Patchmon's Thai Desserts & More — Restaurant in Toronto

I had the pleasure of visiting Patchmon's Thai Desserts & More, conveniently located one block east of the Art Gallery of Ontario, on the ground floor of a low rise block of cozy shops, on the south side of Dundas Street West beween McCaul and St.Patrick Streets.

This family run business is a delight with the complete range of made homemade Thai dishes and desserts ready to take away available Thursdays through Sundays in walk-in or by pre- ordering online. Some of my favourites are the following offerings:

Their prized SWEET DESSERTS: WOON KATI - Coconut Jellies - edible set of exquisite colourful flowers; TAGOE - Sweet Tapioca with Coconut Cream - The top salty coconut cream layer is balanced by the bottom sweet tapioca layer with young coconut and sweet corn when eaten together. MANGO WITH SWEET STICKY BLACK GLUTINOUS RICE -with al dente crunchy texture with fresh mango slices; KANOM TARN - Toddy Palm Cake / KANOM THUAY - Steamed Pandanus Cake- layered pandan (bottom) and coconut cream (top) together for a perfect balance of sweet and savory flavors.

SAVOURY FAVOURITES: CURRY PUFFS - Hand-crafted pie with potatoes, onions, Thai seasoning sauce and curry powder.; Pad Thai Shrimp; SOM TUM -Thai Papaya Salad - Popular Thai street food originated from Northeastern part of Thailand. Spicy Ingredients: green papaya, carrots, Thai chilis, garlic, palm sugar, fish sauce, optional dry shrimp & roasted peanuts; HOR MOK - Thai Curry Fish Custard - red curry, salmon, minced featherback fish and vegetablesand tasty Croissant sandwiches

Pricing is reasonable for the quality, freshness and mouthwatering tastiness of their...

Uh so I actually quite enjoyed the coconut pandan chiffon cake, that was quite great, there’s actually a decent amount of coconut in there. I kind of have mixed feelings for the rating, because I bought the big tea leaf bag before and rlly liked it, but the green tea was rlly underwhelming, it just tastes like sugar water, like I couldn’t really taste the tea at all despite it looking really green, like it’s super sweet and I don’t know if it’s cuz I asked for milk, there’s also quite a lot of ice, but there was barely any flavor to the tea, but the service was nice ig. *the drink looks a lot lighter green after mixing it. I hate to compare but I did had the green Thai tea at a different place, I’m not gonna list the exact spot, but like it was really refreshing, idk what it’s supposed to taste like and if it’s supposed to taste this sugary—but it’s not for my taste, I had to dump half of the drink because it was that sugary and watery, which was kinda sad because I don’t wanna waste money nor the drink and I quite never really dump...

4 stars for the sweet tapioca with coconut cream (4 dollars for 2 pieces). The portion was tiny, but the taste was great

The Thai iced green tea (3 dollars) was delicious and refreshing too

Sadly, I was not impressed at all by the Green curry chicken with vermicelli (Saturday special item / 12 dollars). Firstly, the portion was so small (only two small pieces of chicken and a few bites of noodles)!

Secondly, the curry didn't look green and certainly didn't taste green at all! The only "green" thing about it was the sad few wilted blackened basil leaves flowing on top and 2 tiny pieces of green chillies

The curry looked completely reddish yellow than the advertized green and tasted too spicy. Also, what was up with the random halved fig lookalike vegetables in the curry? All in all, this dish was a waste of 12 dollars

I would only order dessert items from here since that's their specialty. Worth a visit just for those!

The service was...