Thai Food Festival: Events in Hyderabad

REVIEW FOR THAI FOOD FESTIVAL

Melange, the international cuisine restaurant of The Golkonda Hyderabad, is organizing a Thai Food Festival from 20th to 29th June, a buffet from 7pm to 11pm each day. The buffet costs Rs. 452 inclusive of taxes, and includes a free coke or energy drink.

The menu has a wide variety of dishes - 6 varieties of soup including Tom Kha Gai (spicy hot chicken soup) and Tom Jeud Phak Ruam (mix vegetable soup); 6 different starters including Satay Gai (marinated chicken on skewers) & Hed Tod (fried mushroom served with chilli sauce); and plenty of vegetarian main course dishes including Preaw Wan Phak Tao Hoo (stir fried mix vegetables) and Pad Tuor Ngok (stirred fired beansprout + spring onion with garlic). It also has its share of non-vegetarian dishes including Gang Kiew Wan Gai (chicken in thai green curry with bamboo shoots & eggplants) & Gang Ped Moo (pork in thai red curry & coconut milk).

There are also rice dishes including Khao Pad Ta Le (stirred fried rice with squid and shrimp) & Pad Pak (fried rice with tofu veg, peas, pineapple & egg). Finally, there are lots of desserts such as Khoay Boad She (bananas in syrup + coconut milk), Khao Niew Peak Lin Ji (boiled sticky rice with lichee + coconut milk) & Tan Loy Keaw (plumfruit in cold syrup).

The chef Chayudom Ritthihong has flown in from Thailand, and it's his first visit to the city. The 36-year-old chef who hails from Thailand has 9 years of experinece. He first learnt the art of cooking from his grandparents, after which he did a 2-year course on Thai cuisine. He has previously worked in Dubai and Kuwait, and will, for the first time, delight the Hyderabadis with his exotic dishes.

Please contact Ambar Mazumdar at 6611-0101 for further details.