Tasty Thai at Thaikun, Nottingham
January 27, 2016
Thaikun is a brand new restaurant in the recently refurbished food court in Victoria Centre, Nottingham and I was lucky enough to attend the launch party and have a taste of all the yummy food and alcohol.
I've never been to Thailand myself but I love the food
and have it on good authority that the food from Thaikun is really
authentic. It's worth noting that all of the stuff in the restaurant was
sourced directly from Thailand, from the chairs right down to the wall
art to the plates the food is served on.
First
up, we got ourselves some amazing drinks. The Lucky Buddha beer was
really lovely, it had those aromatic flavours you always look for in an
Asian beer and didn't have the horrible twang that Carlsberg tends to
have. We also went for 4 pints of Singha beer which came in this huge
pump that you could pour out yourselves. The Thaikun cocktail was served
in a takeaway box which was really unique and, of course, delicious!
I
was really impressed with the starters. They were so so nice and were
quite big portions too. This is the Por Pia Gai (chicken sring rolls),
Moo Ping (marinated pork skewers) and Tod Man Khao Pod (sweetcorn
cakes).
Every dish was really nice and had wonderful flavours. I was pleased that the pork wasn't tough and dry and nothing was greasy or too heavy for a starter.
Every dish was really nice and had wonderful flavours. I was pleased that the pork wasn't tough and dry and nothing was greasy or too heavy for a starter.
For mains, we ordered a bit of everything, including Gang Kiew Wan Gai (Chicken Green Curry), Gang Phed Ped (Duck Red Curry), Phad Thai Gai (Chicken Pad Thai) and Moo Prik Ging (roasted pork belly, fried with red curry sauce and green beans).
Everything
tasted amazing, basically. It was all cooked to perfection, the pork
belly was super soft and not at all chewy. I particularly enjoyed the
red curry, it had so many different flavours going on and was really
creamy and sweet. The green curry was packed full of aromatic spices and amazing vegetables and the Pad Thai was so yummy.
For sides, we got some jasmine rice and some sticky rice, which I loved. I really like overcooked rice when it all sticks together so the sticky rice was perfect!
It
was such a lovely evening and had such a chilled out vibe. The staff
were really friendly and helpful and told us all about the food we were
ordering. There's such an authentic feel in there and I will most
definitely be visiting again soon!
Eat, live, always,
Chel
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