"I licked the fish"

Declan, describing how he'd tasted nearly everything we'd ordered for dinner.

We had a very nice Thai meal at an upmarket restaurant last night. Finally, the flavors we kept thinking we'd find in Thai street food.

My personal favorite was the fish, a whole (small) sea bass with a lime and garlic sauce. Unlike most of the fish we've had/seen, it was steamed, not fried, and it was boned for us, saving us the trouble of picking it over. The grilled beef and grape salad was also delicious, with a sparkling chili, lemongrass, ginger and tamarind dressing. The grilled eggplant salad was also good, even if it was the one dish Declan refused to try. The mee krob, sweetened crispy fried rice noodles, were a good contrast to the other salty flavors. We rounded things out with a light chicken and veg soup, and fried mixed veg topped with a small bit of bacon. Veg that tasted of veg, not excessive cooking oil.

Mango smoothies for the boys, beer for us. Yum. All this, and they even called a taxi for us when we were done. Nice.