We arrived early and the restaurant had just opened for business, so there weren't many people around. Perhaps we were a bit too early though...the manager ? waltzed into the restaurant in his casual clothes and then put on on his white work jacket, haha. He was pleasant, we had no issue with the service- the food was served promptly and all orders taken with a smile.
SIAM 62 has a rather interesting, varied menu. Have you heard of Red Curry with Rambutan before?
I decided to order it out of curiosity and picked prawn to be cooked in the red curry. There is always room for a good prawn!
This turned out to be a wrong choice since the curry was way too sweet and the prawns were not fresh. With its red fiery colour, the dish was pretty enough but definitely not worth the price for candied soggy prawn. sigh. That teaches me once again not to order strange things from the menu.
Since this red curry turned out a disaster, I decided to give them a second chance and order something which no self-respecting Thai restaurant should get wrong- Gaeng Kiew Wan ( Green Curry Chicken).
The gravy was thick and aromatic and went perfect with fluffy white rice. Extra rice please.
Tom Yam Goong (seafood) came next. It was decent, but honestly, nothing special.
Still hungry, we continued to order Yum Voon Sen (glass noodle salad) and piping hot fried fish cakes.
Both were absolutely delicious! The glass noodle salad was refreshing and had enough chillis to give it a nice kick.The fish cakes were soft and very more-ish.
After pouncing on all the dishes on the table, the realization that we'd forgotten to order greens dawned on us. Oh my! By then, the restaurant was starting to fill up with people, my tummy was full already and it would be indecent to unbutton my pants in the middle of the restaurant.
Btw, please humour me and agree that dessert is sometimes more important than the main course:)
No matter how full, I need to order something sweet for a satisfying end. In that, being a sucker for pretty pictures, I asked for their Luk Chup. Super cute mini fruit! Sadly this special handmade green bean paste is not available all the time as it takes a while to make, so I ordered a Tam Thim Krob instead. Not fantastic, it didn't have that rich, freshly squeezed santan taste, too little nangka and was floury.
