red curry beef
family decided to try out lunch at nakhon kitchen at hollandv on 9.8.2015.^^
(friend brought me to nakhon kitchen @ AMK recently. i enjoyed the authentic thai food very much).
place opened at 12pm & don’t take reservations, and has reputation of long queues, and parking at hollandv at 12pm is usually horrendous. wife said 1/2 the people were away on national day (in this case maybe also because of the many SG50 festivities) and true enough, carpark was quite empty at 11.50am.
nakhon kitchen @ hollandv
restaurant was also quite empty at 12pm but filled up soon enough.
nakhon kitchen @ hollandv
no frills decor, no frills prices.
mango salad – S$5
we ordered the mango salad.
mango salad – S$5
not to be compared with relish burger’s prawn turnip salad which was >2x the price, but it was ok.
chicken wings – S$8
the chicken wings were surprising very good.
chicken wings – S$8
and it’s comparable (almost i guess) to patara’s, which are >2x the price. that’s how good it was. 🙂
tomyam talay (seafood) soup – S$6
tomyam talay (seafood) soup was competent, maybe nothing to comment i guess for S$6.
my daughter prefers the tomyam noodles (S$6 student price) at le wu.
tomyam talay (seafood) soup – S$6
only 1 prawn so maybe so do tomyam gung next time instead of talay.
but i would rather have the S$10 one at thai gold food which we had recently.
red curry beef – S$8
we all loved the red curry beef. it was really good! ^^
for me the red curry was patara’s standard.
green curry chicken – S$8
the green curry chicken was much less good.
green curry chicken – S$8
it was ok, but strangely it seemed much thicker & from the photos looked completely different from vibrant, yummy one at nakhon kitchen AMK. that one i finished up all the curries.
deepfried grouper with thai chilli – S$22
my son wanted the deepfried garoupa. i had some doubts it would turn up like the really excellent dish at patara. the server said it was a favourite dish here.
deepfried grouper with thai chilli – S$22
it was quite small. but it was quite good actually, so i didn’t mind it. but i thought i could do this easily at home, only have to conjure up the right sauce. 🙂
the one at patara cost S$39++but is like 2x the size & sauce much better, so i think patara more worthwhile. 🙂
pad thai – S$5
pad thai was just S$5.
pad thai – S$5
it’s not my favourite dish, but it’s quite authentic here, not too sweet. overall quite good.
minced beef basil rice – S$6
son ordered the basil minced beef rice.
minced beef basil rice – S$6
taste was ok. cannot c/w with le wu’s fried basil beef but i guess not really a like for like comparison.
we also had a S$5 mango sticky rice to share. did not take photo. anyway sticky rice not fragrant, a dish i could do without.
lunch for 4pax came to S$80, or S$20nett, no service, no GST.
must say it was a very authentic thai meal, quite shiok!
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