ZAAP Thai Street Food, Nottingham

On the picture below, from left to right we have deep fried corn cake, Tod Mun Khow Phod (ทอดมันข้าวโพด) and deep-fried tofu, Tao Hoo Tod (เต้าหู้ทอด). They both came with a sweet chilli dipping sauce and were tasty. I’m not a huge tofu fan,  Dave is yet to completely convert me. That said, I enjoyed the texture of it deep-fried. The corn cakes were really tasty. We wolfed them down!

The soup, Tom Yum Mor Fai (ต้มยําาหม้อไฟ) was absolutely delicious and perfect for two to share. They gave us bowls but to be honest, we just dove straight into the traditional pot it was served in. We opted for prawn and seafood and it was hot, sour and spicy with big juicy mussels, prawns and squid. I loved that they hadn’t toned the spiciness or the strong fish sauce flavours down. It tasted totally authentic and very moreish.

Feeling brave after our spicy Tom Yum, we chose two of the least westernised dishes on the menu for our dessert. The first of these was Bua Loy Kai Wan (บัวลอยไข่หวาน) – silky dumplings in a sweet warm coconut broth with a poached egg. Yes, I said a poached egg! The dumplings were certainly a strange consistency but the strangest thing was just how unshackling the egg was. The runny yolk worked well with the broth and although I didn’t love the pud, it was certainly interesting!

We also shared Khaow Niew Sang Ka Ya (ข้าวเหนียวสังขยา) – sweet black sticky rice with Thai custard. The custard was set, almost like a thick mousse but with a flavour of jasmine which was lovely. The rice had a slightly salty tang to it which I also enjoyed. This was our preferred pud of the two.

The bill for two starters, mains and puddings plus two beers at Zaap was a staggering …. £33!!!! Yes really. Absolutely crazy prices, I don’t know how they do it. We will be back. 100% we will be back.