Dek A Authentic Thai Food

Review by Ivan

Taste ★★★☆☆

Service ★★★☆☆

Ambiance ★★☆☆☆

Value for Money ★★★☆☆

"Dek A Authentic Thai Food" is a hole-in-a-wall type of place located in Pablo Ocampo Ext. I seldom pass this road to avoid traffic and finally decided to give it a try.

First thing i try when i eat at a Thai place is always ther tom yum. Having a little bit of thai background in my resume, I'm a bit picky when it comes to my tom yum. So I'm always biased when I am about to taste a new tom yum in a new place.

tom yum = P250

TASTE ★★★★★!!!

To my surprise its even better than the one i always base it upon - which is benjarong's tom yum. I can't say its the best in the world, but its definitely the best I've tried so far here in manila.

Next thing I tried is their milk teas. I'm quite addicted to this on going fad about milk teas. So I tried two of their teas which is the thai iced tea and their green tea. Their thai iced tea is typical of any thai resto. The highlight of the two was the green tea. First time I've tasted something quite like this. You'll definitely taste the jasmine in there. And you will even experience the aroma of the jasmine in the finish. Wow. I'm impressed.

cha yen (thai iced tea) = P50
cha kiaw (green tea) = P50

Tried their Pad thai, honestly it was okay - but it was kind of bland for me. But I'd have to admit it was prepared well. Textures were a good contrast though.

pad thai = P180

Thai spring rolls. i always have this in thai restos. It was neither great nor bad. But again, well made. You gotta give it to places that prepare the food well, at least.

poh pia tod (spring roll) = P120

Green curry. I was kind of excited for this dish cause it was in the "must try" categories. I'm somewhat of a fan of coconut milk in my food. It was kind of a let down 'cause I would think that since everything was
up to par this, too would be - or even better. But this time around I would say the green curry was forgettable. The veggies were nowhere and all I got was fat in my curry. Sauce was good though, but the components were missing.

gang kiaw wan (green curry) = P200

Satay was weird for me. I usually have them more tender and a bit toasted. Here they served it like it was marinated and just heated. I don't know if thats the "authentic way" of doing it. But i can't say it was bad as well. I would've preferred it more charred at least.

moo satay = P130

Lastly was the rice. Well, it was like any other fried rice. Gotta give it to them for using jasmine rice for it though.

kao pad (fried rice)= P200

You might be wondering what the price range [for the whole menu] would be. I can't really say because thats not how I eat. I usually just order the "must try's" in the menu and just build from there. I'm also in the food business so I usually critique in a different way but I try to be fair. All in all I would say the tom yum was best I ever had. The green tea was superb. The rest were okay. Green curry was poorly made
and the rice was forgettable. My bill was around 1.5k and i had 2 companions with me so do the math. haha!

I would recommend this place if your a tom yum kind of guy like I am. And well if you wanna experience the milk teas as well. But for the rest of the dishes there could be better out there. Price I would say not bad.