Tamarind

I went to this small thai-restaurant called Tamarind (33, rue François Miron, 75004 Paris). At the time (21:00) place was crowded and there was just one table available. I addmire the french way of dining out at late evenings. Downside to this charming phenomen is that everyplace is full of people. Well.. still I like the french way better than he finnish way - which is stay in doors while drunken teenagers take over the streets.

This was the first time I had thai food (mainly because there is no thai-restaurant in Finland - not that I have heard of) and I declare that it was good. I've heard that it would be spicier than nepalice food, but it wasn't. I can say that if you order from nepalice menu something with three chillipeppers sign then you will have a acute numbness in your lips and tongue for about 1 hour - so that food is damn hot!

The main course was a salmon in a curry sauce with some nice jasmin rice. Starters were pomerora (exotic fruit) with shrimps and dessert was roast pudding with blueberry ice cream. Starters were delicious and I noticed that decoration of the food was very nice. I usually don't like shrimps because they taste salty,cold and watery - but not this time. Perhaps the reason why these shrimps tasted unusually good was the fact that they were spiced and warmed. The main course was just perfect. If I have to say something negative then I would say that for a big man that amounth of food is not enough, but I still didn't starve when I walked out of that restaurant...

So, this little thai-restaurant was superp. Go try it out when you are next time in Paris and on Marais district.