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Sunday 7 February 2010

Coconut and Spices

We had dinner at Patara fine Thai cuisine, Tanglin Mall. Juliane pick the venue tonight. She missed Thai food lol. :)

We ordered a Patara recommendation - Kong Nung Ruam ($15): Chaw Muang, handcrafted purple flowers with minced pork; Sakoo Moo, sago balls filled with minced pork and ground peanuts; Pan Krip Sai Pla, petite dumplings filled with minced snapper. I liked the dish. Interesting combination, especially the sago ball with minced pork.



The girls shared a Ka Poa Pla ($17): fish maw soup with crab meat and quail eggs while I had Tom Kha Gai ($10): mild coconut and galangal soup with chicken. Both soups were full of flavour. The fish maw soup was light and fragrant while the coconut and galangal soup was rich and fragrant. Yummy. :)



We ordered Kor Moo Yang ($24): grilled pork collar with spicy chili dip and Gang Keaw Wan Gai ($22): green curry chicken with baby eggplants and sweet basil leaves to go with our Khao Phad Saparot Talay ($17): Pineapple fried rice with seafood. All the dishes were delicious! The pork collar was grilled just nice, not too tough and the green curry wasn't spicy as we asked the chef to really tone down the spiciness lol. :P



For desserts, Juliane ordered a scoop of ice cream ($5): Mango ice cream served with sweetened sticky rice, peanuts and condensed milk; Marieann had Lychee Sundae ($12): coconut and passion fruit ice cream with sago, lychee and berries and I had Coconut Panna Cotta Milk Custard served with palm sugar syrup ($9). I loved my dessert which wasn't sweet. It was great on its own without the syrup. The coconut lent the dessert a really refreshing taste and the milk custard was milky enough without being cloying. :)




Overall, dinner was great. The food was delicious, the service was wonderful and the ambiance was great. :)

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