The best Tom Yum by sooty.m on Eaten
Tom Yum
16 reviews
4th TOM YUM GOONG
Kompassion, Petaling Jaya
BRIEF: “Tom yum Prawn is best with a bit of chili paste. However you can request for clear version too!” SOOT’S TAKE: Requested the red version. This brought my father back to his days in Seagate Thailand (‘s canteen?) where he said he’d had (and had since not forgotten) the best tom yam he’d ever had.
PRETTY GOOD
6th WHITE TOMYAM SOUP 白东炎汤
Baan Thai 2 Seafood & Thai Cuisine, Kuala Lumpur
Not the best tom yum I’ve had but better than their red tom yum.
8th SPECIAL SOUTH+ESAN SEAFOOD TOMYUM
Khao Kaeng Thai Restaurant, Singapore
BRIEF: “Savor the bold, aromatic broth bursting with fragrant herbs and spices, packed with fresh seafood and a spicy-sour kick that that brings bold Thai flavors with every spoon.” SOOT’S TAKE: I would not have described the broth as bold. It was aromatic enough but rather one-note and it lacked spicy kick.
9th RED TOMYAM SOUP | 红东炎汤 | ต้มยำน้ำข้น
Baan Thai 2 Seafood & Thai Cuisine, Kuala Lumpur
This was somewhere between pretty good and just ok, possibly because we requested for it to be at the lowest spice level. 🫤
10th TOM YUM SEAFOOD
La Moon Thai Restaurant, Kuala Lumpur
Nice, warm, comforting flavors but overall, somewhat muted. I wonder if it might’ve been fuller-bodied if we’d requested a spicier version?
11th TOM YAM STEAMED FISH | ต้มยำปลานึ่ง
Laai Thai Kitchen, Kuala Lumpur
Broth’s good but it’s a bit tiresome going through fish and bone with every spoonful to avoid choking 😪
12th ต้มยําน้ําข้น TOM YUM SOUP
Diandin Leluk , Singapore 199597
First time trying a veggie version of this soup. Quite spicy.
JUST OK
13th THAI TOM YUM
Soots Cook Nook, Private
Super spicy (my nose was running) and prepared with a cheat mix from Queen E's travels in Chiang Mai. Enhanced with extra lime juice.