Mai Thai

Working until 9.00pm on a Friday normally limits the eating out options in Brum (everything seems to close at 10pm) so we attempt to get into the local curry house, but the queue out the door puts us off. Handily at the start of the alleyway that leads to the curry house is a Thai restaurant that we hadn't yet been to, it’s been on the High Street for a couple of years after replacing a fantastic coffee shop/restaurant.

Looking though the glass frontage it looked pretty empty but was still serving so we thought we would give it a go, walking through the door we were warmly welcomed by a waitress and lead through to the back of the restaurant, all the two person tables were arranged in front of a bench/banquet type seat with one chair, hubby got to share the bench with the other diners.

We ordered a nice house sauvignon Blanc, and tucked into the Thai crackers that were placed on the table. We decided to share starters as there were a nice range but we couldn’t decided which ones we fancied; we went for the chicken satay, wrapped king prawns and a pink grapefruit salad with king prawns. The chicken satay was very light and refreshing not as cloying as Chinese chicken satay can be, the wrapped king prawns were fresh and crispy with a wonderful sweet clear vinaigrette, the prawns so fresh the shell on tails were wonderfully crunchy to munch; the pink grapefruit salad was refreshing but would have benefited from a few more prawns.

For mains hubby went for his favourite massaman beef curry and I chose sliced beef in red curry sauce, and to share a pud Thai noodles and fried fragrant rice. Hubby’s massaman curry was rich and lush, he thought it was fantastic, but agreed that my beef was even better in a smooth but fragrant sauce and the beef incredibly tender. The pud Thai was sweet and fresh tasting with the peanuts served to one side – which for me was great as I’m not the biggest peanut fan ever! And the rice was perfectly cooked clean tasting and with a nice bite to it.

Hubby ordered a pudding of honey and ginger ice-cream, which they served with two spoons – and we both agreed that it was a fantastic way to end the meal it was light and refreshing one of the nicest ice-creams I’ve tried.

This restaurant was a nice surprise we haven’t been there before and were pleasantly surprised by the friendly staff and great food. The price range for the three starters, two mains, two side dishes and one pudding with two bottles of wine was around £70.00 excluding tip!

Would recommend this as a great Thai restaurant for those not looking to head into the city centre.