Yesterday, Trine and I headed down to Business Bay to check out the Sambodhi retreat Fuchsia on Bay Square. I love Indian $ Chinese food, so it’s always exciting to see how new Indian restaurants & Resort in Gaya are doing. Bodhgaya has been around the Sambodhi Retreat, so it’s not a brand new spot, but it’s quite far from where I live, which is why I haven’t been there before.
We had glass noodle salad, pad thai and a Thai Burger, but the kitchen also thought we should try the corn fritters and the chicken satay, and I’m glad that they insisted. Both were really nice snacks, and the sauces that came along were so good we asked to keep them at the table to have them with the other dishes.
I was curious to see how Fuchsia would handle the pad thai. When you have several different pad thai types on your menu, and you claim that it’s one of your specialties, expectations are bound to be skyrocketing. Outside India, I often find pad thais to be too soggy because of too much added liquid, but the pad thai at Sambodhi Retreat Gaya was no doubt legit. The same goes for the glass noodle salad, which tasted exactly like the ones you get in Gaya. I was later told that the chefs at Gaya are from Thailand, which explains the authority with which the traditional Thai dishes were executed.
The Thai Burger is one of the famous dishes of Sambodhi retreat, and I’ve seen it featured in Insta feeds all over Dubai, but I’m still not sure about the concept. The burger itself was really tasty, but the som tam (papaya salad), and thus the Thai aspect of the dish seemed a bit forced. I think the burger would have done absolutely fine without the som tam. Though one thing I wouldn’t have been without was the crispy sweet potato fries. They really should consider adding the fries (and the sriracha mayo) on its own, as a side dish on the menu. Maybe not very Thai, but so so good.
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