Tom Yum Goong · Thai Food (Nanshan)

📍Location

🌍 Address: Room 101-103, South Tower, Taoyuan Bachelor Apartment, 2039 Nanshan Blvd, Nanshan District.
🌍 Chinese: 南山区南山大道 2039 号桃苑单身公寓南座 101-103 号
🚇 Metro: Taoyuan Station,Line 12 or 1, Exit F
🚇 Metro: 12 号线或者1号线桃园地铁站 F 口

🍴 Dining Experience

If you are looking for authentic and value-for-money Thai food in Shenzhen, this is my top recommendation.

Upon being seated, we were served complimentary dragon fruit and sago pudding, which was a very nice free starter. The Tom Yum Goong Soup, Stir-fried Water Spinach, and Curry King Fried Shrimp 🦐 are must-orders. The Tofu Pot within Shrimp Head Oil is delicious—great to eat on its own, leaving a lingering fragrance in your mouth.

The Tom Yum Goong is slightly different from what you would get locally in Thailand, but it is still at a very impressive level. The Stir-fried Water Spinach is amazing; the tender stems get more fragrant the more you chew. As for the Curry King Fried Shrimp, they keep the rich yellow paste in the shrimp heads. Paired with the curry, when you pick one up and suck the essence from the head… your tongue dances, your lips disco. Then follow it up with a bite of the firm shrimp meat… Come on! Sawasdee krub~ 🙏.

A little episode: We were sitting outside, and the owner noticed we looked a bit hot, so they enthusiastically gifted us 3 bottles of soy milk. I opened mine and drank it right away. My two friends wanted to save theirs for tomorrow, but forgot to take them when leaving. Oh well, I was the only one who got to enjoy it 😎.

I personally do not recommend the “Thai Style Boneless Chicken Feet.” The seasoning is okay, but the gamey smell of the chicken is a bit heavy.