Banmaai Thai Kitchen And

"We had arranged a meeting with a friendly couple who had proposed to meet this restaurant. At 6:00 p.m. we entered the restaurant and came right behind the door into a group of waiting people – what are they waiting for? The tables visible from this point of view were occupied at most by 20, and we couldn't see our friends from there either. From the staff of the house there was no greeting, the dominations were with me not knowing what was occupied and took no note from the waiters. After a short waiting period, Madame took the initiative, pushed through the waiters and went to the corner of the L-shaped guest room. Right after, she waved me, she had discovered our friends. We then went to the rear and then took place after due greeting at the four table. Shortly afterwards, one of the young waiters, who were all friendly and accommodating, but had hardly any gastronomic training, came to the table and distributed the menus. The offer includes “authentic dishes and modern interpretations of the centuries-old traditional Thai cuisine”. The menu is shown on the homepage only in extracts, here [here link] there is detailed information about the Curries. The current price quote on the homepage from €13.50 does not match the map in the local area, where the curries read: Vegetarian €14.50, chicken €15.90 with duck €17.70 and shrimp €16.50. At least the basic price for the vegetarian variant and also those with chicken meat seem quite sporty to me for Kiel conditions, and the comparison with the Toh Thong in Frankfurt a few days ago is quite clear: There the basic vegetarian variant of most dishes costs 8.50 €, with chicken 9.00 €. While we were still studying the cards, another waiter came to the table and accepted the beverage orders: Our friends ordered cocktails beforehand and then a tiger beer each. Madame ordered a mineral water 0.2l for €2.40 as usual. I wanted to order a large Cola light, but was informed that soft drinks are only available in small bottles. After a short time, the waiter came back to the table, served the cocktails and put a glass with ice and half a lemon slice at Madame and at me, which he then filled out bottles opened at the table. Then we had finally chosen the food, our friend ordered once roasted rice and once “Ped Pad Priew Wan”, “Gemüse sweet-sauer mit crispy duck” €17.90 . Madame had liked fruit and ordered “Gäng Phet Ped Yang”, “Sautierte duck in curry with fruit” €17.90. In the now following waiting period, the local was filled, it went so far that the twoer tables that had previously been compiled to four groups were pulled apart in the row next to ours. This is good to create more space for couples, which then resulted in a very narrow passage between the tables. The most striking thing about the establishment of the restaurant are the wall coverings and partly also ceiling coverings made of peeled branches. The tables with bare resopal plates are combined with upholstered chairs with red or sand-colored covers, some wall lamps create a quite cozy light. The house makes a clean and well-maintained impression, in this respect I noticed nothing negative. After a reasonable waiting period, one of the waiters first brought the plates for our friends and then disappeared before our friend could express his blurry: instead of roasted rice, which usually looks quite dry, one of the curry dishes found themselves with the typical large amount of sauces on the plate. When our plates were served in the second gear, our friend complained about the confusion, the waiter then took the plate back. Actually, there were no plates placed in front of us, but rather bowls. Madame got a light gray-brown ceramic with the usual large amount of liquid, in which duck meat, various pieces of vegetables and a lychee and some grapes lay. The whole was crowned by some leaves of Thai-Basilikium and a foam that tasted nothing. In this respect, the court was quite accurate to the description on the homepage. However, it was not a revelation, the usual coconut milk flavor with the sweetness of the fruits. From the sharpness threatened in the map with the symbol of a chilishote there was practically nothing to feel. My bowl had a full anthracite shade, the crispy fried ducks and the green and red vegetables contrasted wonderfully here. The deep green of the fried Thai basilikum also fits visually very well. Only under the layer on meat and vegetables I found the noodles, narrow band noodles with still weak bite. The meat was excellently cooked, with crispy crust and very delicate inside, with well seasoned. The vegetables were as expected fresh and crisp, the fried basil cracked while chewing. The sauce is well tasted and actually a bit sharp, but not as long ago as the two chilischote symbols were expected. Only a few grapes of green peppercorns increased the sharpness pointwise. However, the composition was very good, I would order the court again. In the meantime, the waiter had brought our friend the right food after a few minutes, so that we were all satisfied and satisfied. Then the drama started with the payment. The so-called waiter had already heard that two groups had to be taken off. He took his digital helper and took off what our friends told us. The result of his addition was then paid by card. Then we counted our consumption, and then the two tiger beers still remained on the electronic list, but our friends were loud and clear and not only once mentioned... It took a good ten minutes until the waiter had blurred this mess. In total we spent over three hours in the restaurant, during this time other tables in the area were reoccupied twice and when we finally left the restaurant, there were still guests waiting for a free table in the entrance. In the four years of its existence, this restaurant has developed a “Look, I am” status, probably also because the other Thai restaurants in Kiel are much further away from the city centre. The price-performance ratio must be judged by everyone for themselves, for us it is not so true."