Thai Yim, Glen Waverley

It is disturbing how quickly restaurants turn over around here. One day you see it, the next day it's gone. And I'm not talking about pop up mobile restaurants. Gaz found a Malaysian restaurant at Glen Waverley to try one night. I didn't recall seeing the restaurant in that area but it had a website and someone had written a review about it online so it has to be there. Right? Well... no.

When we got there, it turns out that the restaurant has been replaced by a Thai restaurant, Thai Yim. So we decided to enter and explore the unknown anyway. We were ushered to a table close to the door by a friendly looking waiter. I asked if we could have a seat in the middle or back of the restaurant so we wouldn't feel the cold draft through the doors but were told the tables were reserved.

For entree we had pinkie in blankie. I liked eating the pastry wrapped prawns with my hands, dipping it sloppily into the sweet chilli sauce as I go. Can't go much wrong with deep fried foods, I say!

The duck curry we ordered came with big pieces of duck breasts with skin on. The curry sauce was coconuty and nice and there were lots of vegies in the curry. We do try to get our quota of greens everyday and it is not easy to have an adequate serving when eating out unless we order a purely vege dish like fried vegies etc.


The last dish was basil chicken stir fry. It was indicated as mildly spicy in the menu but we found that it was not spicy at all. Perfect for me, else I will be sniffing away while eating! Again, full of vegies which was good. We were not too fond of the abundance of bamboo shoots in the dish which overpowered whatever little basil smell it had.



I do hope that Thai Yim lasts longer than the last restaurant, and judging by the number of people who entered the restaurant while we were there, it will be staying for some time yet.

Update: This restaurant is now closed