***Thailand in London -2..the voucher**

[Mister Fixit]

Originally Posted by Gallowspole

I would have licked the plates for that price!

In seriously fashionable ...ahem ... Newcastle 20 years ago, we were paying around 40 quid per person at the Loy Krathong, so I don't think 75 quid for 2 is so unreasonable in the centre of London.

Nowt wrang with w' Nyucassel, wor kid!

I had a pretty good Thai meal in New York, (not the Merkin one), a small place just north of Newcastle, last month when I was over for my old mam's 90th birthday. It was a pub called the Wheatsheaf, and the owner is apparently married to a Thai and also has a place in Jomtien, where he was when I ate there.

It was not at all bad price-wise and the food was great. My mum had tom yam gung at £4.50 a small bowl, but really excellent, then she had gai pad king at 6 quid a pop, but again very nice.

I had something they called Bangkok beef, which I have never had in Bangers, but it was lovely, tender and cooked in oyster and soy sauce, I think. Then I had yam woonsen, a very large bowl and 6 quid a pop, rather more than Thailand. However, It was very nice indeed and we were both stuffed afterwards.

I also had a small bottle of Chang at 2.35 a go, a bit steep, but it was a nice round-off to a pretty good meal. Total was £32.20 for two, not at all bad for UK prices.

Better still, my mum insisted on paying, saying that as I had travelled 8,000 miles or so for her birthday, the least she could do was to pay! Well done, mum! ;-)

The Thai staff were great too. I went the day before to check it out and spoke to a waitress who turned out to be from Bang Kapi. She gave us a huge bowl of sticky rice free, and in return I took some nam prik bao the girlfriend had made for her and the cooks to have with their own sticky rice.

I reckon it was well worth 32 quid for a nice authentic Thai meal,even if it could be had for a fifth of the price in Thailand, probably less.

[peterpan]

To be honest if its as Good as the good Doctor says it is, the meal price sounds OK to me, I guess for good Thai you would pay those prices in Sydney, near that price in Auckland.
Its not exorbitant. I remember paying roughly 30+ quid with no drinks for two in Peterborough and that was 5 / 6 years ago.

[DrAndy]

It was OK for central London PP, but you could get a cheaper version in the suburbs, although maybe not so tasty

[CharleyFarley]

To me eating out is partly the food and partly the ambiance.

Generally if you end up with a bill that is 50% food 50% drink, it means you've had a good time.

I wouldn't ponce about going to a Thai restaurant in central london and have just 2 miserable 33cl beers with my meal.

There again there are restaurants ( Vietnamese & Thai ) in Greenwich where all you want is Jasmine tea with your meal , and the food is excellent.

[DrAndy]

well Charley, if your ambiance can only be achieved with drink, it would not be a good place to go. Your "good time" would be 10 beers, at 50%

we did go to a nice bar afterwards, where drinks could be had for half the price