I took my lovely girlfriend to Bahn Thai restaurant in Cullen Bay for Valentine’s Day. It was my first time and I was quite impressed. Lovely decor and ambience with soft traditional Thai music playing in the background. I quite enjoyed the food, a step up from the fare you get at the take-away Bahn Thai’s.

We ate:

• steamed dim sims
• steamed vegetables with peanut sauce
• fried chicken strips with cashew nuts and
• chu chee barramundi (fish)

My favourite was the chu chee, the sauce was absolutely divine and the barramundi was excellent; it’s my favourite eating fish by far and the chef did it justice.

The dim sims were very tender and yummy, the steamed vegetables could have been cooked a bit longer and the fried chicken got a bit on the tough side after a few helpings.

I’ll be back again for sure.

You can find Bahn Thai at:
62 Marina Boulevard
Cullen Bay, NT 0820
08 8941 5111

Just don’t confuse it with the take-aways at Hibiscus and Palmerston shopping centres.

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I have tried snails on a few occasions, funnily enough all those times occured whilst holidaying in Vietnam. Aaaanyways, the point is that I haven’t liked them at all. Each time I’ve had different snails and they were always rubbery in texture and didn’t have much in the way of flavour. I’m sure the chefs did a good job cooking them, but my tastebuds never drooled in delight. Did I mention that just the thought of  eating snails isn’t one I’m comfortable with yet? Well there I just said it. One day maybe.

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I recently returned from a holiday to Vietnam, where for five days we had the pleasure of staying in the small and exquisitely beautiful fishing/tourist/beachside city of Nha Trang. One one particularly overcast day, we decided to charter a boat to take us around the islands for some touristy fun. I hopped on a jet ski and sped around the bay, did some parasailing and of course dined on some fresh from the ocean seafood.

And by fresh from the ocean, I really mean it. The boat stopped at a floating platfrom where all sorts of seafood was being kept in cages in the ocean. Pick the stuff you like, take it to one of the restauraunts waiting by the shore and they will cook it up for you. Can’t get any fresher than that.

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View from the hotel roof. Beautiful mountains in the background with lovely white beaches and blue water.

Houses a little way out of town, you can see a group of fishing boats parked in the cove.

Cruising by one of the many islands around the area.

The platform where one can select the seafood of their choice. Here we have lobster and crayfish, these guys also had cuttle fish and a billion varieties of fish.

One lobster dish. I’m not the biggest fan of ginger but it tasted nice.

This second lobster dish was much nicer than the first. I love pepper.

The fish was a bit tough I’m sorry to say, kind of like chewing on a car tyre…. Ok it wasn’t that bad.

I’ve never had cuttle fish before, not surprisingly it tasted and had a texture similar to that of squid.

The whole meal, minus the tempura cuttle fish bits.

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