)<\/p>\n

\"Soy-Shrimp<\/a><\/p>\n

For my main, I ordered the the Soy-Shrimp Pad Thai which was\u00a0tasty\u00a0– and perfect for someone that likes nutty slightly spicy flavours and noodles. I would probably happily eat this same dish without the soy shrimp, but it was nice for a change to have a bit of a different texture in a vegan pad thai dish (vs. the tofu I’m used to.)<\/p>\n

I’m looking forward to going back sometime and either getting delivery, or eating the vegan tuna fried rice (as it comes highly recommended.) But either way, I’ll definitely be back.<\/p>\n

Have you ever visited The Thai on Bloor? What did you think? What’s your favourite vegan-friendly Thai spot in Toronto?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Thai: Real Thai Cuisine<\/h2>\n

1675 Bloor St. West, Toronto, ON (map<\/a>)
\nWebsite<\/a> | Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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