Usually when you talk about famous thai restaurants in Sydney, the first thing that comes to your mind will be Chat Thai. It was even featured in the tourist food guide for Sydney. However, although Chat Thai is so near my place, I only went there twice because I am not really a fan of thai food. But I thought that the food there was quite authentic. Recently, I brought Cindi there and she thought that the food was good.
I thought that the food was good too. The only drawback was their chili was super spicy! I thought I can withstand spiciness pretty well compared to my friends of other nationality (Ok, except for Koreans) but even I think that the chili is super spicy!!! Before eating, Cindi asked me to compare Chat Thai with It's Time for Thai and I thought that Chat Thai's food is more spicy. And she was like then I think it'll be better! (She's a chili lover, so it's not accurate to ask her. LOL.)
If you are a chili or spicy food lover, I suggest you can try the food here. Cindi said that this place has the best thai food in Sydney. I think I would go back there and try their other dishes too.
Chat Thai
20 Campbell Street (near George Street)
Haymarket, NSW
#1 Thai Iced Tea (with condense milk): It's super authentic!!! Haha. You might think that it's very sweet but it tasted the same as Bangkok's thai iced tea.
#2 Green Curry: I only tried a mouth of it and I thought it tasted pretty good. Although I don't really like the spices taste. Haha.
#3 Chili fried rice: Yes. I ordered chili fried rice but it came out to be normal rice. Haha. I don't know whether the waiter got the wrong dish or it's supposed to be like that. But the food was really spicy.
#4 Crab Fried Rice: This is really awesome!!! I added some chili flakes to it and it goes very well with it. I like the fact that they actually peel out the crab meat from the crab for us. Haha. And No, it's not the man-made crab meat that I'm talking about. It's real crab meat!!!
#5 Glass Noodle Salad: I like the taste of the glass noodle. It was like sour and spicy at the same time. A very good appetizer to start the dinner.