#18 Thy Thy House (118 Victoria St)

Attendees: Beata, Steph, Emma, Bo, Bobbie, Jimmy, Lodgey, Richie-Rich, Jamie

Who am I and why am I at dinner with these people? And why is Chuck Bass here? It is Anzac Day and my friends from Queensland are down. We have been to the footy and consumed the requisite amount of beer. Nevertheless Chopstick Chowdown Challenge must go on. We gather at the Aviary and collect a group of rag-tag individuals with beer-soaked palated to sample the food at Thy Thy House.

Thy Thy House looks a little classy for the likes of us on this particular evening with its rendered feature wall and mood lighting. Our group of 9 is bustled up the stairs. There are also tablecloths which is a novelty. There is no tea provided though this could be on account of us already being laden with alcohol.

There is a fair amount of chaos with the ordering and eating this week. Random dishes start flying out in all directions.

There are some crispy wonton, spring rolls and rice paper rolls – nothing particularly memorable about those.

Bo declares herself as the ultimate litmus-test of pho as she has never eaten beef before. She gives the broth the thumbs-up but declares the beef as leathery. Although I point out that she has nothing to compare it, the beef is thicker than we are used to in pho.

On the other side of me Steph keeps telling me how much she loves Mongolian beef and this one is a winner. Across the table Lodgey is talking about his job as a swimwear designer. I'm confused.

The small piece of crispy duck I manage to salvage from the eating hoards is delicious – battered and fried but tender with a light sauce. It is also Bo’s first ever taste of duck and she seems very pleased with it.

Those that try it are divided about number 27, which is a tomato rice with beef. A pile of slightly red-coloured rice with wedges of raw tomato and chunks of flavoured beef. Bo continues on her red meat eating rampage and pulls a face at the “leathery” beef. I challenge this, “you don’t even know what it is supposed to taste like!” For me the whole thing tastes randomly like Mexican. Perhaps the wine is getting to my taste buds…

Unfortunately Thy Thy House may end up being an anomaly in this little experiment but here the ratings anyway…for what they are worth…

Ratings
Rice paper rolls 7.1/10
Spring rolls 6/10
Pho 6.8/10
Mongolian beef 6.9/10
#27 (tomato rice and beef) 6.4/10
Special (crispy duck) 7.3/10