Onthetyne Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Thai Food is a bit lacking in Sheffield! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefkicker Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 We just had an amazing authentic meal at Top Thai on London Road. I've been to Thailand and Baan Thai restaurant and this place is by far the best place in Sheffield. Lovely, friendly staff, good value for money, super fresh ingredients and only just opened. Shall be going back again and again...aloi!! Top thai is nice . I've been weight cutting and only went in for starters They were cool about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scozzie Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I know it is a bit out of Sheffield, but Thai at the Travellers Rest in Holmesfield is well worth th e journey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicgeek Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Seems others in this thread don't rate Thai Thai Ka in Broomhill highly, but my partner and I are big fans. We order weekly and have always had a great meal / great service. I rate it above Baan Thai, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryRiley Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 You realise you're all answering a question that was asked 4 years ago right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jemson Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 You realise you're all answering a question that was asked 4 years ago right? Still relevant though. I`d agree with Thai at Travellers but not been for a while. The waitresses are really friendly and the owner / bossman is so grumpy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank123 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 We just had an amazing authentic meal at Top Thai on London Road. I've been to Thailand and Baan Thai restaurant and this place is by far the best place in Sheffield. Lovely, friendly staff, good value for money, super fresh ingredients and only just opened. Shall be going back again and again...aloi!! just because someone has been to Thailand doesn't mean to say they know what good food tastes like. Someone did a review of KOKO on Eccelsall Road and wrote something daft like my husband is Japanese... Koko is poor , it is not authentic at all and serves up east meets west food not traditional Japanese style! They are the same owners as Sakushi defnately not Japanese! As far Bann Thai its by the better one in Sheffield but in terms of Thai food and quality it is still poor. Gap in market in Sheffield for a top quality thai place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteM01 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 As far Bann Thai its by the better one in Sheffield but in terms of Thai food and quality it is still poor. Gap in market in Sheffield for a top quality thai place! We went to Baan Thai on a leaving do for a Thai student at the University. I don't know what she said, but the food was completely different to anything I have had there before or since. I suspect that they can make 'authentic' food but have found that there is only a small market for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilge Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 We went to Baan Thai on a leaving do for a Thai student at the University. I don't know what she said, but the food was completely different to anything I have had there before or since. I suspect that they can make 'authentic' food but have found that there is only a small market for it. Perhaps we've already outgrown the basic anglicised Thai restaurant food and there is a market for 'authentic'? What would that look like - how is it different? I have to say I'm quite easily pleased with Thai food. Even the stuff I make at home is usually really nice. Same with Indian food though. With Indian restaurants it took about 40 years of flock wallpaper and spicy gravy type curries before we moved to 'authentic'. I still like the flock wallpaper places when I find them, but there are more 'South Indian' or other regional niche Indian places now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteM01 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I note that the South Indian restaurants in Sheffield do the same thing - they tone down the salt content and spice heat of the dishes for western tastes. I once asked for an 'authentic' curry in Maveli and they really ramped up the salt/heat for me. I like a hot curry, but that was too much for me although, of course, I ate it all and tried to carry on smiling. Interestingly, an Indian friend told me that he thinks even Maveli's 'authentic' dishes are quite mild! The Thai food that night was similarly hot and salty, but also with pungent fish sauce and mouth-puckeringly sour flavours. I nearly cried when I ate the beef salad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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