Laura and the sexy banana fritter

I was taken for an exotic Thai meal for my birthday by Mum 2. For your comfort and enjoyment I will explain that I have a Mum 1 ( biological ) and Mum 2 ( step mother, non-biological ). Both Mums get my whites equally clean, ha ha!

Regular readers of this blog will know that I am not usually prone to displays of extravagant eating. I am a simple carvery girl at heart and every Wednesday, I religiously have shrimp cashew nuts from the takeaway Chinese, whether I need it or not. The only time I am really daring and push the boat out is when I order curry, rice and chips soaked in salt and vinegar from my local chip emporium. Although the curry round these parts can be notoriously fierce, so I haven't done this for some time. Plus, I am sick of the funny looks about the salt and vinegar on the curry. Get over it already, it is like an Indian angel crying on your tongue!

So you can imagine my surprise when I was treated to this very new and flambouyant style of Thai scran.We visited the Chilli Banana Thai eating establishment on Lark Lane. We opted for set menu 'A', which comprised initially of a starter platter of various titbits from the far east. There were chicken things in peanut stuff on skewers, round ball things and flat orange things with green things in. Forgive my lack of articulate and eloquent description but it is difficult to say what they were and as nothing like that has ever crossed my palate before I can only hazard a guess as to what I imbibed. To accompany the starters, there was a dip thing with couscous stuff in and an oily dip thing with peppers in.For main course, Mum 2 had green curry ( although it looked white to me, a breach of the Thai trade description act methinks ) and I had some prawns in garlic and black pepper. I was relieved to recognise a simple bowl of rice and noodles for accompaniament. The food was grand, but there were no knives provided and I ended up in a tussle with my prawns as they refused to be cut with a fork and spoon.For dessert, I opted for banana fritters which I have never had before. Without wanting to be lewd, they got to the parts other beers cannot reach. They were like a Thai angel crying on my tongue. The closest thing in pudding terms to making the beast with two backs.I was very taken with my Thai meal experience and it has made me think about branching out more in the cuisine department. Although, not enough to actually go out and cook something myself. But, I will definitely seek out the company of the sexy banana fritter again.