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 selections. A winner!
Cindy Hum
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Great takeout spot for Thai desserts. Tried their mango sticky rice and it was delicious - mango was sweet and ripe, rice was chewy with a good mouthfeel and a perfect amount of condensed milk.
Will be back to try more of their menu!
Serena
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Pad Thai ($16.50) and Curry Puff ($3) were both very sweet, authentic, and vibrant. I prefer less sweetness, but I am not from Thailand so please take my opinion with a grain of salt. The price of these dishes are excellent and I was happy to see that the Pad Thai had tofu and tiny shrimps! Staff are also very friendly and accommodating. The Pad Thai is very spicy (to me), so ask them to make it mild if you have a low tolerance.
Highly recommend these savory Thai dishes! Much respect to this awesome business
Cook K-
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Desserts are tasty here. Especially I loved the chicken curry puff and all types of sticky rice. There’s a small table without chairs so you can quickly have a bite. However, it is more like a take-out dessert place! First time trying Thai dessert, loved it!
J C
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Great authentic thai dessert shop! I picked up five different items to try but I’m looking forward to going back for some more.
The KANOM CHUN - Thai Coconut Layered Cakes has a sweet coconut aromatic flavour. Beautiful to look at and delicious.
KANOM THUAY - Steamed Pandanus Cake was good. It was a good balance of light sweet and a little savoury. I come here for the sweet pandan flavour.
Pineapple Cookies - liked the pineapple filling and the pastry shell. Although I would like it to be more buttery. It was a good balance after getting to the center pineapple filling.
Thai moon cake with mung bean filling - had a more savoury than sweet mung bean flavour. Anyone that would like a less sweet moon cake version, this is a must try.
I would definitely want to come back again and try their other wonderful desserts. They also have food items like pad thai and papaya salad!
Ann
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Well organized store with lots of options. It was mind-blowing to know there were many dessert options from Thailand. I picked up a few as I could not decide. The flower coconut jellies are pretty but interesting in flavour. The mango sticky rice was absolutely delicious!
Denise S
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Authentic Thai desserts that I haven't found anywhere else in Toronto! Only open 3 days a week but worth making a special trip to get that sweets.
David Xing
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The mango sticky rice is delicious. The rice had the perfect texture of firmness, which was softened by the condensed milk. Mango chunks were ripe and sweet.
The coconut jelly was ok, though beautifully colored. Taste wise, it probably could have been sweeter. There also isn’t a taste difference between the different jellies.