Review on Chiang Mai Kitchen

Chiang Mai Kitchen is hidden away down a little alley off Oxford High Street, this rickety-looking, timber-framed building makes an unlikely setting for a genuine Thai restaurant. The interior still boasts a beautiful carved wooden staircase and a wealth of original oak panelling, although ethnic carvings, artefacts and oil lamps on the tables are reminders of the building's current identity.

Ingredients are bona fide, the cooking is authentic and the menu covers most familiar bases of the cuisine, from salads and stir-fries to curries and grills. The kitchen also delivers a few more unusual specialities such as venison with Thai aubergines and red curry paste, and there's an excellent choice for vegetarians. At lunchtime, go for the affordable one-plate rice and noodle dishes. Drink Thai beer or something from the short wine list.

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Cuisine

Thai

Chef

Pun Bua-In

Restaurant Opening Times

Lunch: 12.00 through until
Dinner: 10.30pm (10.00pm Sun)

Accepted credit cards

Visa, Master Card, American Express

Online Booking Availability for Chiang Mai Kitchen

Facilities at Chiang Mai Kitchen

  • Private parties
  • Vegetarian menu
  • 33 covers
  • Family Friendly

Address

Chiang Mai Kitchen
Kemp Hall Passage
130A High Street
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 4DH

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Chiang Mai Kitchen Sample Menu

Starters

1 Mieng Gai £6.25
Lightly spiced chicken cooked with ground peanuts, fresh peppercorns and garlic. Served on fresh Thai spinach leaves to wrap into little parcels.

2 Sateh £6.25
Marinated strips of chicken and beef, on bamboo skewers, charcoal grilled and served with spicy peanut sauce and pickled vegetables.

3 Khanom Jeep £6.25
Little rice pastry dumplings filled with water chestnuts, minced pork and spring onions. Steamed and served with a soya/garlic sauce.

4 Hoi Chell Neung £7.50
Queen scallops, steamed and served in the shell with a lemon, chilli, garlic and soya sauce.

5 Popia Thod £6.25
Crispy fried rolls stuffed with vermicelli and mixed vegetables and served with a sweet and sour plum sauce.

6 Kanom Pang Na Muu £6.15
Thai toast with minced pork and Thai herbs served with sweet chilli relish.

7 Peek Gai Yad Sai £6.35
Boneless chicken wings, stuffed with lightly spiced pork and shrimps, steamed and then crispy fried with a sweet chilli sauce.

8 Kung Chup £7.50
King prawns, dipped in batter, crispy fried and served with a sweet chilli sauce.

9 Pak Chup £5.40
Mixed vegetables, dipped in batter, crispy fried and served with a sweet chilli sauce.

10 Tofu Tord £5.15
Crispy fried beancurd served with spicy peanut sauce.

Yum, Thai Salad

11 Laab Gai £7.95
Finely minced chicken cooked with lemon juice, mixed with dried chilli, galangal and ground rice and served on a bed of lettuce.

12 Laab Neua £7.95
Minced beef cooked with lemon juice, mixed with dried chilli, galangal and ground rice and served on a bed of lettuce.

13 Plar Kung £8.20
Prawn salad seasoned with fresh lime leaves, lemon grass and chilli and served on a bed of lettuce and onion.

14 Yum Neua £7.95
Spicy beef salad served with cucumber, tomatoes and onions.

15 Yum Plaa Meuk £7.65
Squid salad seasoned with fresh lime leaves, lemon grass and chilli and served on a bed of lettuce.

16 Salad Chiang Mai £6.95
Raw mixed vegetables and boiled egg, sliced and served with a sweet and sour peanut sauce and cucumber relish.

Soup, for two or more

17 Tom Yam Poh Thek £6.20
Spicy hot and sour seafood soup with lemon grass, a little chilli and lime juice.

18 Tom Yam Kung £6.15
A light, delicate, spice prawn soup seasoned with lemon grass, lime juice and a little chilli.

19 Tom Yam Gai £5.95
Hot and sour chicken soup flavoured with lemongrass, lime juice and a little chilli.

20 Tom Yam Het £5.30
A spicy clear mushroom soup seasoned with lemongrass, lime juice and a little chilli.

21 Tom Ka Gai £5.95
Pieces of chicken cooked in a rich coconut soup, seasoned with lemon grass and chilli.

Chicken Dishes

22 Gai Gratiem Prik Thai £7.45
Stir fried chicken with garlic, pepper, spring onions and coriander.

23 Gai Pad Phet £7.85
Stir fried chicken with curry paste, Thai herbs and lime leaves.

24 Gai Pad King £7.45
Stir fried chicken and ginger with Fung Gu mushrooms and onions.

25 Gai Pad Met Mamuang £7.75
Stir fried chicken with cashew nuts, dried chilli and onions.

26 Gai Pad Kapaow £7.55
Stir fried finely chopped chicken with Thai basil, oyster sauce and fresh chillies.

277 Phed Prik Pao £8.25
Sweet chilli duck with cashew nuts.

Pork Dishes

28 Mu Pad Phet £7.85
Stir fried pork with curry paste, Thai herbs, lime leaves and baby aubergines.

29 Mu Priew Wan £7.45
Stir fried pork with cucumbers, tomatoes, onions and pineapple, cooked in a sweet and sour sauce.

30 Mu Gratiem Prik Thai £7.45
Stir fried pork with garlic, pepper and coriander.

31 Mu Pad King £7.45
Stir fried pork and ginger with Fung Gu mushrooms and onions.

32 Mu Pad Prik King £7.85
Pork cooked in coconut milk with long beans, Thai herbs and chilli.

Beef Dishes

33 Neua Pad Namman Hoi £7.85
Stir fried beef in oyster sauce with mushrooms, spring onion and pepper.

34 Neua Kra Ta £7.95
Chargrilled steak, sliced and served on a sizzling hot plate with a special Thai sauce.

35 Neua Pad King £7.85
Stir fried beef with ginger, Fung Gu mushrooms and soya beans.

36 Neua Pad Kapaow £7.85
Stir fried finely chopped beef with Thai basil and fresh chilli.

37 Neua Gratiem Prik Thai £7.85
Stir fried beef in a pepper, garlic and coriander paste.

377 Neua Pad Phet £7.85
Beef in a Thai curry paste, Thai herbs and peppercorns

Prawn and Seafood Dishes

38 Kung Kra Ta £8.20
Whole King prawns cooked in sesame oil and served on a sizzling hot plate with mushrooms.

39 Kung Pad Prik Pao £8.40
Sweet chilli prawns cooked with spring onions and cashew nuts.

40 Kung Gratiem Prik Thai £8.20
Prawns cooked with garlic pepper and coriander.

41 Kung Pad Phet £8.25
Whole King prawns stir fried with fresh chillies.

42 Pad Phet Taleh £8.95
Stir fried mixed seafood with Thai herbs, lime leaves, lemon grass and oyster sauce.

43 Pla Meuk Gratiem Prik Thai £8.10
Stir fried squid in a garlic, pepper and coriander paste.

Fish Dishes

44 Plaa Nueng Giem Buey £12.50
Whole fish dressed with sliced ginger, preserved plums, spring onions and fresh chillies, gently steamed and served over charcoal.

45 Plaa Lad Prik £10.50
Whole fish, deep fried and covered with a rich sauce of Thai herbs and fresh chillies.

46 Plaa Priew Wan £10.50
Crispy fried whole fish topped with sweet and sour sauce, pineapple, mange tout, mushrooms, spring onions and tomatoes.

47 Plaa Choe Chee £10.50
Whole fresh fish cooked in coconut curry, lime leaves Thai herbs and garnished with fresh chillies.
Curries

48 Gaeng Keo Wan Chicken £8.20, Beef £8.50, Prawns £8.95
Green curry with chicken or beef flavoured with aubergines, lime leaves, bamboo shoots and chilli.

49 Gaeng Phet Chicken £8.20, Beef £8.50, Prawns £8.95
Red curry with chicken or beef served with Thai aubergines, bamboo shoots, lime leaves and fresh chillies.

50 Gaeng Panaeng Chicken £8.20, Beef £8.50
Rich beef or chicken curry made from Thai herbs and spices and cooked in coconut cream.

51 Gaeng Ped Yang £8.95
Roast duck curry cooked with tomatoes, pineapple, lime leaves and fresh chilli.

Game

52 Neua Kwang Pad Phet £8.95
Venison or rabbit stir fried with red curry paste, Thai aubergines, fresh herbs and young peppercorns.

53 Gaeng Par Neua Kwang £8.95
Jungle curry with wild rabbit or venison and Thai vegetables.

Vegetables

54 Phat pak Luam Mit £6.75
Stir fried seasonal vegetables in oyster sauce.

55 Phat Broccoli £6.75
Stir fried broccoli with oyster sauce.

56 Pak Krua Chiang Mai £6.95
Chiang Mai Kitchen vegetables served with a spicy peanut sauce.

57 Pak Tour Ngork £6.95
Fresh bean sprouts fried in oyster sauce with baby corn and spring onions.

Noodles

58 Kueytiew Phat Thai £8.95
A traditional Thai dish of fried noodles with chicken, king prawns, bean sprouts, crushed peanuts and egg.

59 Kueytiew Phat Thai Jay £7.95
Vegetarian rice noodles cooked as above with or without egg.

60 Mee Grob £8.95
Crispy fried vermicelli served with special sauce and prawns and garnished with spring onions and bean sprouts.

Rice

61 Chiang Mai Kitchen Fried Rice £8.95
Special fried rice with king prawns, chicken, beef, pineapple, spring onions and raisins, served in a pineapple.

62 Khao Phat Khay £2.50
Egg fried rice.

63 Khao Phat Pak £2.85
Egg fried rice with vegetables.

64 Khao Suay £2.25
Plain steamed rice.

Restaurant menus often vary from day to day, so the above should be treated as examples of what to expect in terms of cuisine and price.

Chiang Mai Kitchen Christmas Menu

Restaurant menus often vary from day to day, so the above should be treated as examples of what to expect in terms of cuisine and price.

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