{"id":1334,"date":"2017-05-21T19:58:33","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T19:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/uncategorized\/royal-thai\/"},"modified":"2018-06-15T22:10:35","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T22:10:35","slug":"royal-thai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/hip-guide-to-amsterdam\/royal-thai\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Thai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/royal-thai.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/lwft1.png\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I passed by this inviting place on a cold rainy evening and decided to give it a try.  One of the Thai women working there was standing outside the door, as is the custom in this very competitive restaurant district.  Business was slow, as this was a Monday and it was pouring rain.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe graciously welcomed me and took my umbrella, saying it was too wet to bring inside!  Perhaps she needed it herself, I figured.  I sat down and ordered dinner from the menu.  Soup was a must to warm my insides, so I decided on Tom Yam Kai, the delightfully spicy lemongrass soup with chicken and mushrooms.  It was done perfectly.<\/p>\n<p>\nAs Royal Thai specializes in seafood, I followed that up with Pla Chuchee, pieces of fish, deep fried and covered in a spicy red curry\/coconut sauce, which I would classify as Penang (my favorite Thai sauce).  There was a LOT of fish, about 6-7 medium pieces, and it was so much I couldn&#8217;t finish it.  It came with a huge silver colored bowl of rice that I barely made a dent in.  The fish was good, clean tasting, and went well with the sauce.<\/p>\n<p>\nTo drink I ordered a jasmine tea, which was served in glass mug instead of teapot, but they did add more hot water, so I got a couple of glasses for 1.90 Euros.  A small heineken set me back 3 Euros (big ouch!).  The soup was 4.10 and the fish 15.50.  Considering how much fish there was, and how good it was, it was well worth it.  I&#8217;d normally recommend two people split it with another dish.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe decor was a pleasant notch up from most Thai restaurants in Amsterdam.  The theme is Thai musical instruments and there are beautiful examples on display as well as other exotic object d&#8217;art.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe service here was excellent, but then again, it was a slow Monday evening.  As I left the restaurant, the friendly Thai woman handed me back my umbrella and we talked for awhile.  The chill of the evening had evaporated&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\nCheck out their very informative website to see the whole menu!  Nice photos of some of the dishes.  Watch out you don&#8217;t drool over your keyboard!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d2436.345483324043!2d4.882067315292285!3d52.36415525552029!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x47c609e9018e9015%3A0xda34d9fd330f7b89!2sRoyal+Thai!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1529100460993\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I passed by this inviting place on a cold rainy evening and decided to give it a try. One of the Thai women working there was standing outside the door, as is the custom in this very competitive restaurant district. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/hip-guide-to-amsterdam\/royal-thai\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,17,4,25,14],"tags":[260,355,185],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1334"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2755,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1334\/revisions\/2755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}