Our first visit to Magic Wok was actually not bad.
Kinda mixed reviews I guess but it had been quite a long time since we visited so we figured maybe it was time for another shot. So we happened to be in the area with my Mum and Dad and decided to stop for some dinner.
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| Tom Yam Seafood Soup ($8.80) |
Magic Wok we guess seems to be a primarily Thai cuisine based restaurant and that means they’ve gotta have some pretty mean Tom Yam Soup right? Cos that’s like THE Thai dish we gotta have when we wanna have Thai food!
Well, the Tom Yam was not bad at all!
Packo with seafood like fish, prawns and squid plus other goodies like mushrooms this was actually quite tasty too we have to say!
So it’s not as spicy as you might like your Tom Yam to be but at least the flavour is there.
Maybe you can tell them to make it more spicy when you order if you’d like.
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| Hotplate Black Pepper Beef $8.80) |
Here’s another dish we were pretty impressed with. The Black Pepper Beef is served still sizzling hot and bubbling on a hotplate! A must have for all you people who have gotta have the steaming hot!
The beef was actually really tender too and great black pepper flavour. In fact the black pepper flavour was actually a little bit more spicy than the Tom Yam Soup!
On top of that, we think the price actually really makes it worth it too especially if you’re sharing.
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| Kailan with Beef ($8.00) |
Yeah I know you’re probably going “Another beef dish??” but hey we love our meat okay. LOL
Plus this is technically a vegetable dish. Sort of.
The vegetables were fresh and generous (check out those mushrooms!!) and the beef was tender.
But this dish was really lacking in flavour. Maybe it was a lack of sauce?
We were expecting more of like an Oyster Sauce kinda flavour to come through but it wasn’t there. Even if this was a dish that was just simply fried with garlic, they should still have put some more seasoning because this was really really bland.
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| Thai Fried Baby Squid ($8.80) |
This is a dish we had during our first visit… And it seems…. different…
Okay so the flavour was not bad (cos I’m a sucker for Fried Baby Squid) but the dish was definitely different. A case of inconsistency for sure!
The squid was slightly overfried which means they were a little bit tougher than you’d like (you know what I’m talking about right) and the lack of sauce (as you can see from the comparison pic) meant it was a little on the dry side. And where’s the pineapple? Definitely better the last time we visited.
But hey. I still whacked the whole thing until finished (cos I’m a sucker for Fried Baby Squid).
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| Pat Thai ($4.80) |
So my Darling Wife and I had plain white rice with our dishes but Mum and Dad decided to share a plate of noodles and when we say Thai noodles, it’s gonna be Pad Thai (which also happens to be Mein Bruder’s favourite by the way).
Well, comments is that the noodles were a bit bland. I guess you could mix up the chilli and add in some soy sauce if you want but hey you shouldn’t need to do that right? Well, definitely another dish that could perk up with some extra seasoning. In the meantime, eat with chilli padi for extra kick!
Adam’s Verdict:
Tom Yam Seafood Soup 3/5 — Hotplate Black Pepper Beef 4/5 — Kailan with Beef 2/5
Thai Fried Baby Squid 3/5 — Pat Thai 2/5
Maryah’s Verdict:
Tom Yam Seafood Soup 2.5/5 — Hotplate Black Pepper Beef 4/5 — Kailan with Beef 2.5/5
Thai Fried Baby Squid 3/5
Zain’s Verdict:
Tom Yam Seafood Soup 3/5 — Hotplate Black Pepper Beef 3/5 — Kailan with Beef 2/5
Thai Fried Baby Squid 2/5 — Pat Thai 2/5
Asmah’s Verdict:
Tom Yam Seafood Soup 2.5/5 — Hotplate Black Pepper Beef 3/5 — Kailan with Beef 1/5
Thai Fried Baby Squid 1.5/5 — Pat Thai 2/5
So it seems like Magic Wok is not a bad place to go for some good makan. Most of the dishes seem pretty good (just hope they cook it consistently!!) Definitely a place you can visit for a quick fix of Thai inspired food.
Magic Wok
Downtown East
1 Pasir Ris Close
#03-101
Tel: 6582 8928
Operating Hours:
11.30am til 10.00pm Daily
