It was an impromptu decision to visit this restaurant. Was pretty hungry since touched down in Bangkok and it wasn't till 2.15pm before we finally decided to meet up for late lunch. Four of us took a cab to Thanying and it was a pretty long ride, due to the traffic condition as well as an unexpected closure of a lane that forced us to take a detour. The cab uncle was shaking his head through out. Oops.
Finally arrived, and the restaurant looks cosy on its private premise of an old house in Pramuan Street. It gave off a tranquil vibe and we did arrive at an odd hour to have a meal. It was almost 3pm then.
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| stepping in |
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| nice courtyard |
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| reception cum bar |
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| dining area |
This is the kind of restaurant that made me want to talk in whispers. Smart casual dressing is appropriate.
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| menu |
Was famished and thirsty, so ordered up a Thai Milk tea to quench the thirst. When in a group, we'll do communal dining. Each of us was responsible to order one dish of our choice. Collectively, we decided to go with the four curries set, a couple of appetisers and dishes that were recommended by Tracy's Thai friend.
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| looks like my kind of drink, except it wasn't for that day. Singha @ ฿110 |
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| coconut slushie @ ฿120 |
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| my first glass (and only glass!!) of Thai Iced Milk Tea @ ฿100 |
Must say that the beer pricing was rather good. Nevertheless, I still enjoyed the Thai tea though the tea flavour wasn't as I'd like.
First up, appetisers of Miang Kha Na, sweet corn fritters and rice crackers with pork.
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| Miang Kha Na (เมี่ยงคะน้า) @ ฿180 |
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| lovely flavours |
Fell in love with the Miang Kha Na, kid you not. Chinese kale leave as the wrapper and toss in a couple of dried shrimps, crispy pork fat (deep fried lard), peanuts, ginger dice, fresh shallots, bird's eye chili, lime and a good dollop of that sweet dried shrimp paste equates to an explosion of flavours. So yums and refreshing. Have to bite slowly though as the dried stuffs are pretty hard and requires good teeth.
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| Sweet Corn Fritters (ข้าวโพดทอด) @ ฿160 |
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| Khao Tang Hna Tang (ข้าวตังหน้าตั้ง) @ ฿160 |
Second favourite appetiser was surely the crispy rice crackers with minced pork. Again, the flavours shone through. The coconut milk dip of the minced pork was a winner and eaten with crispy rice crackers was a joy in terms of texture.
For mains, we had a set of 4 curries; sweet beef massaman, sweet chicken curry, prawn green curry with sweet basil and roasted duck in red curry. At one shot, we had tried half out of the 8 available curries.
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| Set of 4 kinds of curries @ ฿480 |
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| tom yum goong (ต้มยำกุ้ง) @ ฿180 |
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| Tom Kha Gai (ต้มข่าไก่) @ ฿160 |
Also had a taste of the soups; Tom Yum Goong and Tom Kha Gai (chicken in coconut broth). The versions here would be leaning towards the sweet side of things and of subtler flavours.
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| Roti Gang Gai @ ฿180 |
The Indian roti was nicely crispy and fluffy. So tasty on its own.
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| Yamm Tua Poo (ยำถั่วพู) @ ฿170 |
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| Crab meat with curry @ ฿320 |
The crab meat stir fried with omelette, seafood and some curry broth was good with its fresh seafood, and the winged beans was nicely crunchy much like the Malay ulam (salad).
Late lunch was enjoyable and do come with an open mind. The flavours here is much subtler and sweeter. Allow at least an hour and a half to dine here. The ambiance is relaxing and service was friendly. The meal costs ฿2,879 in total and fed the 4 of us comfortably. The cost was about SDG30 per pax.
Must orders: Miang Kha Na, Khao Tang Hna Tang (crispy rice crackers with minced pork), crab meat with curry, Indian roti
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| signage |
Thanying
Location: 10 Thanon Pramuan (Pramuan St.), off Silom Rd., between Silom 17 and 19, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500, Thailand
Nearest BTS: Surasak BTS Station
Website:
http://thanying.com/
Contact: Tel (66) 02-236-4361, (66) 02-235-0371 Fax (66) 02-635-0113
Email:
kriangkrai@thanying.com
Business Hours: Daily from 11:30am and last order is at 10:00pm
Cuisine: Genuine Royal Thai
Price: Reasonable ($$)
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