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| - We decided to go check out Nana after receiving the devastating news that Khao San Road is temporarily closed. According to Khao San Road's website, Nana is their short term location for lunches Monday-Saturday and dinners Monday & Tuesday. We came on a Wednesday night, so the menu was Nana's.
We got the vegan green curry and the vegan pad Thai. The curry was very rich and had a unique, strong lemongrass flavour which was delicious. The pad Thai noodles had the right amount of chew and the sauce was perfectly tart. However, when ordering, we were never asked how spicy we wanted our dishes. At Khao San Road (and most other Thai restaurants really), they always ask us for spice preference. So our dishes were too mild for our liking unfortunately.. But they do have 4 kinds of chilli pastes/flakes at the table for you to add to the dish. I do have to say the portions were a little small though.. For $15 a dish, I definitely didn't get my money's worth. For comparison, their pad Thai is equivalent to half of what you get at Salad King (which is only $10 by the way). So definitely not a bang for your buck, but pretty dang delicious (just remember to ask about spice level!).
Where Nana falls short is on the service side. We ordered around 6:20 pm and didn't receive our food until 6:50 pm. It also didn't help that we were really freaking hungry.. the wait for our food took what felt like eons. Also, our water was not refilled when our glasses were empty. I felt like the mediocre service and long wait really spoiled my experience at Nana, but I can't say I didn't enjoy the food.
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