Food Review: Magic Thailand

Magic Thailand
842 Logan Ave



When I started this blog I had promised myself that I wouldn't do restaurant reviews. There were enough other people blogging about what they eat in Winnipeg that I don't really feel the need to tread on their expert feet. But then I realized how long it has been since I posted and my inhibition floated away. 

I will comment on my approach to this: I will write to the following situation: you are at a restaurant either because a friend pressured you into going, or you are on a date and the person chose this place. Maybe you just wandered in. In all cases, you are already there. What should/shouldn't you order? Should you go dangle the hook of a different restaurant in front of their eyes to reel them toward better pastures (err...riverbeds(?))?

So here we go:

Magic Thailand seems to be a house-turned-restaurant located in the middle of the Logan-CPR/West Alexander neighbourhoods, or, as I tend to imagine them: the north end of the west end. Don't expect glamour, but the place was packed with the sort of happy conversational people which you want sitting around you when you eat. 

A group of 6 of us ordered:

Green Curry Udon (with Tofu) - 5 on the spicy scale
Pad Thai (With Tofu) - 5 spice on the spicy scale
Matsaman (With Beef) - 5 on the spicy scale -  WAIT, I though you said you were vegetarian! Yes, well...I can sometimes be tempted into eating meat-steeped sauce (but more about that some other time).
Green Curry Soup - 5 on the spicy scale
Ginger Stir-Fry (Pat Keeng Puck) with Tofu - 5 on the spicy scale
"New Dish" - 4 on the spicy scale - I can't remember the name, but it was basically mixed vegetables and shrimp
Jasmine Rice

Of those dishes, the Green Curry Udon was by far the best. Then the Pad Thai, which was extremely flavourful, and the Green Curry Soup. The rest of the dishes didn't stand out from the crowd of similar dishes in other Thai restaurants around Winnipeg. But that Pad Thai, and that Green Curry...mmmm...they were exceptional. I don't know what it was, but they were a class onto themselves. 

Each dish was about 10-12$ (menu is available on urban spoon) which gets you a large dish of food (enough to make a hungry person like me about 85% full).

So if you end up at Magic Thailand you are in safe hands.

Until next time!