GOOD to see My Thai has quietly opened a second Manchester outlet – on the Tib Street site formerly Madera, Wood Wine Deli, Fyg Deli and, who knows, Uncle Tom Cobley’s Deli.
The John Dalton Street branch of this small chain, impressed ToM with its authentic Bangkok feel and genuinely, fiery food, an antidote to the corporate-feeling frills of Chaophraya and Thaikhun.
In our review we wrote: “Ebullient co-founder Simon Grybas seems to set the relaxed vibe for this franchise he launched with Thai business partner Bee Laltham, who was already running a Bradford restaurant. Prices are ludicrously low for food that is fresh and often as fiery as you’d expect. Grybas in an interview recommended the Kra Pow Moo Sub at £6.50, spicy minced pork with heady holy basil over rice (I passed on the fried egg for an additional £1).
“It had a satisfying savoury kick, but perhaps the Som Tum, papaya salad with peanut and dried shrimp (£7.50, from the spicier ‘Foodies’ Menu’) was a bird’s eye chilli too far. Better still was a chicken Pad Thai above (£6.50), crunchy and fresh tasting like our appetisers of spring rolls and steamed dumplings.”
My Thai, 44 Tib Street, Manchester, M4 1LA.
