Thai Oishi: Eating Good

I met with a friend recently. We met over a meal of Asian dishes: friend noodles, rice, stir fry. It was good but it was a Western version of Asian foods. My friend began to spout about this amazing new restaurant he'd discovered in a part of town I wouldn't have believed had anything but pubs and goulash. But he claimed this Thai and Japanese restaurant had fresh sushi and great crab cakes. I was game and we made a plan to eat.

We met up on a Saturday afternoon and headed to Palmovka metro station. The restaurant is a short walk, only one street from the metro. It sits in the ground floor of an old residential building, surrounded by a street of old residential buildings. If you weren't looking for it, you wouldn't find it.

Everything in the restaurant is new and bright and welcoming. The walls are covered with posters of the Thai King, Thai dances and Thai dishes. There are two menus: Japanese and Thai. We ordered dishes from both. The food was genuine and fresh and everything you'd want from a little known gem. Plus, it won't break the bank because all the dishes are reasonably priced.

If you are looking for fresh sushi, well done maki, tasty Phat Thai, spicy shrimp or piping hot crab cakes you don't need to hop a plane to Bangkok, just get yourself to Prague 8 and fill your tummy.

http://www.thaioishi.cz/