Ruan Thai

Now the summer has finished and work is a little quieter izi and I had time to go out for a meal the other night and so I told her to leave it to me and I will choose somewhere to go for the evening. It was not a difficult decision choosing to go to Ruan Thai as we had spoken about wanting to go there a few times before so I booked a table and told her to be ready for the taxi at half 7.

The restaurant is situated in wyke at the Old Castle Hotel and although it looks rustic on the outside do not be fooled as it looks great inside.  When we arrived we were the only couple there but it was a cold Monday evening and there were not many people about anywhere.

The waitress that evening was very polite and kind and we were soon served drinks and had menus (which are avaliable to view on there website). I think the positive side to having the pub right next to the restaurant was the fact there were quite a large selection of drinks including draft beer.

For starters we went for the ka num jeep which was Thai style dumplings and crispy battered prawns with a sweet chilli dip.
 

They were so tasty especially the dumplings which izi particularly enjoyed, we shared half each but they did not last very long as they were soon out of the way ready for our main course.

For main course izi went for the pad Thai and I had the ped makaam which was deep friend roast duck with Chinese leaves broccoli and cashew nuts and just because we were very hungry/greedy we also had the pak shoop which was deep dried mixed vegetables in a crispy batter with a sweet chilli sauce to share aswell.

The duck dish in itself was worth going there for it was so nice and I could have eaten it again if we hadn’t ordered too much and I was full but still no matter how much you eat there is still enough room for dessert which in my case was a chocolate hazelnut bomb.

We had never gone out for a Thai meal before but we are already planning our next trip although I think they may do takeaway too which we will have to check out.