My first day in Europe, specifically Kaiserslautern, Germany after a long flight from the US we…read morereally just wanted to rest and get some food. My cousin said she's wanted to try a Thai restaurant in town that she hadn't been. For tired travelers Thai food would hit the spot.
This was my first time experiencing how Europeans dine where the Restauranteurs prolonging your visit. We went in about 7pm and didn't leave until 9:45 or so. They didn't want us to leave! Every patron was there at least 3 hours eating slowly and enjoying each other's company. No cell phones in sight...except for our table. We used our cell phones at our table to take pictures. No one seemed to mind us. Having your table all night is a very nice concept if you live there, but we wanted to eat and go back to my cousin's house due to jet lag.
We all started off with Tom Kha soup with prawns. Excellent. My mom and my cousin had never had it and I explained the easy, but flavorful ingredients to them. They kept comparing it to a Filipino soup called ginataan, however ginataan doesn't have the same sour flavor and balance as this coconut soup has. I make this myself at home. My mom being the ultimate cook of my life, I was in shock that I cooked something that she didn't know how to make!
We all ordered curry. My cousin and I had Panang curry and my mom ordered yellow curry. I got crispy duck in my curry and my mom and cousin got prawns. The food was as delicious as I expected it would The service was extremely slow. It took forever to get our food and forever to get the check. I can't knock a star off for this, however because it's meant to be this way. In the US we dine and they try to get us about of there as fast as they can to get a new table in your party. It's better for US servers because they only make 1 tip per table. In Germany they don't require any tip and my cousin told me that Germans in that area don't eat out often and when they do it's an experience that they savor. I get it. I really do.
We asked for the check and probably got it over a half hour later. We were more than satisfied with our large meals that we also ate for breakfast the next day!
I'm not sure if this is the only Thai restaurant in town, but it's a good one. I've had better Thai food in The States, but if I lived here I'd definitely be a regular.