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| - Just arrived home after dining at Sabai Sabai. Since our usual Sukothai was closed we decided to give this restaurant a try. The host seated us happily & promptly to our table. Our waiter arrived, and was attentive throughout our dinner.
Now onto the food, we ordered "crispy fried fish in tamarind sauce", which at first I was reluctant to order, due to the fact that they used basa flilets, NOT a big fan for many reasons, anyways my dinner date wanted to try it. It arrives as two filets what seems to be deep fried in panko & drizzled with tamarind sauce. And just as I figured... something fishy about this dish ( no pun intended ).
2ND was the "Thai curry fish custard" wrapped in a banana leaf. I tried a forkful & recall saying " what on earth am I eating?". The texture & look of it resembled a tin of mashed up salmon. Steamed???. Enough said.
3RD dish, the "fried shrimp with basil.", NOT that flavourful, probably because the shells were still intact & the shrimp could've been cooked slightly longer.
4TH dish, the fried chicken wings....... Sushi District the winner here!
Last and finally, the most likable dish of the night "shrimps in penang curry", we needed to use this sauce for the kinda hard "sticky rice" my date had & for my own white rice.
Just to note the kitchen, the food seemed to arrive almost right away to our table after ordering, which probably meant pre-cooked???
For a tapas menu, it is a small one. There's just so much a customer can order, without ordering repeat items...... Guu Izakya has the right idea for this.
So after $50 (tip included) for 4 tapas size dishes, we say to ourselves, it's really NOT about the money...... but was it REALLY worth it???
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