Thais Restaurant Songkhla @ Den Haag

I was overseas with a colleague two weeks back to attend a conference in Amsterdam and we were just lamenting about the dearth of decent Chinese food(not to mention his continuous whining about missing out on his laksa and char kway teow) in the city. We went to a restaurant that was supposedly one of the better ones in Chinatown and there was no doubt about its popularity when we saw the queue....but alas, the food just didn't seem to live up to our expectations. One thing I've noticed about Asian food in the Netherlands, they seem to be rather liberal with salt in their food.

This post is about a little restaurant I chanced upon whilst I was wandering around in Den Haag (also know as The Hague) the day after the conference. Den Haag if you must know, is the financial district of The Netherlands. After spending 7 days in Amsterdam, I'll have to admit that it was a nicer place to hang out for the day.

The restaurant is located in a side street off Den Haag's Chinatown. The prices were a bit steep as I've come across cheaper alternatives in Amsterdam but I guess this one looks like a slightly posher restaurant. The overall feel of the eatery felt pretty rustic.

Before my main dish came, I was served free keropok with a sweet and sour thai chilli sauce. Check out the amount of keropok they gave!


My main dish was stir-fried basil pork with baby corn, carrots and snow peas and it came with a huge pot of rice that probably could have fed two persons. After the last few days of decent Asian food deprivation, I have to say this was rather tasty(and abit salty once again), though of course nothing as close to the Thai food we're accustomed to back here in Southeast Asia.

But as they say, when in Dutchland, eat as the Dutch do. :P


It was a rather tranquil afternoon having my late lunch whilst looking out of the window into the street below.


And you know the eatery must be a hit with the locals cos the policeman came to do a takeaway as well. Ha.


Cost = Around 19 euros

Address:
Gedempte Burgwal 2F
2512 BT Den Haag

Rating (out of 5):
Service: 4 porkchops
Food: 3.5 porkchops
Ambience: 3.75 porkchops