text: Oh man I hate it when I am the one who disagrees All these and five starsnnNot for me And three stars is perfectly good and it sums up my feeling as well as the Silent Reviewer We went there for a celebratory at last I have a job and can spend money frivolously meal on a I do not jest heaving Saturday night The previous table occupants were finishing up when we arrived and due to the small venue space we had to stay outside in the rain luckily there was some handy scaffolding on the night of our visit When I meant busy I really meant it nnWe were tucked away in the corner so much that the SR could not see the specials board I just about could and our waitress kindly read everything out the service here is excellent and settled for a beef noodle starter special as well as salt and pepper prawns for me As we were in a romantic mood we went for the sharing tom yum vegetable curry for our main nnWe were starving so shared some bread with the bird dukkah which involves a comical attempt at trying to squash large chunks of hazelnut and pistachio onto some bread It is the first time I tried dukkah and liked the aniseedy flavours coming out but for me it did not quite come together as much as I expected but the smoked shallot vinagrette was an absolute winner nnThe salt and pepper prawns were fantastic although I did not feel that the aioli tasted more of mayonnaise than miso or kombu seaweed As the SR noted it makes a difference when you have someone who is able to cook in the kitchen versus a quick grab from a local takeway the batter on the prawns was impossibly light and beautifully flavoured His beef noodles were consumed but not commented upon nnThe tom yum curry was nice Served with flatbread and rice which was also nice I had one of those moments when we ordered that I should have ordered the market fish but we went for the curry Curries and stews I think tend to struggle in restaurants to rise above the ordinary and for me this did not quite make it It fell into I can make this at home category I did however like the touch of adding extra fresh chilli and lime never can get enough lime on the side nnSo you may ask why if I think the service is excellent and some of the food fantastic why stars Simply because it was not all excellent and some was simply nice And there is nothing wrong with nice and nice means a solid restaurant but neither of left raving about our meal Perhaps I really should have had the fish