Took Lae Dee Review: Popular Thai Restaurant From Bangkok With Mains From $3.80

Took Lae Dee , an affordable Thai restaurant, has docked at our sunny shores! Like anybody with an appetite for rich flavours, I go crazy for Thai cuisine, be it their street food or classic mains.

And while dining at Took Lae Dee, I realised you literally only need $3.80 in your wallet to enjoy a good meal here. Food at Took Lae Dee We’ll begin with the cheapest dish – Pad Krapow ($3.80) , as well known as basil pork or chicken with rice and chilli!

Out of all the dishes we tried, this was one of the cheapest, second after the Pad Krapow. The Pad Thai comprised stir-fried rice noodles with prawns, egg, and bean sprouts, to name a few. Even if the Pad Thai here wasn’t the best I’d ever had, I decided it was still up to standard.

We were also served a bowl of Tom Yum Soup at $6.80 . I could taste the sour traces of lemongrass in the broth, while the chilli left a tingling sensation on my tongue that had me breaking out in sweat.

Finally, we had the last must-try – Kang Keaw Wan ($7) , more commonly known as Thai green curry. You could taste the creaminess of the coconut milk cutting through the spices, but surprisingly, that didn’t make the curry jelak. The chicken was also excellent – it was extra tender, and even had a bounce in its bite.

The Took Lae Dee Iced Milk Tea ($2.80) is something worth mentioning! What sets the Thai milk tea at Took Lae Dee apart from regular Thai milk teas is that it comes with milk tea ice cubes, so your chilled drink doesn’t dilute as the ice melts. You can in addition control the sugar level of your tea, as the condensed milk is separated and served in a tiny pitcher at the side.

Finally, we as well sampled the Iced Butterfly Pea Tea ($2.80) . Ambience at Took Lae Dee Took Lae Dee is located on the spacious ground floor of 18 Tai Seng amidst other popular chain stores like the Michelin-starred Liao Fan Hawker Chan and Tim Ho Wan.

Other dishes you can look forward to trying at Took Lae Dee include Thai Spicy Vermicelli Salad ($6) , Green Papaya Salad ($6) and their seasonal Mango Sticky Rice ($3.80) . The verdict Took Lae Dee is Thai for ‘cheap and good’. For more Thai food, check out Bubble’s Kitchen , a hawker stall in Hougang selling affordable mookata and Thai dishes, or Nung Len , a hipster Thai eatery in Little India!

Address: 18 Tai Seng Street, #01-34/35/K9, Singapore 539775 Opening hours: Daily 11am to 9pm (last order at 8:30pm) Tel: 6272 2000 Website Took Lae Dee is not a halal eatery.