A few months ago when walking up the street I noticed something different, the Indian restaurant was gone, instead there was a shiny new restaurant where once there was an old worn eatery. Upon further investigation I discovered that the sexy, sophisticated restaurant was Thai and Vietnamese. I needed to check it out.
It took longer than expected to find a willing volunteer/victim but go we did. It was like being a kid in a sweetshop, there was too much to choose from and only so much you could eat. Selecting a course was like UN Ceasefire Negotiation, too many people trying to speak and get their point across. There were some interesting noodle dishes, a selection of stir-fries and of course curries.
I didn’t want to have a curry as that’s what I usually order when I have Thai, so I wanted to try something different, despite inner arguments I was leaning towards a highly spicy stir-fry but then my good intentions failed me, out of the corner of my eye I spotted a curry, a duck curry with some very unusual ingredients – pineapple, grapes and lychees, I had to try it…
I wasn’t hopeful, the combinations were just too weird, I couldn’t expect much out of it but when it arrived very promptly and had my first spoonful, I was a convert, the sauce was lovely and creamy, the duck, soft and tender and fruit was a mixture of flavours, having not only the fruit flavour but also the taste of the curry. Bliss…..
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