Thai House — Restaurant in Bengaluru

A TOUCH OF THAI ON BRIGADE ROAD

As the eateries have eased out of Brigade Road, Bangalore is getting geared up to handle traffic, lakes (or what is left of them), Metro rail (With faulty towers, never ending deadlines and throwing traffic into sheer turmoil), Pan National job seekers, employees, migrant labour and a Govt. that has no clue to strategy or survival. The future of the city is scary. Nobody thinks of the city’s future when all their energy ends up focussing on getting from here to there. Everyday. That’s scary.

With exclusive Brand stores popping up on Brigade Road (think Samsung, One Plus, Levis, Puma etc) eateries have graciously moved out. Church Street stakes claim for the term “Food Street” with its paved pathway and a string of restaurants and cafes. Back in the days, Brigade had Rice Bowl and Shangri La for Indianese or Chinese , Nilgiris Café for South Indian self-service idlis with swirling sambar and of course Haroon’s The Only Place for steaks, burgers, roast turkey and apple pies all washed down with chilled branded beers. Much before Bengaluru became India’s Pub/Beer/Brewery capital.

THAI HOUSE is located in the vintage 5th Avenue building on the ground floor. It’s a very casual laid back place, complete with yellow umbrellas and the signboards of surrounding shops throwing out LED lighting. Getting a good pic here is tough.

We ordered for Sea food Tom Yum, Squid Tom Yum ( my neice loves squid) and since there was no beef that day – I agreed to the Thai grilled chicken suggested by the apologetic waiter. I felt I was sitting by a street or a casual cool, Café, waiting for my food. The place exuded that kind of casualness.

The food came fast, like on a Thai street and was really good. Me being a fan of Thai street food in all its forms, I must say this place blew me away. Bang on Brigade road we discovered Thai street flavours. The seafood papaya salad was crunchy, fresh and prawns felt that they were cooked straight from the sea. The Tom Yums were yummy with the sharp tang of the Galangal, lemon grass and basil but merging perfectly with the swimming seafood flavoured coconut broth. So it was with the chicken, clean spicy, sweet and sour flavor. Their chilli fish sauce was classic Thai and it went well with the dishes. When I enquired with the Thai Lady who cooks everything up, she said she sources most her stuff (including the fish sauce) from Thailand.

The pricing was also casual. For all of this we paid just Rs. 1300. There were three of us. Not bad at all, considering I got a smacking of the Thai street flavor. They have another outlet in Indira Nagar. But this was Brigade Road and to end a leisurely stroll with economical Thai food seemed like ole times.

If Mr. Kumaraswamy, the chief minister has his way, Brigade Road will be only for walkers and surely then a time for some more eateries like this Thai House to open up. The future for Brigade Road does not look that bad. But the future of the Government? That’s...

About last night, was craving for a curry and upon a recent recommendation by a friend and a long pending restaurant tryout on my never ending list, I ordered from Thai House from their Indiranagar outlet.

The quintessential Green Curry Chicken with some sticky rice. I rest my case, my search for an authentic green curry in bangalore ends here. It was simply perfect, it had the right amount of everything, beautifully balanced complex interface of flavours, presented with the right level of pungency you would expect from a bowl of curry in Bangkok.

The portion size is as perfect and was super happy to see a generous helping of pea aubergines floating in the curry, which is my favourite in a curry. Price is expensive, but with five star quality, five star prices are expected and justified too, worth every penny. #apjprecommends

The sticky rice however was a bad decision, it was way too glutinous and lumpy that I could the enjoy this beautiful curry much. Next time I will remember to order steamed rice, which is priced much lesser too.

Highly recommended and I am gonna sample a few more authentic Thai delicacies...

Visited this place for the 2nd time recently. Thai house is a small joint in the middle of the shopping complex with a small open counter and few tables with umbrellas. First time was before visiting Thailand a d 2nd was after, so my opinion changed drastically. Thai food is one of the best cuisine in the world, they have so much flavour and freshness in their food. Thai house does try to replicate the Thai flavours cutting down on fish sauce to cater to Indian taste which I understand. The basil chicken has very less basil, however it tasted pretty good, spicy too.. the rice wasn't sticky jasmine rice. The fried egg let me down. Thai people make the best eggs, however this wasn't upto the mark. Iced Sweet pea- I honestly have no clue what this is. It was a indigo colored sweet iced water with no taste or smell watsoever apart from sugar. I do not know what they were trying to replicate.

Surprised to see they have opened a restaurant in Indiranagar with same menu and prices. So I would suggest you visit Indirangar branch to enjoy the ambience amongst other things for the same price, hopefully the...