Thai food

[Bobby Dazzler]

I adore thai food, having lived on it for three years when I was a student. The 'business lunch' menu at the local thai restaurant at £3.95 was excellent value and about the most nutritious option available without cooking myself.

Mrs D's not keen though and so it's a rare treat these days. However, we both fancied something tasty but not chinese, and indian would be too heavy, so we ended up getting a thai. :bannana:

It was OK, but translation from restaurant to takeaway just didn't work in the same way that indian or chinese does. To make matters worse, Mrs D and Jnr D only had starters, and I had a starter & main, but it cost £30!!

So does anyone have a recipe for a thai sauce suitable for chicken or beef - but not sweet & sour or coconut based?

Picky I know, but there's not much that this club isn't an expert on, so it's worth a go!!

 

[ringway]

I adore thai food, having lived on it for three years when I was a student. The 'business lunch' menu at the local thai restaurant at £3.95 was excellent value and about the most nutritious option available without cooking myself.

Mrs D's not keen though and so it's a rare treat these days. However, we both fancied something tasty but not chinese, and indian would be too heavy, so we ended up getting a thai. :bannana:

It was OK, but translation from restaurant to takeaway just didn't work in the same way that indian or chinese does. To make matters worse, Mrs D and Jnr D only had starters, and I had a starter & main, but it cost £30!!


So does anyone have a recipe for a thai sauce suitable for chicken or beef - but not sweet & sour or coconut based?

Picky I know, but there's not much that this club isn't an expert on, so it's worth a go!!

I adore good Chinese & Indian food but on the few occasions I have tried Thai food I have found it to be awful. Is the main ingredient some sort of disinfectant?

I love food though, it's the only thing I eat.

 

[tromppost]

I can not cook so may way wrong but Waitrose do a bottle of Thai marinate.

 

[Jmal]

Well, Thai use a lot the fish sauce.

However, Chinese have a great sauce called Hoi Sin, which is nice when making black bean chicken for example. It's pretty good out of a tin, compared to those supermarket ready meals or meal packages, if you wanna cook yourself.

Give it a try.

 

[crockers]

Isn't Lemon Grass a major ingredient..?

 

[ShinyF1]

Big fan of Thai food. We have a David Thompson Thai recipe book, which is good.


Could also try this link:

Thai Recipes Kitchen / ImportFood.com

or this

Thai recipes: Authentic and easy to cook - Order Ingredients Online

 

[Ted]

Then you MUST visit Thai Orchid

 

[verytalldave]

Only one Thai restaurant in Orpington and its very greasy. Must be very high in fats.

 

[ringway]

Only one Thai restaurant in Orpington and its very greasy. Must be very high in fats.

Can't remember the name of it but one of the best Chinese restaurants I have visited is on Earls Court Road more or less opposite the "tardis" (perhaps 25 metres either way) near the tube entrance.

Only a small family run place, recently refurbished say two years ago but the food WAS superb.

Any one know the name of the place?

 

[jaymanek]

I eat thai food all the time as my friends love it.. but I have to say, i find it bland and boring in comparison to Indian or Chinese.

I do like pad thai though.. lovely.

 

[PXW]

the Old Thai House in Camberley for anyone in striking distance - the best Thai food I've had outside the Far East. Not cheap, but excellent

 

[BlackC55]

I am a big Thai food lover. We went out last night to a Thai resturant.

I have yet to try cooking much Thai food. I tend to cook red or greed curries.

 

[Biscuit]

Can't remember the name of it but one of the best Chinese restaurants I have visited is on Earls Court Road more or less opposite the "tardis" (perhaps 25 metres either way) near the tube entrance.

Only a small family run place, recently refurbished say two years ago but the food WAS superb.

Any one know the name of the place?

that's addies

link - Best Thai restaurant in London -- Addies thai cafe