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Chat Thai

Crowd-pleaser thick with spice and smiles.

Yellow crab curry.
1 / 8Yellow crab curry.Edwina Pickles
Stir-fried rice and noodle dishes.
2 / 8Stir-fried rice and noodle dishes. Jason Loucas.
Whole snapper with roasted chilli and garlic sauce.
3 / 8Whole snapper with roasted chilli and garlic sauce. Jason Loucas
Mango sticky rice, coconut ice cream and other desserts.
4 / 8Mango sticky rice, coconut ice cream and other desserts. Supplied
Sticky rice with coconut custard.
5 / 8Sticky rice with coconut custard. Supplied
Tom yum goong.
6 / 8Tom yum goong.Brett Stevens
The Circular Quay Chat Thai.
7 / 8The Circular Quay Chat Thai. Supplied
The Sydney Chat Thai.
8 / 8The Sydney Chat Thai. Supplied

14.5/20

Thai$

The Chat Thai restaurants helmed by Palisa Anderson have a well-established reputation for flavour and consistency across multiple venues, and the Chatswood outpost delivers on both fronts.

Complete with its own charming outdoor spaces, it has a slight treehouse feel, albeit one buzzing with conversation and big family tables getting their fix of spring rolls stuffed with blue swimmer crab and the famous Amy’s Noodle, named after late, great founder Amy Chanta.

Smiles abound and there’s friendly humour as the team offers gentle warnings about spice levels (the yellow crab curry is thrillingly hot) and nudges patrons to try something a little different, such as padt ma kruea yaaw, a sticky-sweet stir-fry of eggplant and minced chicken.

Young coconut ice-cream with candied palm seeds and roasted sweet potato cools the palate and adds another dose of fun to a venue not short on good vibes.

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