THAI INDEED 

3081 KINGSTON RD
$9-$20
THAIINDEED.CA

What’s better than going to class on a rainy day? Not going to class and going to lunch with your class on said rainy day. In the middle of May, a trip was made to Cliffside’s Thai Indeed, and it was well worth the bus ticket. 

The company, including the class, was wonderful. We arrived earlier than our reservation, so they were still setting up their restaurant for the day; they apologized and asked us to wait while they set up. Very clean and organised, the colour scheme of Thai Indeed was complimentary blacks and oranges which were quite nice on the eyes. Let’s get to the food. 

I’ve always had a great appreciation for Asian cuisine, which might make me partially biased in my stellar review of my chicken fried rice that came off the Thursday lunch special. I was incredibly impressed at more than just the price (which is constantly a topic of concern for students), but at the amount of food available by ordering this one menu item. For $8.95, you are presented with either the soup or salad of the day (more on the soup later), two spring rolls (pure currency) and a plate full of warm, wonderful fried rice.

The soup, called lemongrass soup, which is both sweet, slightly spicy (coming from a person with a high spice tolerance) and tasted really healthy, as soups should be. The spring rolls were vegetable and cooked really well, to the extent that the vegetables weren’t soggy or anything like that. And they tasted great with the provided plum sauce.

The highlight of the meal, of course, was the rice. You can’t really make stir fry rice properly in a white household, so I was very happy with this.

not stir fry, because it was gone faster than i could remind myself to take a photo of it

The rice was lightly cooked with soy sauce and the smallest amount of oil, mixed with corn, peas and carrots and of course, chicken. I ordered mine with shredded chicken pieces, which means that they were fantastically incorporated into the dish. Eating it was great fun, combining . If eating healthy Thai food was your goal on a Thursday, get yourself the chicken fried rice.

My experience today was overall a very positive one. I’ve never been to Thailand, but the food today makes me want to. It was my first Thai food experience, and it was a great one. The class company was quite wonderful and the waitstaff didn’t make us feel rushed at all. We waited only a little while for our food, which was worth it because of its great taste accompanied by a great restaurant overall. If you find yourself with cravings in the middle of Scarborough, stop by Thai Indeed; the food is Thai, indeed.