Work lunch at Thai Bochi

Not having a 9-5 job excites me. It allows me to have an interesting and complex schedule that changes from week to week, month to month. The major downside is the lack of dedicated lunch breaks. But one scores 100% of the shots one doesn't take. And so on a lovely Monday morning, I was able to snag a close friend of mine for a work lunch at Thai Bochi.

Located on a rather unassuming, and downright dangerous looking part of town, Thai Bochi was brimming with customers when we arrived just after noon. Boy were we lucky as all the tables were filled by the end of our meal. Thai Bochi has very much the look of a hard working honest family restaurant. Nothing upscale, nothing that screams decadence or pretentiousness.

We started with an order of the Thai Fish Cakes. Fish mash fried to a crisp and served with Thai chili sauce. This dish was just alright. The cakes were a bit too greasy and lacked much flavour. It then got overpowered when dunked into the chili sauce.

I ordered the Green Curry Chicken. The lunch portion would have been enough to feed a whole family! (okay hyperbole alert). Tender chicken with vegetables in a creamy spicy green curry. Went incredibly well with the side of rice.

My friend went with the Pad Thai Beef. Out came a huge plate of rice noodles with chunks of beef finished with the usual Pad Thai ingredients. What was out of place was the thai dipping sauce, an unusual addition to pad thai. Furthermore, the beef was fatty and had a rather unappetizing consistency. Overall passable.