Best Thai

1 Maenam 1938 W 4th Ave., maenam.ca 2 Sen Pad Thai 7-1666 Johnston St., senpadthai.com 3 Jitlada 1459 W Broadway, jitlada.ca honourable mentions j Sawasdee Thai, Kin Kao It’s fitting that earlier this year chef Angus An welcomed his mentor, the legendary David Thompson, to cook with him for a few nights at Gold winner Maenam, because the West 4th stalwart has quietly and easily become one of the finest Thai restaurants in the world. Not surprisingly, some of An’s competition came from himself, with his newly opened lo-fi, pad Thai-centric Granville Island spot, Sen Pad Thai, taking Silver. Sneaking in for third place is the criminally undervisited Jitlada, the Broadway and Granville room with an elegant and affordable take on Thai staples.