Eating at a Thai restaurant for the first time - what to order?

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I like very mild spice. I like the flavour but not the heat (I would never cook with chillies at home). At an Indian I would order a korma with rice and plain naan.

What should I order or is it all going to be too spicy for me? I will ask but IME at Indians the staffs definition of spicy is not the same as my own

Thanks!

I cant think of what I usually have off the top of my head, but you can absolutely order things that are not spicy. Its a different type of flavour than indian food.

Maybe try a satay dish if you are ok with peanuts? They are def not spicey.

Massaman curry should be fine (it's not typical of Thai cooking, admittedly, but it's nice).

Or get a Pad Thai if you want to go noodly.

Or Goi Si Mee (not sure of spelling) if you want to go soupy-and-noodly.

Also, in general yellow curry is less spicy than red or green curry.

And IME Thai menus are fairly accurate on how spicy things are.

Pad Thai - it's a noodle dish with chicken/prawns, sauce and egg and is normally totally NOT spicy.

Most of the starter snackky things will be non spicey - spring rolls, wantons, etc.

On the currys, the Masuman curry - peanut butter basically, tends to be mild.

If they've got "hotness" indicators - red/green/yellow curry with the least hot next to it is a coconut based curry with different extras. Every thai place has different feelings on which should be hottest - my local makes very hot green curry and mild red curry.

ooooooo pad thai - i am not wanting pasta tonight now

pad thai pad thai pad thai

with a generous helping of singha beer

I wish I hadn't read this, I want Thai right NOW

Pad Thai. And also that soup with chicken to start. Can't remember its name.

Mmm.. I just said to DH I want takeaway. Now I'm desparate for Thai. Green Thai curry is my favourite food but will be too hot for you. Chicken with cashnew nuts is another classic and is mild as is chicken satay for starter. I'm salivating!

Thanks.

Chicken satay from the chinese is spicy, is it the same in Thai food?

Coconut or peanut curry sounds nice. My friend who booked rang up and asked about spicy levels for me and they said it was fine. I don't like ginger and prefer something with rice but pad thai sounds a good safe bet. Hmm!

Chicken satay is not spicy IME. They have loads of dishes that aren't spicy.

What did you have? Was it delicious? Hope you had a good time.

Not going until Thursday

LOL I was too hasty!

Pavlov - me too! I did think to myself, "mmm, I wonder what she had?"

I am very excited for it though lots of ideas of what to order.

I only started eating Indian food about 6 months ago so am hoping to pig myself on even more food broaden my horizons further.

Yeah I came on to say pad thai too!