Grandma's Thai - Myanmar Restaurant 1039, Chienhsing Road, Taichung Phone: (04) 2319-3639, 2319-3327 Hours: 10 am to 10 pm (closed 2-5 pm on weekdays)

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"Oh, this is so good! This is amazing!" Such exclamations of delight continued to flow throughout a recent evening meal at Grandma's Thai-Myanmar Restaurant with a group of friends.
Those sentiments testify to the outstanding nature of this enjoyable establishment's Thai-style cuisine. Although Grandma's has been a long-time fixture in Taichung's dining scene, its recent move to an all-new location not only provides improved ambiance but puts its delicious food within closer reach of local diners.
Grandma's used to be located in a cavernous, warehouse-like setting just behind the Yumauou supermarket on Kungyi Road. Although this was an interesting location which became fairly popular with expatriates and Chinese alike, high rents eventually forced the restaurant to relocate last December to a more-visible setting on a Chienhsing Road corner (upstairs from a Family Mart convenience store), directly behind Grand Formosa Hotel.
The spacious wood-paneled interior, decorated with furniture built from old farm implements and other rustic-looking items, is a comfortable place to enjoy a wide selection of Thai dishes, which can be selected from a bilingual, illustrated menu. There is also larger-group seating and VIP rooms on the third floor.
The previously-mentioned exclamations of delight were elicited during a meal which included fried beef with basil leaves (NT$260), spring rolls with crab (NT$250), chicken brochettes (basically shish kebabs) with peanut sauce, fried "kung hsin" vegetables, squid salad, shrimp with coconut sauce and that age-old Thai favorite, fried chicken with coconut milk (NT$280). There was also the standard free white rice, which came in a wooden bucket and had to be replenished at least once as we ravenously devoured the food before us. Everything was uniformly good and we were particularly impressed with the extremely tender beef, plus the delicious coconut-lemon flavors of the sauces in the last two dishes.
There are plenty of other menu selections to choose from, including various Thai-style cold salads, fried rice and noodle dishes, soups (including the very spicy Tom Yam Khung variety) and beef, chicken, fish, vegetable and seafood choices. After a meal, one can try various ice creams (chocolate, durian, coconut, macadamia), sorbets (raspberry, mango, kiwi).
There's little doubt that many more diners, like my group of friends, will continue to be moved to loudly express their enthusiasm by Grandma's outstanding Thai delicacies.

By Douglas Habecker