It was JH's farewell after her one month stint with us. We decided to bring her to Bangkok Jam, with the idea that she'll probably not get a lot of Thai food back in New York. It was a big group of us, so we decided on ordering a main each, with some side dishes to share.
The decor in Bangkok Jam is nowhere like regular Thai restaurants. It's very hip, with snazzy wall decals, and a menu that looks like newspaper. None of the usual elephants, figurines, woody furnitures and dim lights. At first glance you wouldn't even think you're in a Thai restaurant. But Thai restaurant it is, and we put their food to the test.
Between us, we ordered quite a number of different dishes. Pineapple rice, olive rice, basil chicken with rice, Thai green curry with rice, Thai yellow curry with rice, and I had a beef noodle. While I can't quite comment on the food others ate, my beef noodle was passable. I wouldn't say it's super authentic, but smooth noodles in hot soup is comfort food for me, so I enjoyed it. I must say the basil chicken looked good.
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| Pineapple rice |
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| Olive rice |
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| Basil Chicken with rice |
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| Thai green curry with rice |
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| Thai yellow curry with rice |
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| Beef noodle soup |
We ordered two tom yam soups - once clear one red to share. The soups are served in cute little lopsided bowls. They were fiery, with a right balance of sour. Nice tom yam soup. Deceivingly clear but secretly loaded with a lot of zest. We also shared a pomelo salad. Refreshing, slightly spicy, good tinge of sour. We enjoyed it. The last side dish was fried chicken wings. Who doesn't like that? It's a foolproof dish and I always say it's very hard to make bad fried chicken wings.
Overall the food here isn't the most authentic Thai food you'll find. Still, it was decent Thai food. That said, I didn't try many of the dishes, and we didn't exactly order the Thai mainstays such as Phad Thai so my comments are still limited. But their prices are reasonable, and service staff attentive. Great for people who wants to enjoy Thai food in a more relaxed and chill out environment, where it's ok to chat loudly without fear of disturbing others.
p.s. Ok, I just found out from its website that it's supposed to be a Thai-western fusion cuisine. So that probably explains the lack of 100% authenticity.
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1 Kim Seng Promenade
#02-26, Singapore 237994Tel: 6732 4523
