Baan Thai

Unless you live in Morley you probably won't have heard of Baan Thai. After several different recommendations we thought we would give it a go and boy we weren't disappointed.

The restaurant is tucked away around the back of Commercial Street with only a small sign directing you to its compact car park, keep your eyes peeled as you could easily drive past and miss it.

The converted mill building has high wooden ceilings, bamboo blinds, original hand carved artefacts and the staff, who can't do enough to make sure your dinning experience is special, wear traditional dresses.

On arrival we were shown to our table and offered a drink, they stock imported Thai beers and wines as well as an extensive selection of European wines and beers.

The menu it's set out in a similar format to most eastern restaurants with main courses categorised into the dish type with about 90 dishes to choose from as well as 3 set menus for those of you who are indecisive.

As there were a group of us we thought we would go for a selection of dishes and share. For  starters we ordered Baan Thai mixed starters for two (£6.50 per person) containing chicken in batter, prawn toast, spare ribs and chicken satay. Deep fried spare ribs (£5.25) and deep fried stuffed chicken wings served with sweet chilli sauce (£5.25). There is nothing healthy about the starters but certainly some of the best around.

For the main dishes we choose stir fried pork with seasoned garlic and white pepper (£8.40), beef massaman curry (£9.10) a traditional dish from southern Thailand served in a medium spicy sauce with potatoes and onions. Chicken green curry with coconut milk, courgettes and sweet basil (£9.00). The green curry is by far the best I've had, a lovely green sauce and moist chicken. To accompany them we had egg fried rice (£2.75) and Thai style fried noodles with mixed vegetables. (£4.15).

If you have room, the desert menu is a bit of a let down with the choice of either ice cream or banana fritters, but if like me the banana fritters bring back a bit of nostalgia and kerb you sweet cravings.

Baan Thai is a hidden gem, if you enjoy Thai cuisine forget the rest in Leeds and give them a try. All the food tastes super fresh and is very flavoursome. If you intend to go on a Saturday make sure you book as it does get busy but it's no surprise why.

They have an Early Bird menu (£11.99) Available from 6-7pm Tuesday - Thursday
& Sundays. Choose a starter and main course (excluding seafood dishes) with either steamed or egg fried rice accompanied with tea or coffee.



Baan Thai Restaurant
51d Commercial Street
Morley
Leeds
LS27 8AG

Telephone 0113 253 5328

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