Khun Mee Thai is one of the latest Thai casual dining restaurants to join the Singapore's F&B scene with a focus on Thai-Chinese street food. Using ingredients sourced directly from Thailand, Khun Mee Thai improvises its street food offerings by adjusting to the palate of Singaporeans.

Most people would be familiar with Thai cuisine but what exactly defines Thai-Chinese street food? Chinese immigraton was a major influence on the evolution of Thai street food, especially in Bangkok, where Chinese coolies worked hard to improve their lives. In their communal living, there was a demand for street-side stalls and typically noodle soups, rice dishes, snacks and sweets were popular offerings.


While there are plenty of Thai restaurants in Singapore to talk about, it is worth understanding a little more about the origins of Khun Mee Thai. Khun is a form of address in Thai such as Mr or Mrs while Mee refers to Ba Mee (Thai version of egg noodles). Interestingly, owner of Khun Mee Thai, Khun Aum, shared that her Singaporean husband is a huge fan of classic wanton noodles egg noodles and while managing his business in Bangkok, the couple travelled across the city in search of the best Ba Mee. 

Inspired by Khun Aum's story, we went on to learn that she developed her cooking knowledge and skills from helping her mother and grandmother in the kitchen as a child. She then went on to work with street food vendors to learn further about the cooking techniques and processes.

Can Khun Mee Thai bring the best of Bangkok street food to Singapore? Let us find out!

Guay Teow Lui Suan, Thai-style garden roll | S$5.80/- for six pieces

These soft rice paper wrappers are largely similar to the Vietnamese rice rolls as each roll is filled with Thai sausage, pan-roasted peanuts, Thai sweet basil and Thai long-leafed coriander. I enjoyed the thin rice wrappers which were not overly starchy and the Thai sweet basil brought a distinctively sweet licorice scent. There was a good variation in texture with the chopped roasted peanuts against the soft Thai sausage. To top it off, the homemade sweet, sour and spicy chilli sauce as an accompanying condiment helped to introduce some flavours to the dish but I found that the sweet and sour elements dominated and lacked any heat.

Moo Yor Salad, Thai sausages with glass noodle in spicy dressing | S$5.80/-

When the salad was served, I intuitively thought of the classic papaya salad but this was quite a different dish altogether. Mixed with glass noodles which were cooked al dente, the zesty chilli and lime dressing packed a bold punch of flavours. I liked that the heat in the dish was balanced by the mint and acidity of the lime which made it quite an addictive and appetising starter. The warm Thai sausage added a second dimension to the dish which was set by the contrasting textures from the chopped peanuts and greens.

Kha Moo, Pork leg | S$7.80/++

Originated from Khun Aum's grandmother's recipe, the pork leg was carefully treated with a marinate time of at least two hours followed by four to six hours of braising. The sauce had that classic five-spice flavours which would be adored by some but quite personally I am not a huge fan. Nonetheless, the pork leg was cooked perfectly and was off-the-bone tender. Coupled with the layer of fats underneath the skin, it was almost melt in your mouth. While I enjoyed the beautifully cooked pork leg, the flavours of the five-spice did not quite work for my palate and I would have preferred a simple braise.

Ba Mee Kiao, Moo Dang & Kai Tom (Dry), Egg noodles with dumpling, charshu & lava egg | S$7.20/-

Dubbed as the signature dish of the restaurant, this Thai version to our commonly known wanton mee introduced some new elements such as the soft-boiled egg with that molten egg yolk. I found the portion to be quite sparing as each bowl had just about two to three thin slices of the char siew, an egg, three small pieces of dumplings with some greens. While the char siew carried a nice bronze colour from the marinade, the thin slices were barely sufficient to taste the juiciness of the fat in that prime choice of cut. I would have preferred a thicker slice to let the flavours carry through.

While the egg noodles were cooked al dente, the diners at the table all shared the same view that it was slightly too dry only did we later realise that we did not enjoy the dish the way it was meant to be served!


On each table is a row of condiments which include fish sauce, chilli powder, sugar and green chillies soaked in vinegar. Khun Aum later showed us how she intended her noodles to be served! She took a teaspoon each of the various condiments and added them into the noodles before tossing them to give a bowl of authentic Thai-Chinese Ba Mee.
It was quite different from the wanton mee that we grew up accustomed to as each mouthful had a lot going on in terms of flavours. There was the acidity from the vinegar and heat from the chillies only to be soothed by the sweetness from the sugar before an unami touch from the fish sauce. We highly recommend trying it the Khun Mee Thai way else it would have been quite pedestrian-tasting.


While we were told that the broth was simmered with large pork bones with coriander root, white radish and pepper for six to eight hours, it tasted quite muted in terms of flavours. The dumplings also needed more work as the filling was too little and it was a shame that I tasted more of the starchiness from the wrapping rather than the minced meat itself.