FlyingChef

After 3 months in Helsinki, I went to one Thai restaurant as a Thai-Chinese chef from Bangkok and Shanghai. I wrote one review at Kok Thai after arriving Helsinki with my husband for 2 weeks prior. It is a time to go more Thai food. Too bad that I am a chef but fortunately, I am simple when it comes to food. Good starter then it will be good entree. I walked to Bulevadi with my husband then stop at Villa Thai to check a real fine dinning Thai restaurant in Helsinki. My husband normally likes to have just a real good wine. I love to taste food and drink. I could not find my favorite, fresh Spring rolls, for starter so I ordered deep fried vegetarian spring rolls. It was not busy at Villa Thai with one waitress and the Finnish, fine lady whom we think is the owner. There were three tables including me and my husband's. The service was well but the food is cold and dry. It took 5 minutes to serve my 4 spring rolls. Easy guess that the chef gave me food which was ready to serve but not ready to eat. The spring rolls were soft and not crispy. After one bite,I felt like eating all skins of spring roll not the stuffing inside. I am sure it was vegetarian but could not say what were the ingredients. The bed of spring rolls were raw cabbages and carrot but not fresh. The chef should have put more attention to his dishes while the restaurant were not so busy at all. Again, I could not take a chance to try the main courses as the simple one had no impression to me. My husband does not know much about Thai food besides my food as Finnish man but he also agreed that the food did not look good and taste good as the decoration inside. OR we went at the wrong time:(

The choice of house wine is nice. We enjoyed the selection form the waitress who is Thai. It was a bit 30 minutes early for closing when the sign says it close at 11pm. we were asked politely to leave the restaurant at 10.30pm. My husband was a bit upset as he still has not finished his lat glass of wine. But we were cool. The whole evening for us at Villa Thai was just acceptable for the first experience at Villa Thai.....