Staying true to its name, the service at a new Thai eatery in Colaba, is speedy. but going by what we sampled here, so will your exit. Confusion, gelatinous gunk and chicken pakodas were what we found at Thai Express
Staying true to its name, the service at a new Thai eatery in Colaba, is speedy. but going by what we sampled here, so will your exit. Confusion, gelatinous gunk and chicken pakodas were what we found at Thai Express
The space looked cozy enough the modest room we entered was warmly lit, done up with dark wooden furniture, and interesting wall hangings. "The restaurant's original branch off Wodehouse Road was designed only for delivery and take-away," said a captain who seemed to materialise out of thin air. He suggested we try the Kai Thod Krathium Prik Thai. Anyone who's eaten at a Thai restaurant will admit that the names of most Thai dishes and this one was no exception sound like a stream of invectives to the Kradai-impaired ear.
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Several items on the menu were out of place too, with salads listed under appetisers and beverages listed as desserts. It was a few moments and several clarifications later that we narrowed down on what we'd try. The first dish to arrive was, understandably, the Tom Kha Het, a coconut and Kaffir lime leaf soup (Rs 180 with chicken; the prawn version commands a premium of Rs 50, while the vegetarian version is priced at Rs 160) which was delicious even though we would have preferred smaller bits of chicken, not chunks. The Prawn
Tempuras (Rs 200) were more impressive, with a generous serving of giant-sized tiger prawns and Vegetable Tempuras thrown in. But the Kai Thod Krathium Prik (Rs 200)u00a0 we had, by then, deciphered that the man was trying to tell us that the dish was a specialty that was listed on the other side of the menu disappointed us. It arrives without so much as a drizzle of the garlic-pepper sauce the menu promised. These Thai chicken pakodas were excessively oily and though a lamb dish that followed had a flavoursome sauce, the meat tasted like it could well have been carved off truck tyres.
Desserts were just as bad, with tasteless sticky rice accompanying a serving of mango (Rs 160) and a gummy, sweet syrup heaped generously over a couple of heated bananas (Rs 150). Fortunately, the restaurant also offers a fudgy brownie from chocolatier Meher Pinto's Choc Affaires (Rs 80). That one you can't go wrong with.
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At: Colaba post office (opposite Fitwel). Home delivery up to Byculla.
Call: 22020874 / 22150421
Thai Express didn't know we were there. The Guide reviews anonymously and pays for meals
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