Nakhon thai food review
LUNCHTIMES are set to change around these parts.
It can be very tempting to grab a quick sandwich and coffee rather than disappearing for a few hours and
returning to raised eyebrows from colleagues.
But with Nakhon Thai recently opening its third eatery in the area – with a fourth planned for Canary Wharf later this year – options are expanding.
Based on Wapping High Street, near Tower Gateway DLR, the latest in the chain now complements restaurants at Royal Docks and the City. And while Thai is more appealing as an evening meal, the new lunchtime menu is there to encourage business workers with time constraints.
The fixed starter, featuring a four different appetisers, sets the standards high from the beginning.
Consisting of marinated strip sirloin beef, grilled chicken, served with peanut sauce and cucumber in syrup, deep fried crispy rice paper containing vermicelli and shitake mushrooms, and crispy prawns with sesame – both served with sweet chili sauce and a home-made plum sauce – it is a truly mouthwatering explosion of tastes.
The choices for main range from vegetarian dishes to meat and shellfish. Prices (which include the the appetisers) start at £11.50 for Phak-Boong-Fai-Daeng and finish at £19.50 for a steamed sea bass.
I chose the Suea Rong Hai “Weeping Tiger�, containing char-grilled sirloin beef and served with skewer sticks of grilled mixed vegetable, also at £19.50. Cooked medium rare, it went very well with a tangy chili and herbs sauce.
We resisted the temptation of the “prestige� wine list, which reached £235 for Le Dome 1999 St Emilion from Bordeaux, and went with a more than satisfactory Gavi de Gavi Sarotto from Piedmont in Italy at £24.
Nakhon Thai is a perfect relaxed atmosphere for escaping office stresses and you can be in and out before your workmates even notice.
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