Our Review On Rod Dee Thai Cafe
We tried out this Rod Dee Thai Cafe for lunch on a late Sunday afternoon after our Les Mills BodyPump Lesson over at FitNJoy. This cafe is located around Teo Hong Road which you can also find the popular Stinky by 99 Old Trees Durian at the corner.
We were given a table and told to scan the QR Code for the Online Menu, make our orders and payment as well.
The Menu and What We Ordered
The above image was their physical menu which we did not know what it was until the end of our meal. They have a lot of items in their Online Menu and the sad thing was that there was no write up on the dishes except for Item Code, Dish Name, Photo and Price.
Their Menu included various Categories:
- Starter – Crispy Prawn Cake (3pcs, $10), Thai Fish Cake (6 pcs, $7.80), Pork Skewer (Moo Ping) (3 pcs, $8), Spring Roll (6 pcs, $6.80), etc
- Salad Corner – Mango Salad ($9), Papaya Salad ($9), Tofu Mango Salad ($11), Grill Pork Salad ($11), etc
- Rice (Vegetarian Options available) – Tom Yum Fried Rice ($9), Pineapple Fried Rice ($8), Olive Fried Rice ($8), Thai Basil Rice ($9), etc. Vegetarian Options available.
- Noodles (Vegetarian Options available) – Thai Style Fried Keow Teow ($9), Thai Style Fried Tang Hoon ($9), Thai Stir Fried Mama Noodle ($9), Pork Boat Noodle (Soup, $8.80), etc
- Vegetables (Vegetarian Options available)- Stir Fried Kangkong – Thai Style ($9), Stir Fried Kai Lan with Oyster Sauce ($9), Stir Fried Bean Sprout with Garlic ($9), etc
- Omelette / Tofu (Vegetarian Options available) – Plain Omelette ($9), Minced Pork Omelette ($10), etc
- Beef – Basil Slice Beef ($11), Black Pepper Slice Beef ($11), etc
- Pork – Basil Minced Pork ($10), Black Pepper Slice Pork ($10), Grill Pork Collar ($11), etc
- Chicken – Basil Minced Chicken ($10), Sweet Sour Chicken ($10), etc
- Seafood – Basil Seafood ($13), Deep Fried Prawn with Sweet Sour Sauce ($13), Lala with Thai Chilli Paste ($13.80), Steam Sotong with Thai Green Lime ($19.80), etc
- Fish – Slice Fish with Sweet Sour Sauce ($14), Deep Fried Seabass with Mango Salad ($28), etc
- Curry / Soup (Vegetarian Options available) – Tom Yum Clear Soup with Chicken ($11), Green Curry with Chicken ($11), Rod Dee Tom Yum Goong ($16), etc
- Drinks – Hot Thai Lemongrass ($2.80), Hot Thai Coffee ($2.80), Singha (325ml Bottle, $7.50), Chang Beer Bottle ($7.50), Thai Milk Ice Tea ($3.80), Thai Ice Coffee ($3.80), Thai Lemongrass ($3.80), etc
- Desserts – Mango Sticky Rice ($8.90), Thai Chendol ($5.80)
After looking to and fro on the items, we decided to order their:
- S3 Pork Skewer (Moo Ping) (3 pcs) – $8
- P7 Grill Pork Collar – $11
- D6 Thai Lemongrass – $3.80
- N13 Pork Boat Noodle (Soup) – $8.80
- D5 Thai Ice Coffee (No Sweet) – $3.80
- Thai Chendol (to serve later) – $5.80
Payment
Total Cost was $41.20 and there were no additional charges of GST and Service Charge. We made payment via the Online Menu with our Credit Card.
The Taste
— Thai Lemongrass and Thai Ice Coffee
Utensils were brought to us after our online order and following a short wait of 5 minutes, the two drinks were served next.
Coffee looked very pale and tasted like cold brew. Lemongrass tasted quite authentic.
— Pork Boat Noodle (Soup)
The Pork Boat Noodle (Soup) was served next in bowl shaped like a Boat! It came with quite a good serving of soup, lump of noodles mixed with Pork, bean sprouts, greens and fried shallots. It also came with a small saucer of chili flakes.
The rice noodles were tangled together and were quite hard to separate. They tasted good with the broth which was quite flavorful and a bit of crunch with the beansprout. The chili flakes also made a lasting and numbing spiciness when mixed and ate with the broth. We think it was a good choice to mix the flakes with the broth.
There was also quite a good serving of pork, which was a mixture of pork slices with fats in some of it and meat balls which tasted like those handmade type. The pork slices were quite tender as well.
More items on their online menu. Birthday song playing.
— Pork Skewer (Moo Ping) (3 pcs)
The 3 pieces of Pork Skewer (Moo Ping) came next. We took a quite bite of it and we immediately liked the taste – tender, tinge of sweetness and fragrant with every bite. This is a must-try!
— Grill Pork Collar
The Grill Pork Collar was finally served and it came with bit of waiting. This was also served with a small sauce of Spicy Fish Sauce which tasted quite special. The serving size was quite big as well.
We quite liked the meat as well which was crispy and a slight tinge of sweetness on the outside and soft with some bit of fats on the inside.
— Thai Chendol
We asked for our Thai Chendol towards the end of our meal. It was served in a interesting bowl shaped like a propellor. Their chendol was a mixture of very thick and sweet coconut milk, very crunchy spolid piece of ice, thick red bean and mushy green jelly. Every spoon was an enjoyment and test on how strong our teeth was when we bit through the ice.
— Ambiance And Service
The overall service from the staffs was nice and positive. Ambiance was quite interesting as well as they were playing birthday song but no tables were celebrating anything.
How To Get To Rod Dee Thai Cafe?
Address: 5 Teo Hong Rd, MRT Exit 4, Singapore 088323 (Google Maps)
Nearest MRT: Outram Park MRT
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