Husband and I couldn't decide whether to have Thai food or go to Curry Wok beside it, but in the end we decided to have our main course at Curry Wok (no regrets) and Thai dessert at Thai Noodle House.

We sat outside and enjoyed our food, and I was looking forward to having the red ruby and he, the mango sticky rice. The blown up pictures were beckoning!

OK! We finally paid for our meal @Curry Wok and walked 5 steps to the restaurant, already 1/3 filled with patrons.

At the door, before I could open it, a petite lady swung it open and "greeted" me. I say that because:

I smiled and said "Hi! Table for 2, please?"

She glanced at me, then at the table where i was seated previously outside Curry Wok ( i had wondered why...until...read on), and she said:

"For dessert?"

"Yes!" *big eager smile, so happy she knew without me saying anything*

"Not available."

*smile faltered* "Oh!"

"Sorry."

*attempted to slam door shut on me

Why, thank you very much. It was dinner time, 7ish.Perhaps the desserts were not ready? I would have appreciated if she told me "not ready" instead. If she had said "wait 20 mins, okay?" I would have gladly sat and waited. Perhaps the 15(?) patrons inside already wiped all the desserts out by then. Or maybe...just maybe... I didn't deserve to pay for their desserts because I had my main courses at their neighbour's premise.

Whatever it is, I will never find out, because I ain't going back.

Previously visited 1/2 of botanic garden from Tanglin entrance..now went back for the other 1/2 via circle line mrt station entrance. Before going in, decided to have a simple lunch at Thai Noodle House nearby.

The deco is simple, reminds of me of eating place in Thailand...except this has air-con. When I went in for lunch, the place is half full and half reserved...only left 1 table just nice for me :-)

Tried

- Green curry chicken ($9): Highly recommended. The curry is not the very spicy and thick type, but the fragrance is very nice. There's many pieces of chicken as well; generous serving. One of the better green curry I have tried.

- Rice ($1): Had to order this because the green curry does not come with rice.

- Phad Thai, seafood ($8): Recommending this too. Phad Thai tastes just as good as the other authentic Thai restaurant. The seafood is fresh.

- 2 ice water ($0.40): considering no service tax and GST etc, its quite reasonable to pay for this.

Will definitely return to this if happen to be nearby. But I would like to try curry wok restaurant first next time since it is just next door.

Best friend returned from years in Sydney so a trip to enjoy Thai is in place. So 3 best friends went to try this little joint I've been meaning to try. Problem with me is that I have bug eyes and even my best friends find it difficult to restrain me. So we had:

1) Claypot Tanghoon - the tanghoon had fully soaked in the yummy broth without being limp. A very good Claypot indeed!!

2) Chicken Green Curry - another winning dish with good flavour and fresh ingredients.

3) Tom Yam Soup - fiery, potent, Yumz

4) Mixed Beef Soup - I thought the Tom Yam will overpower my tongue to taste anything else but I was wrong. The beef slices and soup held its own and didn't fail to impress. Good job!!

5) Spicy Potato Leaves - spicy and nice

6) Stuffed Chicken Wings - it's stuffed alright... Crispy and chocked full of ingredients inside the nicely fries exterior. I found it a little too dry tho. :P

7) Desserts - B had mango over sticky rice which she liked and I had my usual steam tapioca with coconut syrup, also very yumz. A was just amazed that we could fit so much in our bodies. Haha...

It being a hot day so we had 2 rounds of drinks and ate till they were closed for lunchtime. Will return again for good Thai when in the area.