Basil Thai Kitchen at Paragon Orchard

Introducing its first outlet in Kallang Wave Mall, Basil Thai Kitchen by ThaiExpress is a contemporary casual dining restaurant offering affordable Thai classic dishes. 

The interior of the restaurant looks like a pretty garden, with spaces decorated by leaves and plants. 

We are here at their 2nd outlet at Paragon Orchard for dinner today with family. The dishes are pretty much alike with those offered at Thai Express. Here is the list of dishes that we ordered for a family of 6: 

1. Seafood pad thai - the pad thai was tad too sweet and soggy. Not very fragrantly fried. Personally it fails in comparison to other pad thais. Rating: 2.8/5

2. Beef pad thai - this is the beef version of the above dish. Tasted slightly better as it was drier. Rating: 3/5

3. Seafood horfun - portion looks miserable and was also very sweet. The winning factor was it was not so soggy. Rating: 3/5

4. Sweet and sour fish - this was one of the better dishes. The tanginess of the sauce makes it appetizing. Goes well with white rice. Rating: 3.2/5

5. Basil chicken rice - non spicy basil chicken that totally killed our taste bud with its saltiness. One cannot eat the food by itself. Rating: 2/5

6. Honey chicken rice - 3pcs of honey chicken accompanied with rice. Once again, the chicken were too sweet. Rating: 2.8/5

7. Fried omelette - another better dish. The omelette was crispy but does not have the frangrant egg taste. Still acceptable. Rating: 3.2/5

8. Seafood vermicelli salad - a very spicy dish. The seafood seems to be undercooked and we had to blanched them with the tom yum soup we ordered. Rating: 3/5

9. Mushroom tom yum soup - another pure spicy food that heats up one's tastebud. Rating: 2.8/5

10. Thai fish cake - the fish cake seems to be from frozen source. Tasted very ordinary. Rating: 2.8/5

11. Desserts - mango sticky rice (glutinuous rice not very fragrant and a little hard), thai chendol (feels like drinking pure coconut cream), red ruby coconut cream (tasted strange with the jackfruit), basil mojito (the most acceptable drink of all. Could quench and clear the greasiness). Rating: 3/5

Personally, Thai Express seems to be better than Basil kitchen in terms of food standard. Would definitely prefer the authentic thai dishes over this. 

Items Ordered:

Seafood vermicelli salad
basil mojito and thai chendol
Honey chicken rice
Thai fish cake
Seafood pad thai
Beef pad thai
Mushroom tom yum soup
Sweet and sour fish
Basil chicken rice
Fried omelette
Seafood horfun
red ruby coconut cream
mango sticky rice

My Overall Ratings:

Food: 3/5

Price: 3/5

Service: 3.5/5

Ambience: 3.8/5

You can locate them here:

Basil Thai Kitchen
Paragon Shopping Centre, 290 Orchard Rd, Singapore 238859