By Hungry Pete

It was a Sunday, so we thought of no other better way to indulge in good food than in Little Bangkok, which was having it’s “Unlimited Weekend” promo, where you order anything – or everything – on the menu for only AED153 per person, including tax.

Yes. It was unbelievable; even insane, if you will. Average prices of the selections on the menu range from less than AED50 to AED100. So, on a regular day, you would only have at least two or three dishes, depending on your choices, and a drink for AED153.

But it was “Unlimited Weekend,” so we ordered away.

We started with the Khao Pad Sapporod Talay Pao, which is yummy and flavourful AED96 Thai fried rice with egg; diced, grilled chicken, cashew nuts and raisins served artistically in a halved pineapple with at least four jumbo prawns and two mussels on the side.

We paired this with everyone’s all-time favourite Pad Thai, priced at AED53; a Mixed Thai Platter of crispy pepper prawns, sun-dried beef, vegetable spring rolls and a green papaya salad which would have cost AED76; and a AED 44 Tom Kha Gai, which is spicy and sour coconut soup with chicken, mushrooms and slices of galangal for extra flavour.

And we were just getting started!

Next batch was the AED 69 Aromatic Roasted Duck Plate; and the AED 77 Ped Tod Sauce Makkam, crispy roasted duck with dried chili, shallots and sweet tamarind sauce – divine!

Thai food is so full of flavours, indeed and so we went on to order for more: a AED 67 Pla Rad Prik, crispy fish fillet with traditional sweet, sour and spicy sauce; the AED 79 Kataron Duck, which is quarter roasted duck with chestnut and vegetables tossed with aromatic sauce and served on a sizzling plate; a AED40 Prawn Toast; and the AED69 mixed dim sum.

Dessert was the sinful AED36 Full Moon Party, sweet, sticky rice with coconut cream served in taro jam and Thai traditional toppings.

All this while enjoying Thai Milk Tea!

There were just two of us. We got in at close to 8pm. We were done by 10pm. Doing the math, it would have cost us AED670 to consume all 10 dishes in two hours! We paid AED306.

Isn’t that something?

And where did all that food go? Hahaha!!