Creatively Visualizing my mind: December 2014

Getting HIGH on THAI - Dining at the White Elephant

Dining should be an experience. An experience that transcends into a memorable event.

In my quest for such experiences I discovered one such opportunity at White Elephant.

An authentic Thai restaurant in Indiranagar, Bangalore.

When we spoke to the owner's about their concept, it sounded to me that they had the same thing in mind about dining experiences as I did.

Which is why they got many things just right. The ambience looks great, a large Buddha Statue adds to the tasteful decor, great service and most crucially an interesting and tasty dining experience.

Interesting because of the insights we got from the owners who spent some time talking to their guests about their inspiration.

Their chef has been specializing in Thai cuisine for over 9 years and has perfected his art and ensures you will get a fine dining experience. The service was good too with ever smiling servers.

The menu cleverly has limited variety for 2 reasons - the 80-20 principle applies here in terms of dishes ordered and also helps the chef and management focus on taste, presentation, ingredient management and ensure each dish is cooked aptly.

The owners of White Elephant

Before I get to the food I also must mention about their table artist who has flown down from the US. Watching him perform illusions right in front of your eyes is an experience beyond imagination. We have seen guys like him on TV but to see it happen not 2 feet away from you is extremely mesmerizing. He comes over on fridays and saturdays so plan your dining experience accordingly.

DONT MISS HIM.

Back to the food - Being a group, yes i like to dine at new places in groups, helps us try a larger variety and get a better sense of the food, and that's what we did.

A picture of the interiors

Review of each dish is as follows:

The Khao Pod Naam Prik Pow = Babycorn cooked in thai chilli paste. Not very spicy and should suit most taste buds

Khao Pod Naam Prik Pow

The Pla Yang - a spicy delicate basa fish satay. melt in the mouth stuff and my favorite amongst all that I had here. The raw papaya salad is a great combination. Comes with 2 Thai Chutneys to enhance the flavour.

Pla Yang

The Kai Hor Bai Tey - have you ever had chicken wrapped in leaves? You normally would think this was a fish right? That is what makes this even more special, chicken cooked uniquely and accompanied with a sweet sauce to match the flavours.

Kai Hor Bai Tey - Chicken, not fish

The Manfrog Tod Samros, better known as the sweet chilly potato is good choice for vegetarians and a dish you can never go wrong with.

Sweet Chilly Potato

Chutneys served with the starters

To help all these starters go down we had a great mix of cocktails and mocktails from. My Fav was the Mid night Martini which really got the evening going for me. I did try other varieties too like the Cosmopolitan and the Long Island Ice tea. Unfortunately the cocktails are not as good as the food here so you may want to stick to regular mixes if you do want to drink. Heard their wine selection is well paired but as I dont drink Wine I could not try it.

The main course had a big surprise for me. I normally do no like Red Thai Curry and always prefer Green. For the first time I had had a tasty, spicy Red Thai curry with Jasmine rice that really was cooked to perfection. To accompany this we had Prawns that was perfectly cooked and nice and juicy.