Pride of Siam

The husband and I had already indulged in a couple drinks and didn’t relish the thought of cooking dinner so I suggested Thai. After a bit of wandering and a couple mutterings of «I swear there’s a Thai place that looked good around here somewhere» we came across Pride of Siam.
Even though it was dinnertime on a Friday, we were seated immediately. Score. I ordered the larb gai as a starter and pad prik for my main while my other half went for the tom yum and a curry. I asked for everything to be spicy but not so hot that I couldn’t taste the food. I believe I said, «not insanely spicy.»
The starters arrived and they were… insanely spicy. I love a good chili kick in the mouth and this was intense. That said, all of the flavours still shone through. I shoveled the lemongrass goodness of the larb gai into my mouth because it was so delicious, but this caused my eyes to water and I had to use my cloth napkin as a tissue. We flagged down the water to ask if it was too late to tell the chef to go a little easier on us with the mains. He was a little confused, «you said you liked spice, yes?,» but managed to get to the chef before he threw a handfull of chilis into our next course.
I have yet to find my perfect Thai spot, but this is one of the best I’ve tried near Islington so I’ll probably return. I’ll probably order my dishes spicy again too because I never seem to learn.

I dropped into the Pride of Siam on a whim. I was out and about shopping and rather than just grab anything I decided to have a nice dinner. The Pride of Siam has a nice vibe and the staff was very friendly. This particular evening it was not very crowded and I was able to be immediately seated. I decided to stick with a standard Thai dish and ordered the Pad Thai with prawns. My food came quickly and it was very good. The prawns were large and plentiful; I like it when people are not stingy with the good stuff. The noodles with the mix of ground peanuts and green onions were a delightful blend of texture and flavour. It was a good dinner, I enjoyed the Pad Thai and would eat at the Pride of Siam again.