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Thai Express

  • March 18, 2007
  • Rated 5 of 5 by becks from Mexico City, Mexico
Thai Express

It certainly pays to advertise. One sunny summer afternoon, while making my way down the Zeil, Frankfurt’s main shopping street, someone pushed a pamphlet for a Thai restaurant in my hand. Having just finished lunch, it was of little immediate interest but I duly noted the location. Five months later in the dead of winter when hunger pangs struck and the prospect of yet another Bratwurst was just too much to contemplate, I knew where to step half a block off the Zeil and return to the Orient.

The interior of Thai Express is unassuming – the emphasis here is on Express in the “eat and leave” fashion that is popular during lunchtime in Asia. Most tables are two seaters close to each other that can easily be shifted together to make a temporary bigger table should the need arise. A few tables are high with bar stools or standing, as is kind of popular with Germans enjoying their repast in a hurry.

Roving through the 49 dishes on the permanent menu and ten new specials took some time. Drinks are limited to a few soft drinks, beer, and juice. You order by number at the counter and then wait for your receipt number to be called. We went on a pretty busy day but no one waited more than ten minutes for the food.

East Europeans rather than Asians manage the place and the owner / manager was so busy counting an impossibly thick pile of five-euro notes – fantasizing about an equally thick pile of €50s? – that he could not take our order for a while. I did not mind waiting as it gave me more time to study the open kitchen where sparks were flying from the woks as a number of cooks produced food at a furious pace.

Portions were big without being disgustingly so. I had fried rice with duck, which was excellent and not oily. My wife had a chicken curry with vegetables and rice, which was mild without being bland. I assume for most dishes the spicy Thai flavor will be turned down a bit to German tastes.

As you would expect the menu runs the full gambit of what constitutes Thai or Asian fast food. There are soups, starters, and salads but I did not see anybody order any of these as everyone went for the rice, noodle, or meat main dishes. (That said the salad choice is limited to a chicken and a beef salad – no risk overloading on the greens here.)

Shrimp and duck main courses can go up to €8 but most of the other dishes are less than €6. Drinks are €1.80 per half liter, which is a bargain by any definition. All dishes are also available for take away.

The advertising certainly paid off and tasting the food has ensured our continued and frequent custom.

Thai Express is on a small square at the side entrance Peek & Cloppenburg clothing emporium.

From journal Frankfurt am Main Old Town

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