Thai Fried Rice Thai Fried Rice

Thai Fried Rice: Stir-fried rice with eggs, vegetables, and your choice of protein, seasoned with soy sauce and herbs.

Cafe Yum Yum

Cafe Yum Yum

5 Hardwick Court, Durham I-TS27 4HL, United Kingdom

Cafe • Soup • Cafés • Breakfast


"TL;DR Get the Por Pia, Fresh Shrimp Basil Roll, Pad Thai, Thai Fried Rice, any of the curries, or peanut sauce beloved. Avoid Tom Yum soup and the Pad spicy chili. Apparently there 's a character limit on Google reviews, so you 're missing out on the long preface about Lowes messing up our appliance delivery, but that 's why we ate at Thai Spoon every day for a few weeks. We wrote down a rating (1 5 for each meal, which I 'll share below. But first, a few words about the owner. After the first few days, he started throwing in free soup with my order. When I said we also like spring rolls (cough cough he was, WAIT RIGHT THERE and got me some. I 'm sure he appreciated the business in the middle of the pandemic, but that was just going above and beyond. Most of the entrees can be made vegetarian (and probably vegan Appetizers Por Pia (spring rolls 5 stars. These are really good. The stuffing is fresh, and the outside is crispy. It comes with three medium small rolls. Crispy Tofu 4 stars. It 's just fried tofu with a good dipping sauce, but it 's a pretty large dish, so good value. Fresh Shrimp Basil Roll 5 stars. Pro tip you can ask to substitute tofu for shrimp. These are absolutely delicious and might be my favorite thing on the menu. Only downside is they are pretty pricey for the amount of food you get. Tempura 3.5 stars. Vegetarians, sub tofu for shrimp. This is a large dish, but it 's just ok. It 's kind of greasy and bland, but I think that 's just how tempura is? It 's the same as any other tempura I 've had. Crispy mushroom 4 stars. This is basically the same dish as the tempura, but with mushrooms. It 's much worse value though, so if you 're in the mood for something fried, I would go with the tempura. Soup Tom Yum – 1 star. This was NOT GOOD. I can’t say what it was exactly that we didn’t like, but both my partner and I were like “uh uh, no, not eating that.” Tom Kha – 4.5 stars. This was much better. Generous servings of tofu, and the broth is excellent. Clear glass noodle – 4 stars. Ask to make vegetarian. Really good at first, and would have been 5 stars. The owner warned me that I needed to mix thoroughly, because the salt would settle at the bottom. I did mix, a lot, and it was great. But when I had leftovers, it was WAY too salty. So I guess mix often and try to eat it all at once. Noodle and Rice Pad Thai – 5 stars. One of the best dishes. Just perfect in every way. Pad Kee Mow – 4 stars. Still very good, not as flavorful as some of the other dishes. Pad Z Ew – 4.5 stars. It was 5 the first time we got it, but the second time it wasn’t as good. Pad Woon Sen – 4.5 stars. My partner said 4, but I thought it was tasty. All the noodle dishes are kind of similar though, hard to compare. Thai Fried Rice – 5 stars. Just perfect. Spicy Basil Fried Rice – 3 stars. There was something about the spicy ingredient that just wasn’t good, it ruined the other flavors. Curry Entrees Mussamun curry – 4 stars. The sauce was AMAZING and by far the best of the curries, but the veggies were bad. The avocado tasted really weird (I don’t think avocado belongs in soup, but what do I know? , and the cashews had a weird taste and texture too. Panang curry – 4.5 stars. This one was a bit too spicy for me, but my partner loved it. Green curry – 4.5 stars. Same as above. Yellow curry – 4.5 stars. This one was not too spicy, and the potatoes were delicious! But the sauce wasn’t as flavorful. Stir fry entrees Broccoli garlic – 4 stars. Pretty good, nothing earth shattering though. Spicy basil – 4 stars. Same. Pad Khing – 4.5 stars. My partner said it was kind of boring, but I disagree. Sweet and sour – 4 stars. Pretty decent sweet and sour. Pad Spicy Chili – 1.5 stars. NOT GOOD. It just tasted like chili peppers and nothing else. Spicy eggplant – 3 stars. The eggplant just wasn’t doing it for us. Peanut Sauce Beloved – 4.5 stars. This dish has a weird name, but it’s delicious Spicy cashew nut – 4.5 stars. Too spicy for me, my partner liked it. Veggies together – 3.5 stars. I think this one was just boring."

Wai Hong Takeaway

Wai Hong Takeaway

197 London Road, S2 4LJ, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Meat • Wine • Chinese • Noodles


"Compared to other places that I have lived, and despite Sheffield 's otherwise flourising dining and takeaway scene, the selection of places to get good Chinese food for a reasonable place in Sheffield; especially around the London Road area, is certainly lacking. When I was looking around London Road for a quick portion of rice though, I thought that I should try one of the proper Chinese establishments rather than my previous choice, Yum Yum ; this was cemented by the fact that Wai Hong offered a simple egg fried rice for a lot cheaper than anywhere else I could find. The dish took a mere few minutes to prepare, as it was early in the evening and I was the only customer they were preparing food for. They gave it to me, curiously, in an open kebab shop style takeaway box, instead of the usual Chinese foil containers or the recently mass implemented plastic cartons, which felt like an odd choice of container for rice. However, I got it home, and it tasted good on its own, but when I mixed it with the curry that I was cooking already it was simply delicious and a great deal better than I would expect from most of the other local takeaways for rice at least. So my partner and I decided to visit a few days later to get dinner. It is odd that hte Meal for One options are £5 each, but the Meal for Two options area almost £20; the mathematics do not seem to quite add up here. We each went for a different Meal for One and shared the profits. The rice was as good as previously mentioned, and the spring rolls that both meals contained were also quite good though the same as one would get anywhere else. My partner 's main was, I believe, some kind of sweet and sour chicken dish, which she enjoyed though I thought was fairly average. However, we both really enjoyed my beef in black bean sauce; I do not order the dish often from Chinese takeaways, preferring something a little more adventurous, but we both enjoyed it. It was very flavoursome and I would even go as far as to say that it was one of the best versions of the dish that I have ever had though that being said it was nothing mind blowing and I do not order the dish often. All in all, Wai Hong is very good value for money and worth a visit. Especially if you are bored with your own local takeaway, which in the North in general seems quite likely, Wai Hong is certainly worth the trip. If only their menus were more extensive, they would perhaps warrant a five star rating, but one can only dream."