Longrain

Best Thai in Sydney. 1 Chef's Hat from the Good Food Guide. We love the place. 'Nuff said.

You can't make reservations so we arrived right on opening. Lucky to get a seat eh? Minutes later the though the place is jumping.

Freshly shucked oyster with red chilli lime juice & deep fried eschalots

I can't recall the name of the lovely lip smacking cocktail above but it was made from 3 or 4 varieties of rum and pink fruit juice of some sort.

Eggnet filled with pork prawns peanuts bean
sprouts & sweet vinegar

Caramelised pork hock with five spice & chilli vinegar

Braised lamb shoulder with ginger Asian celery & chilli

Salt & pepper silken tofu with soy & lime

Taro & coconut pudding with roasted peanut ice cream

Longrain has been awarded one Chef's Hat by the Good Food Guide and is at 85 Commonwealth Street Surry Hills.

Thai Pothong

After the pub we toddled off down King Street Newtown looking for a feed. Thai was the preference. It wasn't long before we found Thai Pothong. A sign in the window says they've won the award for Sydney's best Thai restaurant for the last 4 years running. That'll do me.


First things first and that is why we knock the top of a Singha, a Thai beer. Jasmine went for coconut juice.



We decided on a selection of entrees. I push for the stuffed chicken wings. The availability of stuffed chicken wings is a 50-50 proposition. Some Thai places serve it and some don't. I grab it when I can get it. I love the crispy wing stuffed with the juicy meaty stuffing. The wings here are very very good.
Stuffed Chicken Wings (Peeg Gai Mom Mae)

Thai Fish cakes (Tod Mun Pla)

Deep Fried Calamari (Pla Muek Tod)



RED PUMPKIN CURRY (GANG PHUKTHONG )

Panang Curry

CHINESE BROCCOLI WITH CRISPY PORK (PAD KANA MOO KROB)

Pad Thai

SOFT SHELL CRAB STIR FRIED WITH BLACK PEPPER SAUCE


Not pictured was HERBAL PORK KNUCKLE (KAR MOO TOD). Deep Fried Herbal Pork Knuckle, pickled Vegetables, served with Green Chilli Sauce & Sweet Soy Sauce.






After paying we're given a $10 gift voucher to use in the restaurant's gift shop. Yes, a gift shop in the restaurant. No need to go to Thailand for souvenirs.




Thai Pothong is at 294 King Street Newtown.

Longrain - dessert

Sweet potato dumplings with hazel nut caramel sauce and fig and ginger ice cream. Looks like a sloppy shit on plate doesn't it. Tastes wickedly delicious though. Somehow they've managed to distil the essence of Thai food and instil it into a dessert. Good stuff.
Overall? Best Thai food ever. Thanks Longrain.

Longrain - suckling pig with bok choi and plum sauce

Awesome! Totally. Awesome. The crackling is a cracker. The pork is so tender and sweet. The plum sauce is wonderful and the bok choi is sweet and nutty. Garlic chips sets it all off nicely too. Awesome. I already said that yes?

Longrain in Surry Hills

Longrain is Sydney's finest modern Thai/Asian restaurant. So far so good. Started with Betel leaf topped with prawn roasted coconut mint & chilli. Now we on to a lamb curry. Just enough fire to make it interesting. Delicious.

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