Lost Thai & Royal Orchid Thai Port Melbourne

Does anyone out there remember a Thai restaurant that was on the corner of Victoria  and Nicholson Streets in Abbotsford until about 7 years ago?  It was great quality with an amazing range of dishes and really reasonably priced (and perfect curry puffs too).  Then they up and left me without warning, and someone turned it into a Karaoke bar :-(   Very sad.  If anyone knows where these lovely people with the good food went, I'd love to find them.  

Now, where was I? Oh, yeah, Royal Orchid Thai, Bay Street Port Melbourne. Pretty good, and so far consistently good.  And consistency is honestly more important to me these days than anything else.  I'm tired of trying for some remembered dizzying high I'll never reach again.  How can anyone feed me a mind-blowing dish one visit, then bring me down so low next visit I feel like nothing will ever be edible again?!  I digress, bad food trip flashbacks are like that, they come from nowhere...

I'm back.  Green chicken curry with tender bite sized chicken pieces.  Balanced curry flavours, spicy but not mouth-burning hot.  Enough fresh vegetables (red capsicum, zucchini & cauliflower - pity not all seasonal like cauliflower right now) so I can feel that although I've cheated and got take away, I'm not being too naughty. Perfectly cooked coconut rice too.  Roti is OK, perhaps a tiny bit too doughy to be perfect, but not bad.

Fair value too. Curry, large rice and a roti for $21.10, which is generous enough for 2-3 meals for me...  Ooops, I meant to photograph this lot, but I just ate the last of the leftovers...

Oh, a warning though; I tried the curry puffs and spring rolls once (I've almost blocked out this memory, thankfully), greasy and without discernable flavour.  If anyone is brave enough to try the appetisers (!), and can report good things, let me know.  Otherwise I'll just keep hoping someone can help me find my lost favourite Thai...