When I got to Nana just after 6 p.m., there were a few tables available. I was the first one there and unfortunately the hostess wouldn't give me a table until all of my friends were there. That was fine with me and I waited at the entrance for my friends.
The interior decor of this restaurant deserves a lot of recognition! It was definitely designed to resemble the streets of Bangkok. There were colourful flags stretched across the restaurant, walls that had "shuttered windows", and tables and chairs that resembled the ones that you sit outside on the streets (a lot of Asian countries have these) -- the chairs were the plastic sort. I really loved the feel of the restaurant.
I ordered the "Pad Mama with Hot Dog" (Pad Mama Sai Sai Kok). According to their menu, it said that "this is the 'mac 'n cheese' of Thailand, a comforting dish of tasty stir-fried instant noodles with vegetables, oyster sauce, sweet soy & hot dogs (the mama 'tom yum' seasoning pack is added back in for good pressure)."
It didn't take too long for the dishes to arrive together. On the table, there was a spread of four different types of spicy sauce and peppers in open containers too. I tried these out for "good measure".
I really liked my Pad Mama with Hot Dog dish! It was really just fried instant noodles (the mama brand) but it was fried with Thai spices and had a hint of tanginess to it (probably from the lime juice that I squeezed in). It was really a unique dish made with common ingredients. The spices were indeed "authentic" (as much as I could taste it anyway) and I really liked the noodles! The hot dog was also nothing special -- plain hot dogs -- but they were cut up so that their ends split up like an octopus. Again, this was definitely a comfort food dish.
I tried a bite of the Pad Thai Bo Lan from T and that single bite was full of flavour and authentic tastes again. I was impressed!
I tried the Yellow Curry Fried Rice with Coconut and liked the yellow curry in the rice. It wasn't too spicy either.
All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to Nana Restaurant and wish I could have tried more of their dishes. This is the type of restaurant that you will want to come into with a group of four to five foodies and share all of the dishes because everything is so flavourful and authentic.