Don't you just love Restaurant Week? While we don't make as much use of it as we should, what better time to eat somewhere I've always wanted to go!
So we ventured out to Kittichai in Soho for modern Thai. The way to a man’s heart maybe through his stomach, but when the ambiance and the décor are this good, half the battle is already won. It's actually nice to drive into Soho on a weeknight - abundance of street parking everywhere!! (Yes, it means a lot to me because it means No parallel parking ordeal required on my part)
The food was yummy - definitely about 100x tastier than my attempted Thai cooking effort from the night before. 3 of the Foodiots decided to go with the Restaurant week Menu and the 4th Foodiot ordered the Chilean Sea Bass. In her exact words ‘it was a bit sweet but still AWESOME ‘. From the Restaurant week menu, we had the Thai Gazpacho, Coconut chicken in butter lettuce wraps and the Steamed mussels in curry broth. The lettuce wraps were great; don’t forget to ask for the chili dipping sauce on the side so you (not me) can spice it up. For main course, we ordered the Organic chicken in green curry and the crispy catfish. In Sat's words, he was "tastefully delighted" with the catfish. Yea, c-h-e-e-s-y. The green curry was, in the words of Rachel Ray – YUM’O. Reminded me of the curry our cook in Indonesia used to make (that means I just gave it a 2 thumbs up). The Stir-fried Asian vegetables with garlic and ginger-soy sauce were a welcome vegetarian addition to the table. They were so so good that we ordered 2 portions.
For dessert, we ordered the Flourless Valrhona chocolate cake (apparently Valrhona is a French chocolate) and the Banana spring roll with burnt honey ice cream. The burnt honey ice cream was great and so were the Banana Spring rolls. I’m a sucker for anything fried. Suhel devoured the chocolate cake like there was no tomorrow, in all honesty, it was just DECENT. Overall, we had a great time. D&D with the Foodiots is always fun especially because it is always accompanied by a healthy dose of gossip.
Definitely recommend Kittichai to anyone looking to be transported into the elegant and zen-like world of modern Thailand.
Bloggers recommendation: 3/5
Price: $$$
Ambiance: 4/5
Website: http://www.kittichairestaurant.com
Cuisine: Modern Thai
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