Thursday, January 12, 2012

Nakhon Kitchen

The thought of Nakhon Kitchen whets up my appetite easily. And I've only been there once.

When I order pineapple fried rice, I often (if not always) find myself asking - where's the taste of pineapple? It's usually just yellowed, dry (or oily, take a pick) rice stirred with prawns and green peas, and served in a halved, hollowed pineapple. Here, my first spoonful of rice came with a burst of sweet/sour juice from the pineapple cubes (be it canned or fresh) adding both taste and moistness. That's pineapple rice, literally. A good one at that.

I've learnt that the favourite meat among the female patrons here is not necessarily a dish, but for me, I've got my eyes set on the spicy minced pork with basil leaves. It's a simple stir-fry, perfumed with a handful of Thai basil leaves and sufficiently dressed in a mixture of savoury sauces. This is a dish that's compatible with any form of carbohydrate; rice, bread or noodles.

Perhaps it's the contrast between the colour of the plates and the food that....no, let me take that back. It's still their technique of the getting right fillet texture and the formulation of sauce that made the fried fish with sweet chilli sauce a winning dish. Of course, as mentioned, it was visually appetizing as well.

The small shoplot was atmospherically Thai; from the utensils to the decorations to the music. One can tell that the owner made an effort to impress the customers with these details. With food so good, that's not required. I think the neverending queue will agree.

Nakhon Kitchen
Blk 212, Hougang Street 21
#01-341
Singapore 530212

5 comments:

Kenny Mah said...

"I've learnt that the favourite meat among the female patrons here is not necessarily a dish..."

Ah. A hunky Thai waiter/cook/owner, then?

But I trust you that the long queues are for the food, and not the dishy non-dishes. ;)

choi yen said...

I like the "high stand" plate :)

HairyBerry said...

kenny, haha, yes and yes. tell you what. next time, when you are down in sg and we've run out of ideas of where to makan, we go there, ok? ;D

choi yen, yes, i thought it was a nice touch to the dishes. ;D

Kenny Mah said...

Hehe. I dunno about me (buat muka innosen) but I'm sure Devil wouldn't mind checking out some of those Thai waiters, uhm, dishes out. :P

HairyBerry said...

kenny, and i'm sure i wont mind trying out the other dishes too! lemme know la. we'll go makan big time! ;D