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"We had organized a meeting with a friendly couple who had suggested meeting this restaurant. At 18:00 we entered the restaurant and came right behind the door to a group of waiting people – what are they waiting for? The tables visible from this view were occupied with a maximum of 20, and we could not see our friends from there either. There was no greeting from the staff of the house, the rulers were not with me knowing what was occupied and took no note from the waiters. After a short waiting period, Madame took the initiative, pushed through the waiters and went to the corner of the L-shaped guest room. Right after she waved me, she had discovered our friends. Then we went back and found the four table after the due greeting. Shortly afterwards, one of the young waiters, who were all friendly and accommodating, but hardly had a gastronomic training, came to the table and distributed the menus. The offer includes “authentic dishes and modern interpretations of the centuries-old traditional Thai cuisine”. The menu is displayed on the homepage only in extracts, here [here link] there are detailed information about the Curries. The current price offer on the homepage from €13.50 does not correspond to the map in the area where the curries read: Vegetarian €14.50, chicken €15.90 with duck €17.70 and shrimp €16.50. At least the basic price for the vegetarian variant and also those with chicken meat seem to be quite sporty for Kiel conditions, and the comparison with the Toh Thong in Frankfurt a few days ago is quite clear: there the basic vegetarian variant of most dishes costs 8.50 €, with chicken 9.00 €. While we were still studying the cards, another waiter came to the table and accepted the beverage orders: Our friends ordered cocktails and then a tiger beer. Madame ordered a mineral water 0.2l for €2.40 as usual. I wanted to order a big Cola light, but was informed that soft drinks are only available in small bottles. So it stayed in a small bottle 0.2l for 2.50 €. After a short time the waiter came back to the table, served the cocktails and laid a glass of ice and half a lemon slice at Madame and at me, which he then opened bottled at the table. Then we had finally chosen the food, our friend ordered once roasted rice and once “Ped Pad Priew Wan”, “Gemüse sweet-sauer with crispy duck” €17,90 . Madame had liked fruit and ordered “Gäng Phet Ped Yang”, “Sautierte Ente in Curry mit Obst” €17.90. In the next waiting period the place was filled, it went so far that the two tables, which were previously compiled to four groups, were pulled apart in the row next to us. This is good to create more space for couples, which then led to a very narrow passage between the tables. The most impressive at the restaurant's furnishings are the wall coverings and partly also ceiling coverings made of peeled branches. The tables with bare Resopal plates are combined with upholstered chairs with red or sand-colored covers, some wall lights create a very cozy light. The house makes a clean and well-kept impression, in this respect nothing negative happened to me. After a reasonable waiting period, one of the waiters first brought the plates for our friends and disappeared before our friend could express his bloating: instead of roasted rice, which usually looks quite dry, one of the curry dishes found on the plate with the typical large amount of sauces. When our plates were served in the second course, our friend complained about the confusion, the waiter then took the plate back. Actually, there were no plates in front of us, but bowls. Madame got a light gray-brown ceramic with the usual large amount of liquid, in which duck meat, various vegetables and lychees and some grapes lay. The whole was crowned by some leaves of Thai-Basilikium and a foam that tasted nothing. In this respect, the court was quite exact on the description on the homepage. However, it was not a revelation, the usual coconut milk flavor with the sweetness of the fruits. There was practically nothing to feel about the sharpness that threatened the symbol of a chilishote in the map. My bowl had a full anthracite shade, the crispy fried ducks and the green and red vegetables contrast wonderfully here. The deep green of the fried Thai basil also fits visually very well. Only under the layer on meat and vegetables I found the noodles, narrow band noodles with still weak bite. The meat was excellently cooked, with crispy crust and very delicate inside, with well seasoned. The vegetables were as expected fresh and crisp, the fried basil crisp at chewing. The sauce is well tasted and actually a little sharp, but not as long as the two chilischote symbols were expected. Only a few grapes of green peppercorns increase the sharpness pointwise. However, the composition was very good, I would order the court again. In the meantime, the waiter had brought our friend the right food after a few minutes, so we were all satisfied and satisfied. Then the drama started paying. The so-called waiter had already heard that two groups had to be collected here. He took his digital helper and took off what our friends had to say. The result of his supplement was then paid by the card. Then we counted our consumption, and then the two tiger beers stayed on the electronic list, but our friends were loud and clear and not only once mentioned... It took about ten minutes until the waiter had blurred this mess. In total we spent over three hours in the restaurant, during this time other tables in the area were occupied twice and when we finally left the restaurant, guests were waiting for a free table in the entrance. In the four years of its existence, this restaurant has developed a status “Look, I am”, probably also because the other Thai restaurants in Kiel are far from the city centre. The price-performance ratio must be judged by everyone for themselves, for us it is not so true."