Lilly’s Thai take away — Restaurant in Amsterdam

Once in a while, a passionated chef dares to open a restaurant and just wants to share great food. Lilly's place is one of them. Her name is misleading as you can actually dine at one of four tables. Lilly fills a vacuum left by a great Italian trattoria that sadly had to close - Weesp is saturated with good Italian restaurants, see my previous 'Passata' review.

Right, back to topic: what makes Lilly special? The food, quality and passion of Lilly. Lilly is the chef, and Ruud is an extremely kind host and manager. No aloof hipster here! Together they fill an Italian gap with Thai food that's above par compared to Amsterdam's Zeedijk.

Lilly applies some magic in her kitchen and quite frankly: It's hard to find a better Thai salads at this price, take their 'Wan Woon Sen' salad of glass noodles. Delicate, fresh yet subtle spicy to give you a punch. A steal at a mere € 7,90!

Another gem (e.g. as all their food tastes heavenly) is 'Neua Pad Kaprauw', stir-fried tender beef with Thai basil. For those who are not familiar with Thai basil: it tastes like nothing else, and has a slight sweet taste with an almost mint hint, very delicate. At € 12,90 with a big portion of rice, also a great deal.

Compared to Amsterdam I can conclude that Lilly raises the bar, both in terms of their Thai cuisine and prices charged. Well, actually, not for the latter as she is dirt cheap....

Delicious Thai food. It is a take away place, so no dine inn. However the food is great and worth the detour. We ordered way too much food for two people (we knew in advance) but we wanted to try several things, no regrets at all, and we happily eat it tomorrow and maybe the day after. The thud man pla (fish cakes) were a little spicy, the spring rolls were crunchy and filled to the brim. The satay kay came with a tasty peanut sauce. Their fried rice and noodles which you can order as a side dish are already lovely on themselves. The one dish I would order again is the pad Thai neua, however personally I would want to have it a little spicy next time. All in all, all dishes were tasty, not too salty and all tasted really fresh. Last but not least, normally we are not a big fan of prawn crackers however theirs..mmm, delicious so add a bag to you order and try them yourselves. We surely come...

Gisteren voor het eerst eten gehaald bij dit nieuwe afhaal restaurant. Een Thai in Weesp, dat is fantastisch. Jammer dat ze (nog) niet bezorgen...ik was me toch lui gisteren. Anyway, bij binnenkomst waren er drie mensen voor mij en er zaten aan tafels wat mensen te wachten. Achter de balie stond een meneer en in de keuken vier Thaise dames koks. Het bestelproces duurde lang. De meneer stond alleen en deed de bestellingen opnemen en het eten dat klaar was naar de klanten brengen. Dat schoot niet echt op, zeker niet als de klanten van te voren niet goed weten wat ze willen. Ik zeg, check dat eerst, roep je nummers en je naam, betaal en wacht op je eten. Toen ik na zo'n 10 minuten besteld had, rode curry met garnalen (72) ging ik zitten. Het eten kwam vrij vlot. Belangrijkste dan natuurlijk de smaak. Ik had aangegeven...iets pittiger. Nou, dat was gelukt. Niets mis mee, beetje extra water erbij 😅. Portie was okee, zeker niet te weinig en de smaak was zeer acceptabel. Het eten had zeker wel een authentieke smaak, het was goed op temperatuur, er zaten zo'n 7 garnalen in, de rijst was okee, misschien alleen iets te klef. Ik ga er zeker nog eens wat halen. Hopelijk loopt het bestelproces dan wat soepeler....misschien kan een kok beter het eten aan de...