Basil Thai Restaurant and Bar

1175 Folsom Street

San Francisco, CA 94103

Occasion: Friday night dinner outing for 2.

Fried Bananas with Coconut Ice Cream

I always have room for dessert because I love sweets. I don't normally like bananas, but fried bananas are delicious especially with coconut or vanilla bean ice cream. In this case we had a scoop of coconut ice cream in the middle of the fried bananas.

Panang Short Ribs

The meat was so tender that it fell off of the bone. The curry sauce was nicely seasoned and not too spicy for my liking. I could have just eaten rice with the curry sauce alone and I would have been happy.

Param Rung Song
The grilled skirt steak with a sweet peanuty sauce was nice and tender cooked just right too my liking. It wasn't too rare nor was it too well done! Another good dish to get.

Keow Wan Roti
This was absolutely DELICIOUS! I loved the flavor of the indian bread. The bread had a slightly crisp outside with a soft and warm inside. The spicy flavor of the green curry and the sweet eggplants went well with the bread. We devoured it and it left me wanting MORE! I would highly recommend trying this for the appetizer.

Hoi Ying Scallop Skewers

I absolutely love scallops and was expecting a lot out of this. Unfortunately, it dissappointed us. It had a burnt taste to it, perhaps from the grilling. We've definitely had better scallop and we both agreed that scallops don't taste that great grilled. If you were to get a Grilled Kebob, maybe opt for something other than the scallop.

Shrimp Chips Appetizer

This was a complimentary appetizer before our meal came. I thought it was very interesting how they put it in one of those dim sum racks! We were starving by the time we got here so we basically scarved it all down. It wasn't bad, nor was it great, but it was free so it doens't matter. I just really liked the presentation of it.