Christmas Day is the quietest day in Melbourne where most of the businesses are closed. Hence, my family and I decided to go on a short trip to Phillip Island to enjoy the sunshine at some beaches. Knowing that it's a rest day for most of the businesses, finding lunch would be challenging. Luckily, Fai Thai restaurant at San Remo was opened for business on that day. I reckon it was one of the few restaurants in that area that was opened.
Fai Thai is a Thai restaurant located at San Remo just before the bridge to Philip Island. I had been to this restaurant probably 2-3 years ago during Christmas too. It's a small restaurant with less than 10 tables which offers dine-in and takeaway. Maybe because it was one of the few restaurants that opened on Christmas day, it was very busy and a reservation was recommended to avoid a long wait.
Similar to other Thai restaurants, there is quite a selection from the menu. We ordered a mixed starter, a single serve of prawns tom yum soup for tasting, prawns pad thai, stir fried vegetables and a fried trout with spicy sauce.
The mixed starter which cost $9.90 merely consisted of one spring roll, one fish cake, one curry puff, one prawn fritter and a calamari ring. All in all, this was rather pricey. Taste wise, they were just average.
The prawns tom yum soup was quite diluted. It tasted like the soup from the tom yum instant noodles which wasn't good.
The prawns pad thai was quite nice. However, the portion was a tad small. It's definitely not value for money as it was about $16-17 based on my vague memory.
The stir fried vegetables was not bad although there's room for improvement.
The fried trout is usually served with the spicy sauce on top. However, I requested for the sauce to be separated just in case it was too spicy for my family. The fish was nicely fried as the meat was still juicy and the sauce was good. The only problem was that there wasn't enough sauce.
Overall, the food at Fai Thai was okay although it's a bit pricey for the portion of food you get. However, given its touristy location and the time of the year, I have no complaints at all.
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