Banjarong

Yes, this is a restaurant strategically located on the way to work.It has very artistic lettering and a picture of a stylish Thai lady holding a dinner plate tantalisingly aloft.Been eyeing it for a while.Heard recently that it has very interesting menu and excellent serice and yes most important is not very crowded.So wanted it as a birthday treat!Been dropping not so subtle hints to people who matter!
So it was a pleasant surprise(!) that we had dinner at this place last eve for my birthday.It lived up to its reputation of being not very crowded.There were lots of quaint little rooms artistically decorated which could seat a set of four diners each.Lots of thai curios and artefacts.there was a dainty women sitting near the entrance on a small brass platform,delicately carving vegetables into roses, crysanthamums.They were beuuuutiful!
Yes, yes i am coming to the food part.Well, we happned to order a soup which has coconut milk as its base.And it was good and tasty and made me want to try it at home!Which goes to show it was tasty and appeared simple to try and has an input output ratio of time effort and effect in the correct proportion. And also ordered main course which had coconut gravy alongwith vegetables.No, we are not particularly partial to cocoanut,but anchored on it as we could not decipher any other familiar item.So it all had the same taste. But the starters was very very tasty. It was corn fried and sauted and served in crisp baskets. I liked the crunchy and tangy taste very much.The lemon tea served alongwith the meal was good too.Many of the dishes had a pungent leaf in it, appeared like leaves of lime treee. Mommy used to call it "nartha elai".Yes i forgot the hibiscus juice.Very good for health!Had a delicate colour and was very refreshing.
Broke with tradition and ordered dessert of date pancake with icecream.Need not have taken the trouble to break tradition....
Banjarong,yeah we will visit again only with a guide who will help us to meander through their special dishes.