On the busy, smoky, prostitute lurking industrial street of Jan Smuts,a little authentic hole in the wall hides away - Chow Thai. Work with me here ok⦠Vibe: Well the ambiance is very family friendly, or otherwise just a great place to chill with a few friends. It's a little cramped, but cosy. Reasonably sized tables are lined up, seating approximately It's a very chilled and comfortable vibe⦠well until my friends arrived that is, oh yeah, did I mention that there is no liquor license so you may bring along your own alcohol.
Surrounded by slightly kitsch Chinese lanterns and battery powered pictures displaying chirping swallows and waterfalls, lie your very practical eating apparatus. Conference room chairs and cafeteria tables, covered with plastic colourful tablecloths and cheap cutlery, what more do you need?
Yeah it's kind of grunge, but great. Food Ok four words: Listen my friends aint lightweights, but with a few plates of sushi, three spring roles and two main course meals amongst four of us, we were more than satisfied.
Being a huge sushi fan, I was very impressed. The portions were bigger than usual pieces , tastefully presented and the fish was fresh. Fish has always got to be fresh, yes indeed. The spring rolls were⦠um⦠spring rolls? Yeah they tasted like spring rolls, those crispy cylindrical shaped things, ok, yeah don't know what else to say. We then ordered sweet and sour prawns with a portion of steamed rice.
The vegetables were crispy and colourful complimented by about four little prawntjies, it was very tasty nonetheless. The Thai green chicken curry, slightly spicy and complimented with a coconut milk, red peppers and baby marrow, amazed me. This dish was full flavoured, rich and tasty. Service Shit, but the good food definitely made up for the service.
