The royal treatment

It's really important to celebrate. 

On Thursday night, Ross and I went to our favourite haunt to celebrate a busy but successful week of work - along with my rekindled relationship with garlic and onions.

Royal Thai is our favourite restaurant if we have something to celebrate. We often go there for anniversaries, work successes, birthdays - anything of significance. 

It's our favourite because it's sentimental to us - and delicious. The food is full of fresh, sensational flavours. Just the right amount of spice without being greasy or heavy. 

There's plenty of variety, too. We love the Pad Thai, Pad Phrik King, and Kaeng Mussaman Nau. But everything we have tried has been excellent. We usually have two dishes, a rice each, and share.

Chicken Pad Thai.

Pork Pad Phrik King.

Royal Thai isn't expensive; it's just special.

A meal will only set you back $20 a head, meaning you can splash out on a special bottle of BYO wine to match the occasion - we recommend a riesling or gewurztraminer to complement the vibrant Thai flavours. 

Plus the service is great. And they cater for gluten-free diets - just ask. I can even eat there on my low-FODMAP diet by avoiding high-FODMAP vegetables, altough you may need to be careful if you are sensitive to onions and garlic. 

The only downside is that Royal Thai is a bit of a walk from us. But I suppose that is probably a good thing. If it was any closer, we would probably go there every week. 

And that wouldn't be quite so special, would it? 

Living the dream.