Thai restaurants in New Zealand
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Pimarn Thai
As gaudy as every good Thai restaurant should be (lots of gold and coloured glass), Pimarn has a lengthy menu featuring all of Thailand’s blockbuster dishes, including a tasty pad thai.
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Nakontong
This is the most popular restaurant in Thames by a country mile. Although the bright lighting may not induce romance, the tangy Thai dishes will provide a warm glow.
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Thai Chef
The best Thai restaurant in Northland serves piquant dishes with names such as The 3 Alcoholics, Spice Girls and Bangkok Showtime. The Sexy Little Duck is irresistible.
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@Thai
Head up the semi-hidden set of stairs for pad Thai worth writing home about, and the hor-mok seafood red curry will blow your mind. Definitely kick off your meal with the coconut prawns ($12) and an icy Singha beer. Takeaways are also available.
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Jasmine Thai Café
Thailand comes to Twizel, and the zesty and zingy flavours of your favourite Southeast Asian beach holiday have travelled well to get this far inland. Alcohol is BYO, so grab a few cold beers from the Four Square supermarket to ease Jasmine's authentic Thai heat.
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Thai Chilli
Run by a friendly Thai family, the cosy Thai Chilli respects requests for ‘spicy, please’, and also offers good-value lunch specials ($14). Service – usually by the family’s kids – can be hit and miss, but that’s part of the low-key charm. Takeaways are also available.
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Red Flame
There are a few Thai joints along Victoria Ave, but Red Flame is the only one that's consistently busy. Try the Red Flame Special: lamb, beef or chicken sautéed with cashew nuts, chilli, onion, capsicum and mushrooms, washed down with a Singha beer.
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Monsoon
Monsoon is a low-key local. Come with a rabble of friends or on your lonesome for zingy curries and saucy mains. Bring your own booze, or take your dinner away with you: Monsoon does BYO and takeaway.
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Amazing Thai
This large, glass-fronted restaurant dishes up better-than-average, spicy-as-you-like Thai food in generous servings. There are obligatory portraits of Thai royals and sundry elephants, and takeaways available.
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Thai Dee
Autumnal walls with big pictures of Thailand will get you in the mood for well-spiced Thai salads, soups, noodles and curries in Southland proportions. Takeaways available.
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Collar & Thai
No tie required at this upstairs eatery that artfully elaborates on Thai standards and uses plenty of fresh seafood. Perfect for a pre-movie meal (the Rialto Cinemas are right next door). Good-value lunch specials, too.
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Just Thai Cuisine
A reliable purveyor of traditional Thai classics, housed in a refreshingly simple street-corner room overlooking the Taruheru River. Worthy espresso and fine teas.
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Tuk Tuk
Thai fabrics adorn the tables and Thai favourites fill the menu. In clement weather grab a table out front and watch Russell’s little world go by.
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Lotus
A warm and inviting restaurant with Siamese trimmings throughout, offering standard Thai fare in plentiful portions.
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Thai Kai-Tom Café
Cheap and cheerful Thai food.
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MooChowChow
It's Thai, Nahm Jim, but not as we know it. Bangkok's street food has been channelled into this supremely Ponsonby mooching spot without missing a piquant note. We haven't had a bad dish here, and we've sampled most of the menu.
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