Gu Thai Noodle Cafe is located on level B1 of the newly added North Wing of North Point City at Yishun.
The place is not very big, with small tables and stools for customers, and the seating seems to be free seating. Just walk in and sit wherever you like. The menus are on the counter above the "Gu Thai Noodle Cafe" signboard, and help yourself too. Their specialty is Thai boat noodle. Thai boat noodle originally is served from boats traversing Bangkok's canals.
I ordered the Bah Mee with pork collar. It came in two parts. One is the noodle in a small bowl, the other is the companion soup. The soup is cooked with beef and pork, and said to have added pig's blood, that's the reason why it is much darker in color than your normal beef/pork soup.
The portion is not very big. Traditionally, boat noodles are served in very small bowls, as the seller usually had to handle the preparation of food, serving it to the customer, and cleaning all by himself/herself. In addition, the bowl had to pass from the boat of the seller to the customer on land, so a small bowl was more convenient.
I first tried the noodle. They use the rice noodle. It is more tough and chewy than the noodle we usually have, but the texture was quite pleasant. The pork collar had more fat than lean meat, hence very bouncy. However, it was not the melt-in-your-mouth type. The minus point was a bit too salty. Maybe the boat noodle used to cater for people who did a lot of hard labor, and they needed to replenish their body salt.
The soup was worth mentioning, the flavor was quite strong, the color was dark, the density was high. If it were not so salty, I would have liked it even more. But then I must caution you that it might be an acquired taste, some may not like it.
Gu Thai's food, I think, is not bad, and brings a taste of Thailand to Singapore. Their service was alright, but sometimes neither the customer nor the staff knows what to do.
The place is not very big, with small tables and stools for customers, and the seating seems to be free seating. Just walk in and sit wherever you like. The menus are on the counter above the "Gu Thai Noodle Cafe" signboard, and help yourself too. Their specialty is Thai boat noodle. Thai boat noodle originally is served from boats traversing Bangkok's canals.
Bah Mee (Meekia) Pork Collar, S$7.00+
I ordered the Bah Mee with pork collar. It came in two parts. One is the noodle in a small bowl, the other is the companion soup. The soup is cooked with beef and pork, and said to have added pig's blood, that's the reason why it is much darker in color than your normal beef/pork soup.
The portion is not very big. Traditionally, boat noodles are served in very small bowls, as the seller usually had to handle the preparation of food, serving it to the customer, and cleaning all by himself/herself. In addition, the bowl had to pass from the boat of the seller to the customer on land, so a small bowl was more convenient.
I first tried the noodle. They use the rice noodle. It is more tough and chewy than the noodle we usually have, but the texture was quite pleasant. The pork collar had more fat than lean meat, hence very bouncy. However, it was not the melt-in-your-mouth type. The minus point was a bit too salty. Maybe the boat noodle used to cater for people who did a lot of hard labor, and they needed to replenish their body salt.
The soup was worth mentioning, the flavor was quite strong, the color was dark, the density was high. If it were not so salty, I would have liked it even more. But then I must caution you that it might be an acquired taste, some may not like it.
Gu Thai's food, I think, is not bad, and brings a taste of Thailand to Singapore. Their service was alright, but sometimes neither the customer nor the staff knows what to do.
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