Rama V

WHY GO

Experience calm and tranquility as you dine on fine Thai cuisine amid a beautiful pool of lotus blossoms.

WHAT TO ORDER

A page-long selection of starters is offered including the Sukhothai — portions of chicken satay, pomelo salad, fish cakes and deep-fried spring rolls, all of which are prepared perfectly. The satay has a curry flavour while the pomelo salad is a tasty contrast of sweet and sour tastes from the chunks of semi-sweet pomelo and fresh river prawns, grilled chicken and a citrus-based sauce.

Some would say the test of a good Thai chef is the tom yam soup and the chef here passes muster with a suitably spiced broth enriched with decent portions of seafood. One of Thailand's most celebrated curries is massaman, cooked in several styles. This normally thick peanut-based southern Thai curry is tasty with flavours of cumin, nutmeg and mace but is not as thick as other curries.

Desserts include two Thai favourites of mango sticky rice and water chestnut in iced coconut milk, both of which are light and refreshing, making for the perfect ending to this Thai feast.