Sweet & Spicy: The 7 Best Thai restaurants for authentic green curry in Singapore

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Jai Thai
For affordable, yet authentic and mouthwatering Thai food, you can’t go wrong with Jai Thai. The regular lunch and evening crowds at this nondescript Thai restaurant along Purvis street is testament to its authentic offerings. Inexpensive with an unassuming decor, truly lets the food shine. You can choose to have your green curry prepared with chicken, beef, prawn or fish.

27 Purvis Street Singapore 188604

Photo: Jai Thai (Facebook)
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E Sarn Thai
The first thing that hits you about this herbaceous Isaan-style curry is the powerful waft of kaffir lime leaves. But with every spoonful, this fragrant kick is mellowed by the sweetness of Thai basil and the occasional jolt of green chilli. Here, you can enjoy your green curry with mixed vegetables and tofu, or your choice of meat, be it succulent prawns, tender fish, chicken chunks or thinly-sliced beef.

130 Pasir Panjang Road. Tel: 6473 3716

Photo: E Sarn Thai (Facebook)
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Lemongrass Thai
Despite its slight jarrish decor of Thailand tourism images lining its walls, this casual restaurant nestled along East Coast Road still draws a steady, faithful lunch crowd. Unsurprisingly, its Green Curry proves to be a crowd favourite, a slightly spicy rendition that is tempered by the coconut-y flavour. The curry’s sweet, milky accent perfectly pairs with the accompanying beef, chicken or prawn slices you can choose from.

899 East Coast Road

Photo: Lemongrass Thai Restaurant
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Thanying
Executive chef Pramote Klabtablang’s green curry is an arresting combination of sourness, sweetness and spice—thanks to a medley of lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime and cumin—but it’s the salty crunch of the accompanying deep fried fish skin that really completes its flavour profile. Dip the cracker-like strips to soak up the complex nuances of the various aromatics, or crumble them over curry-laced rice for a textural treat.

#02-00 Amara Hotel, 165 Tanjong Pagar Road

Photo: Thanying Restaurant (Instagram)
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Tamarind Hill
Put simply, Tamarind Hill’s Thai Green Curry with Roasted Chicken Thigh is absolute curry nirvana. Its green curry dish features a light green broth with a well-balanced flavour profile of sweet, spicy and herbaceous notes.

The chef adds a delicious array of spices and vegetables, that include sea salt, lemongrass, galangal, red shallots and coriander root, into the curry to give a rich, lingering flavour to the curry. The slices of tender chicken chunks also add a slightly nutty accent to the broth.

30 Labrador Villa Road

Photo: Tamarind Hill Singapore
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A-Roy Thai Restaurant
Permeated with heady fish sauce, a generous dose of sweet basil, and apple and pea aubergines, this spicy comforter at the casual but ever popular A-Roy Thai is as brilliant in colour as it is in flavour. Luscious coconut milk and a prepared-from-scratch paste blend seamlessly to form a curry that borders on just the right side of creamy.

#03-61/63, Thomson Road, Novena Square (Velocity). Tel: 6352 1446

Photo: A-Roy Thai
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Yhingthai Palace
Yhingthai Palace a more refined, gourmet version of the green curry. Neither too spicy or too rich with coconut milk, you’ll find an elegantly flavoured and well-balanced mix of spices. The curry has a delicious whole-milk consistency, and is served with the classic Thai aubergines, tender meat, and even a surprising addition of string beans for a welcome crunch to the dish.

#01-04 36 Purvis Street

Photo: Yhingthai Palace (Facebook)

Deciding on your favourite Thai dish is albeit like picking your favourite child. That said, there is something truly unparallelled about a hearty bowl of Thai green curry. The most ubiquitous of Thai dishes, green curry signifies Thai cooking at its most popular to many.

With delicious chunks of tender chicken or beef, simmering in a savoury, rich green curry broth, it’s a dish we can never foresee ever giving up. A delicious bowl of creamy green curry can take your tastebuds on a flavour ride with all the salty, spicy flavours, laced with an underlying sweetness and fragrance from all the herbs and vegetables used.

For the best green curry dishes in Singapore that do justice to the authentic broths in Thailand, browse the gallery above!

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