Jay Nok is a new Thai restaurant located in Vancouver. It labels itself as modern Thai. We started with the pomelo salad which was full of flavor and well balanced. Very refreshing. The dish was delivered by someone who didn’t take our order, and this is important because when our regular server came to take away the empty dish, she told us we should of eaten the salad with the betel leaf.
The second dish was the chicken wings. These were delicious. Very savory and lots of aromatics. I recommend eating the aromatics on their own too. Lots of umami.
Next was the oxtail green curry. They served it with a side of white rice. It was good.
After the green curry, they brought a dish I thought was very interesting: bone marrow curry noodle. The dish came with a side of various condiments. This is where the second lack of info came. Again, a person other than our server delivered the dish to the table. They didn’t tell us that we were supposed to mix the bone marrow into the dish, along with the condiments. We ate the bone marrow on its own, and our regular server only told us after. I think this is a training/management issue that they should resolve. The dish itself was pretty good.
The final dish we had was the snow crab pineapple fried rice. It was also good.
The dessert was disappointing. It was a coconut tapioca and corn pudding. The texture was more like a runny soup. Not pudding. It also seemed like no thought or effort was put into the dish.
Overall, service from our server was really good. She was friendly and attentive. Water was always full. The person bringing out dishes needs to be trained to explain the dishes. Food was good for the most part except for the dessert. I would go back and try other things and repeat certain dishes like the wings and pomelo salad. I would recommend.
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that khao soi looks good with all the toppings on the bone marrow
would you say as good as food you actually had when you visited Thailand https://foodfinancetravel.com/tag/thailand/
That’s a good question. Surprisingly, often times I will travel overseas and be disappointed in the food. I think I get used to the “home version” which is usually more heavily seasoned. A lot of places will use little to no seasoning. I can think of a handful of countries where this has happened. Their technique and ingredients will be better, but the seasoning will be off. So my answer is it depends on many factors. Overseas the food is also less expensive depending on the country.