Eat Out - Hanumarn Thai Restaurant

Day 426

We finally went to Hanumarn Thai - the extremely popular restaurant. Is it really so popular that it's fully booked every weekend or is it because we're using the Scoopon voucher?  This is the most troublesome deal I've bought. First, they do not accept phone bookings for Scoopons, only emails and it took me 5 emails before I finally managed to secure a table. Second, every time I try to book for that particular week, it's full and I was told to try and book at least 2-3 weeks in advance. And then, you must bring along a copy of the printed voucher, you can't just show it on your phone. So much trouble for a meal!

The restaurant is spacious, clean and cosy but we were seated next to the balcony and we felt rather cold throughout the dinner. The restaurant is clearly understaffed. Many of the tables were not cleared and staff had no time to clear them as they were busying serving diners. We were ready to order after 10 mins but it took them another 10 mins to notice us and take our order. I think the menu that we were given was different and rather limited when compared to their online menu. Not sure if that's because we're there on a Scoopon deal or they've changed their menu.

Scoopon's deal

$39 for $100 worth of any food and drinks at Hanumarn Thai

Tonight's menu

Tom Yum Goong - 1 serve for each of us

Thai Fish Cake

Prawn Dumplings (I wanted Prawn Golden Bags but ordered wrongly)

Green Curry Chicken

Stir-fried vegetables

Prices are a little on the high side, these 5 dishes plus rice and 2 soft drinks already cost $93. Was it worth the price? No, the food was a little disappointing. All the dishes, except the fish cake, tasted sweet. Perhaps we should have requested for them to be spicy but we weren't asked about the level of spiciness when they took our orders so what we had is what they usually serve and they are all sweet. Mr Tan doesn't like the food at all as he's not a fan of sweet stuff, except chocolates. We weren't really full at the end of the meal and would gladly top up the difference if we exceed the value but sweet Thai food isn't our cup of tea, so farewell, Hanumarn, we'll never meet again.