Poppy Thai Food Mart
306 Ubi Avenue 1 #01-189
https://www.facebook.com/poppyhappybox/
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| Pad Thai (SGD $6) |
Affordable, Homely Thai Dishes
(Ratings: On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 = Worst and 10 = Best)
Overall: 6
Ambience & Setting: 4
Food & Beverage: 6
Service: 7
Value for Money: 7
Spent about SGD $7.50 per person.
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Established in July 2022, Poppy Thai Food Mart is a small kiosk specialising in homely Thai dishes. The family-run place located in the quiet Ubi area has gained a loyal following for its hearty portions of tasty food, all at wallet-friendly prices.
Ambience at Poppy Thai Food Mart is ramshackle. The quiet and brightly lit store has a cooking odour hanging in the air, while large colourful pictures of the menu and cutesy cartoon characters adorn the storefront. There're a few functional seats here, but most customers get takeaway.
Service at Poppy Thai Food Mart is friendly but brusque. Conversations are quick and transactional, and dishes are made to order. The owners and their staff are usually bustling around the kitchen, and cleaning up is done leisurely. No opportunity for demonstration of menu knowledge, everything looks quite clear.
Food at Poppy Thai Food Mart is homely Thai cuisine, focused on common dishes that are popular. Made to order, each dish is packed with flavour. Poppy Thai Food Mart is best known for their runny lava eggs over rice, yum. Portions are large for individuals. Prices are affordable and wallet-friendly, budget about SGD $7.50 per person.
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| Poppy Thai Food Mart Facade |
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| Poppy Thai Food Mart Menu |
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| Signature Dishes |
The Thai Milk Tea (SGD $2.30) is medium thin in texture, with a refreshing milky earthy sweet flavour, no aftertaste. Worth ordering!
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| Thai Milk Tea (SGD $2.30) |
The Thai Green Milk Tea (SGD $2.30) is medium thin in texture, with a refreshing milky earthy sweet flavour, and a lingering aftertaste. Pleasant. Worth ordering!
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| Green Milk Tea (SGD $2.30) |
The Khao Plao / White Rice (SGD $1) features fluffy sticky white rice staple, with grainy sweet flavour. Standard side to accompany a meal.
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| Khao Plao / White Rice (SGD $1) |
The Sai Krok Gai (SGD $3 for 6 pieces) or Chicken Sausage features 6 pieces of small springy chicken sausage hot dogs, with smoky meaty savoury salty flavour. Wished it was larger though, for a more satisfying bite.
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| Sai Krok Gai (SGD $3 for 6 pieces) |
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| Sai Krok Gai |
The Luk Chin Pla / Fish Balls (SGD $3 for 6 pieces) feature 6 pieces of small round bouncy springy fish balls, carrying savoury salty sweet flavour. Rather small though, I wish it was larger.
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| Luk Chin Pla / Fish Balls (SGD $3 for 6 pieces) |
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| Luk Chin Pla / Fish Balls |
The Tod Mun Pla / Fish Cake (SGD $5 for 6 pieces) has 6 pieces of small round bouncy chewy spiced fish cake, carrying punchy spicy savoury salty herbal flavour. Tasty. Good!
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| Tod Mun Pla / Fish Cake (SGD $5 for 6 pieces) |
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| Tod Mun Pla / Fish Cake |
The Moo Ping / Grilled Pork Skewers (SGD $2 per piece) features skewers of pork marinated in coriander root, black pepper, garlic, palm sugar, fish sauce, light soy sauce, and dark soy sauce, then grilled till tender and juicy and succulent. Each bite carries meaty savoury salty sweet smoky flavour, so good. Highly recommended!
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| Moo Ping / Grilled Pork Skewers (SGD $2 per piece) |
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| Moo Ping / Grilled Pork Skewers |
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| Moo Ping / Grilled Pork Skewers |
The Som Tam Mamuang / Green Mango Salad (SGD $5.50) features julienned strips of green mango, carrot, and red onions, all crisp crunchy with vegetal bitter sour sweet flavour. Dressed with fish sauce, palm sugar, lime juice, red chili, salt, mint leaves, and crushed peanuts, resulting in a nutty herbal sour salty sweet tangy zesty flavour. Good!
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| Som Tam Mamuang / Green Mango Salad (SGD $5.50) |
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| Som Tam Mamuang / Green Mango Salad |
The Tom Yum Talay Nam Khon / Tom Yum Seafood Creamy Soup (SGD $5.50) is only available in the red version here, no clear version available. Packed with herbs, bouncy shimeji mushrooms with vegetal earthy sweet flavour, springy squid with neutral flavour, and crunchy deshelled fresh prawns with sweet savoury flavour. The cloudy red soup / broth carries robust spicy sweet savoury earthy herbal sour flavour, a nice balance. Highly recommended!
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| Tom Yum Talay Nam Khon / Tom Yum Seafood Creamy Soup (SGD $5.50) |
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| Tom Yum Talay Nam Khon / Tom Yum Seafood Creamy Soup |
The Kaeng Khiao Wan Gai / Green Curry Chicken (SGD $5.50) features thick creamy rich green curry, resplendent with herbs, crunchy string beans, tender pea eggplant, and chunks of tender boneless chicken, all carrying earthy sweet savoury spice flavour. Very tasty, we kept reaching for more. Highly recommended!
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| Kaeng Khiao Wan Gai / Green Curry Chicken (SGD $5.50) |
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| Kaeng Khiao Wan Gai / Green Curry Chicken |
Their rendition of Thailand's national dish, Pad Thai / Stir-Fried Thai Rice Noodles (SGD $6), features flat rice noodles stir-fried with chicken eggs, bean sprouts, spring onions, and deshelled fresh shrimp, in a blend of light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, tamarind pulp, white sugar, fish sauce, and white vinegar. The result is a chewy al-dente tender soft crunchy texture, with bold savoury salty sour sweet eggy flavour. Delicious. Highly recommended!
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| Pad Thai / Stir-Fried Thai Rice Noodles (SGD $6) |
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| Pad Thai / Stir-Fried Thai Rice Noodles |
The Lava Egg Rice Prawn (SGD $5.50) has a base of fluffy white rice with grainy sweet flavour, draped with a generous lava egg which is creamy and soft with eggy sweet flavour. Studded with crunchy fresh deshelled prawns with sweet savoury flavour, completed with a spicy sour Thai green chili which lends a good kick. Good!
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| Lava Egg Rice Prawn (SGD $5.50) |
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| Lava Egg Rice Prawn |
The Pad Kra Pao Pla Muk / Stir-Fried Holy Basil With Squid (SGD $5.50) has a base of fluffy white rice with grainy sweet flavour, garnished with bouncy stir-fried squid with soy sauce, bird's eye chili, and holy basil leaves carrying herbal salty savoury spicy flavour, topped with a crisp fried egg with eggy sweet savoury flavour. Wish there was more squid though. Worth ordering!
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| Pad Kra Pao Pla Muk / Stir-Fried Holy Basil With Squid (SGD $5.50) |
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| Pad Kra Pao Pla Muk / Stir-Fried Holy Basil With Squid |
The Pad Kra Pao Moo Sap / Stir-Fried Holy Basil With Minced Pork (SGD $4.50) is a stir-fried dish, served over a bed of fluffy soft white rice with grainy sweet flavour. The stir-fry consists of minced pork, string beans, Thai holy basil, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, fish sauce, garlic, white sugar, and red chili. Has a tender chewy texture, with smoky meaty savoury salty sweet flavour. Served with a soft fried egg with eggy sweet savoury flavour. Highly recommended!
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| Pad Kra Pao Moo Sap / Stir-Fried Holy Basil With Minced Pork (SGD $4.50) |
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| Pad Kra Pao Moo Sap / Stir-Fried Holy Basil With Minced Pork |
The Khao Niao Mamuang / Mango Sticky Rice (SGD $5) has a chunky sticky slab of glutinous rice with grainy sweet flavour, coated liberally with a thick coconut milk cream which lends fruity earthy nutty sweet flavour. Fresh juicy slices of mango with fruity sweet sour flavour complete. Good!
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| Khao Niao Mamuang / Mango Sticky Rice (SGD $5) |
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| Khao Niao Mamuang / Mango Sticky Rice |
The Tub Tim Grob / Red Rubies (SGD $3) dessert has cubes of water chestnuts soaked in grenadine syrup, coated in tapioca flour, then boiled and served chilled in shaved ice, rose water, and coconut milk. Has a chewy sticky crunchy texture, with earthy sweet milky floral nutty flavour. Good!
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| Tub Tim Grob / Red Rubies (SGD $3) |
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| Tub Tim Grob / Red Rubies |
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