This was Leo's colorful cocktail night. He started off with a yellow cocktail called a Mango Monsoon, then a green cocktail called a Rainbow Forest, then a red cocktail called a My Tai. All I had was a single, little Singha, a Thai lager beer.
The food was very enjoyable. Our appetizers were an order of crispy, fried shrimp cakes...
and a roasted duck salad. The salad was particularly good, having lots of shredded roasted duck, sliced strips of red onion, and shredded cabbage all in a spicy dressing.
Our main courses were also quite good. You can see them on the left. On top is Leo's red curry with beef and fresh basil leaves. He thought it was good and not too sweet. The curry was accompanied by white rice.
I had the rockfish special du jour. You can't see the fish in the picture because it was wrapped in banana leaves before cooking and I had not yet unwrapped the fish before taking the picture. It was actually quite nice—thoroughly cooked and the banana leaves imparted a distinct, delicate flavor to the rockfish. Along with the fish I got a bowl of steamed white rice and the plate was garnished with a bunch of leaf lettuce, shredded cabbage and some hand-carved carrots. A spicy, sweet fish sauce also accompanied the plate.Dessert was a pleasant surprise. We've been to this place often enough to have had most everything on the dessert menu, so we tried the one thing we'd never had: Thai custard. Now, this custard was different and very unlike the English or French style custards. The texture reminded me a lot of a clafouti, which is really more of an eggy, soft cake. It had been baked until browned on the outside; the inside was green, although I don't know the source of the green (it didn't taste like basil). Leo thought it tasted like green tea. Whipped cream topping liberally covered the top.
So, it was a lovely evening, after which I helped Leo stagger home.
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