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All my dreams - the ones I remember - are about running? Exhilarating runs with banked corners, frightening naked running, running on paved roads with increasing pace that is frightening me for some reason. Wierd stuff. Arm-chair psychology anyone? Engage.

Why fake it when you can have the real thing? Autographed copy in the mail.

I found a pic of you guys, can you guess who is who?

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At least half my meals when I used to live in Thailand consisted of Guay Theaw - or Thai noodle soups. Very distinct in flavor and ingredients from the Chinese variety or other SE Asian noodles soups.
In the 3 years since I moved to Toronto, I have craved for Guay Theaw and would console myself with Thai instant noodles or 'mama'. I haven't come across a restaurant that serves Guay Theaw in Toronto so far.
No longer. A Thai friend pinged me last week telling me of a new place called Thai Noodles (thainoodle.ca) and we met up there for lunch today. This place did not disappoint. Most of the clientele was Thai when we went to eat today and it is run by a Sweet Thai lady who obviously missed this most common of Thai street food from back home.
It was sublime.
I had Guay Theaw nam tok and Guay Theaw Bamee haeng (a customized version of Guay Theaw Tom yum gai). Pics attached.

Go there now So that this place stays in business and I can make it a regular stop on my weekly restaurant list!!

Menu options in the gallery posted with this post.

Website: www.thainoodle.ca (On Baldwin Street, just east of Spadina)

This talk by Dr. Abraham Verghese is a must listen - as much for what he is saying as for how poetically he says it.