U & I Thai: Modern & Fine Dining

Looking for a place that's modern place with good service, yet reasonably priced? U&I Thai is a perfect place for an affordable meal with a unique ambience. It seems like a western fine dining restaurant, but it is actually a Thai restaurant. Located on Cambie Street, it used to be the location of another Thai restaurant (Sala Thai, I believe).

Upon entering the restaurant, I noticed the western modern style fused with Thai decorations. Simple, modern, yet nicely designed...giving off a "fine dining" vibe. There was only one other table and so we did not have to wait for seats. It was a pretty quiet day for them, so I wondered about their food.

I ordered from the lunch menu special, where most items were $10, and came with soup of the day.

Thai soup

I'm not sure what exactly was the soup, I think hot and sour soup, but perhaps tung yam kung? I have no idea but it was probably made from frozen veggies and lots of spices. Because it was a little sour, it was appetizing! But in my opinion, the spices were too strong and the soup was too oily for my liking. Still better than the "gym locker" tung yam kung I had at Tropika!

Pad Thai $10

Pad thai, one of the most popular Thai dishes consisting of stir-fried rice noodle. Very yummy! Though I have tried pad thai before, I find that it is slightly different at different locations. I think they did a great job here and I loved their style and sauce that complemented the rice noodles. It also came with a couple of fried wontons.

Green curry chicken

I also got the green curry chicken, which was also $10 for lunch. It came with a side of salad, fried wontons, and a choice of jasmine of coconut white rice. Quite a big meal for one person!

Fried wontons

Green curry chicken with bamboo shoots, etc.

This was a very yummy meal overall. However, I only have one complaint - the veggies in the salad could have been fresher. Seeing lettuce like that, I think they should have at least cut off the ends. Not a very nice presentation or was it appetizing after seeing that. 

I loved the fried wontons and green curry chicken though! I'm glad they had more than chicken in there was it made the meal more interesting.

U&I Thai Lunch menu

All in all, I think this restaurant should be busier!