The only negative thing I can say about Thai Thai is how is it so cheap? This little gem in the less trendy end of old street is one of my favourite eastern cuisine restaurants in London.
The Dining area is well decorated, authentic and not over dressed, with lovely comfortable seating and a warm atmosphere. The first time I ate here I was reassured to see many Thai people dining, which is always a good sign. This reassurance was, however, unnecessary when I tasted the food.
Starting with excellently prepared prawn crackers and lovely cold chang beer, we salivated over the menu, and selected Prawn Tempura and Por Pia Ped for starter. Deciding that my and my companion would share, we had debated the many nice things listed, but think we made the right choice. The Tempura batter was awesome, and the duck spring rolls were filled to the brim and full of ingrediens, which were an absolute pleasure. A starter is always good when you wish there was more despite it being a very generous portion.
Sufficiently appetized we moved onto a main course of Duck Pad Med Mamung (Dry oyster sauce and cashew nuts) which was served with some of the most juicy and tender pieces of duck i've tasted in a long time. My friend has Pad Ho La Pa Krob with batter chicken (Stir-fried with onion, chilli and crispy thai sweet basil) which was a pleasant surprise (i thought he had been mistaken choosing it) as the chicken was wonderfully cooked with crispy batter but tender meat and the Crispy Thai sweet basil being a revelation, with the obvious let down of me being totally unable to recrate it at home.
This, along with Jasmine rice and a reasonably priced bottle of chiliean white, left us totally stuffed but incredibly satisfied. I'm sure the deserts are nice, but doubt anyone gets that far. When we got the bill, we thought they'd made a mistake. I checked online when I got home, they hadn't. That was the icing on the cake.
Go eat here, Go eat here now!
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