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Drive - Bangkok Bistro, Vancouver    • 9   Commercial Drive has
had its share of bad "Thai" food in the last few years. Finally,
there is a Thai place on the Drive that I will actually return
to eat.  Bangkok Thai opened quietly in the beginning of this
month. It's a small two-person operation run by Thais. The
service was very friendly and attentive ( the chef came out a
few times to check on us). The food is well prepared, fresh,
bright, and pretty authentic tasting. The have a good selection
of vegetarian offerings and are looking to expand their
currently limited menu.  The Pad Thai is properly dressed with a
tamarind, lime, fish sauce based dressing. The rice noodles (a
Thai brand) were cooked al dente and were loosely separate (not
the clumpy mess we normally see in "Thai" restaurants here).
The curry was also very good and devoid of fillers such as
brocolli, potato, and the like (they did use a couple of slivers
of green pepper more as a ga