Destination Thailand in Toronto, Canada’s Largest Thai Festival

Destination Thailand is the Largest Thai Festival in Canada and the 3rd annual Destination Thailand event is happening in September 10, 2016 allowing us to discover amazing Thailand, right in the heart of Toronto at the Yonge & Dundas Square.

A wide variety of Thai cultural showcases featuring Authentic Thai Cuisine, Muay Thai, Traditional Thai Dance, Exotic Fresh Thai Fruits, Thai handicrafts, Thai massage, Thai beer, live entertainment and much more will be available during the event!

Thai Select Restaurants at Destination Thailand Event

This year, there will be eight Thai Select Restaurants at Destination Thailand including Bangkok Garden, Pai, Golden Thai, Linda Modern Thai, Soi Thai, Thai Noodle, Patchmon’s Thai Dessert, Stratford Thai Cuisine.

Did you know? Thai Select is a certification of truly authentic Thai Cuisine.

Pai

Pai is my favorite Thai restaurant in Toronto. We got to try the following dishes:

• Gai Ping + Roasted Rice and Dipping Sauce – Grilled Chicken Thigh with tamarind, fish sauce, lime juice and roasted rice.
• Moo Namh Tok – Thai style grilled pork jowl in source & spicy sauce

I loved the Gai Ping! Tender, juicy grilled skewer with a distinct charcoal taste which I love.

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Patchmon’s Thai Desserts

The first in Canada to be offering authentic Thai Desserts including Kha-Nohm Thuay (Steamed Pandamus Cake), Kha-Nohm Maw Kaeng Pheuak (Thai Taro Custard), Kha-Nom Chun (Thai Coconut Layers Cake), Kha-Nohm Mun (Steamed Tapioca/Cassava Cake), Pineapple Cookies, Gleeb Lum Duan (Flower-Shaped Cookies), Thai Spicy Pork Cookies

My favorite is the Coconut Layered Cake as I love coconut and it’s such a work of art! Each layer in that cake is steamed one layer at a time and can be pulled out for fun.

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Bangkok Garden

Here we had two dishes: Toasted Cashew Chicken and Vegetarian Emerald Curry

I only tried the Toasted Cashew Chicken since I’m not a veggie person. Always love cashews and love that the taste went with the tender chicken here.

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Soi Thai

Khao Kha Moo – Stewed pork hocks in soy-based sauce served with jasmine rice, gai lan, pickled mustard greens, hard boiled egg and chili-vinegar sauce.

Loved this dish as the pork is melt in your mouth tender and very flavourful. It reminded me of a dish from the Philippines that I love called Pata Tim.

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Golden Thai

Here we tasted two dishes: Massaman Lamb Curry with Rice and Golden Thai Tempeh & Tofu Satay

The curry was flavourful and the lamb was so tender. Loved this dish and it goes so well with the rice, after drenching it with curry.

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Linda Modern Thai

Here we sampled the following:

• Lemongrass Chicken with Sang Gua & Homemade Sriracha
• Modern Beef Salad with Palm Sugar Syrup, Mint, Pickled Onions

Tender, juicy and flavourful – what I always look for in my chicken! It’s not really that spicy considering the use of sriracha.

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Signha Beer

Beer lovers will enjoy the savoury Thai food with Singha Beer! It goes very well with Thai Food both as palate cleanser and enhancer.

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These are but a few of the food and drinks you can expect at Destination Thailand Event in Toronto. Check out the actual event to find out more about Thai cuisine and culture!

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Destination Thailand
Address: Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto, Ontario