Thai Keflavik

I took the few bright souls who were smart enough to book themselves in a room in Keflavik tonight, in anticipation of a 7am (or earlier) flight tomorrow morning, out to dinner. Everyone jumped at the idea of Thai food, after days of the more homestyle meals at Reykholt (most of which were very good, if a bit repetitive). Although I was not blown away by Thai Keflavik the first time I ate there, tonight it was really good, fresh and flavorful, very nice. (except for the fried fish cakes, which were a bit flat and bland. Good with the hotsauce though!). 

Yep, I would say Thai food in Iceland has come into its own. 

Comments

Anonymous said…
yep, I love Krúa Thai in town (their pad-thai noodles are outerworldly), and Thai Koon in Ísafjörður has long been really good. Ban Thai is supposed to be a class up but I haven't been there for years. Not tried the place in Keflavík yet, though.
August 24, 2009 at 9:16 AM
Lissy said…
The funniest thing is we had all gone days and days without having to make any sort of choices about our meals, since conferences feed everybody the same thing. We sat there staring at the menu, sort of wondering what one is supposed to do with it. I hold this up as one more piece of evidence that capitalism is not natural, that people do not in fact relish choice. The only thing people complained about was getting fed the same thing at lunch and dinner.
August 24, 2009 at 12:18 PM
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