Lemongrass Restaurant

The menu at Lemongrass consists mainly of timeless Thai favourites, thus veterans of Thai food shouldn't find anything foreign or unfamilar.

We kicked off dinner with a Green Mango Salad (not shown). Twiggy strips of green mango finely sliced mixed with finely sliced purple onions, awashed in lime juice, fish sauce and whole peanuts. It is hard to pick on the green mango salad but I would have preferred ground peanuts instead..

Vermicelli Soup with minced chicken was comfort food most earnest. However as it was crammed full of contents, the little broth left failed to leave an impression on me.

Tom Yam Soup was a glorious shade of orange and filled with seafood and mushroom. Not big on tom yam, I gave it a miss.

Hot Plate Beancurd. Egg beancurd settling atop of an omelette, smothered in mushrooms and minced chicken gravy. What's so Thai about this dish? It was tasty but looked and tasted like every hot plate beancurd that we ordered from a Chinese restaurant. For a restaurant that proudly proclaims that it serves authentic Thai food, this dish does seem a little criminal.

The Green Beef Curry was filled with thin slices of beef and chunky aubergine. It was appetizing enough despite the fact I am not a fan of green curry (I prefer red).

The Crispy Garoupa with Thai Style Chilli Dressing stood out amongst the other paltry dishes. It wasn't nearly as crispy as what I have had before but the fact that it was
a.fish and more importantly,
b.deep-fried, i mean how wrong can you go?

I am trying to find something reedeming about lemongrass so this was probably the borderline saving grace of the entire evening.

Pineapple Rice was flagrantly pathetic. The dish consisted a pile of rice topped with chicken floss and fried shallots.. -pause- that's it?

THAT'S IT! You got it right the first time.. Urgh, thinking about it makes me froth.

Another main dish was the Claypot Vermicelli Prawns, which was as ooo lala as the pineapple rice or any other dish for the night for the record.

Overall, the quality of food lay somewhere between half-decent and shoddy. I mean, compared to other cuisines such as japanese which are considerably blander by nature, it doesn't take Thai food as much effort to spark of some fireworks. Now, if only Lemongrass had paid more attention to details. It is especially infuriating because I have heard quite a bit about this restaurant but high hopes for it completely fizzled out by the end of the night. In fact, writing this review felt extremely laborious as I didn't think they were worthy of my time.

It is so hard to find good Thai food at decent prices, looks like I should just stick to Patara Fine Thai should the craving kick off.