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Food should be healthy.

In a time where restaurant food, particularly the take out variety, sometimes seems to rely on smothering deep fried food with cheese and gravy, or adding yet another slice of bacon to, well, everything, Thai food has emerged as an increasingly attractive option.

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Joe and Sunee came to Canada from Bangkok in 1986 to see Expo 86 and realized they could bring something different, healthy and always delicious to the Canadian public. They opened their first restaurant in 1989 and the rest is history.

For Joe, the secret is in the authenticity of the food.

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