A firm lunch time favourite with Vegan in the Green Belt's lunching colleagues. Quick service and reliable and unchanging menu.
Like most Thai food, there's very little that's got any dairy content and those dishes with egg noodles can be swapped for rice noodles. Similarly, if there is to be egg on the top of or in a dish, it will say on the menu and can be omitted from the ingredients.
The friendly and welcoming staff are themselves Thai and as such, explaining veganism is pretty difficult.
Having researched, dear blog reader, so that you don't have to, I've ascertained that fish sauce is added to most of the curry sauces so these are not vegan. The free Prawn Crackers on the table are obviously not vegan either so politely decline them.
Happily, a number of the vegetarian dishes are vegan, including the delicious Vegetable Lardnar, which is always presented with crisp broccoli, mushrooms and a chilli sauce. This, and other 'vegetable' dishes are served with deep fried tofu which is a surprising treatment of tofu but ultimately one I can live with in these really reliably tasty concoctions, otherwise not generally being tofu's greatest fan.
In the evening, the menu widens to include a variety of other options but again, steer clear of the curries as they all have fish sauce in. If you want to check yourself, fish sauce is 'Nam pa' in Thai. (Never say pursuing veganism wasn't an educating experience).
Vegan Food: Not always immediately obvious, but available
Ambience: No frills, appears to have been decorated in the belief that it was going to be a pie and mash shop but adored by locals.
Customer Service: Super friendly and quick.
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