Talad Thai Banana is a Thai restaurant at unit B1-K7, JEM Shopping Mall, 50 Jurong Gateway Rd in Jurong East, Singapore, holding a perfect 5.0 Google rating. A good Thai restaurant lives or dies by balance: in a tom yum or green curry, the hot, sour, salty and sweet notes should each read distinctly, with chilli layered over lime and fish sauce rather than smothering them. Kitchens that pound their own curry pastes and make som tam to order tend to taste brighter than those working from jars. Spice is usually negotiable, so ask for the kitchen's scale before ordering — "medium" varies enormously from one place to the next. Sharing is the norm, too: a soup, a curry, a stir-fry and greens over jasmine rice feeds a table well. For shoppers and commuters passing through Jurong East, a proper Thai meal is waiting one level down at JEM.