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Canberra's Best Thai Restaurants


Variety is the spice of life. So, with four main regional cuisines, plus Thai Royal Cuisine, each producing dishes that use different ingredients and preparation styles and often incorporating varying influences from neighbouring countries, Thailand has variety and spice, in spades.

Despite this diversity, the universal genius of Thai dishes is that although they can be quite hot and spicy, they also tend to be well balanced, thereby ensuring that none of the flavours are lost. So, while southern curries will include coconut milk and tumeric, and in the northeast, where there are no palm trees, lime is used, the same principle of balance applies.

Thai cusine embraces unique combinations of seasonings and light preparation techniques, to ensure that either the dish or the meal touch all four taste senses - sour, sweet, salty and bitter. Common ingredients include several varities of chillies while nearly all dishes use nam pla, an aromatic fish sauce. Other flavour enhancers include kapi, a fish paste, and nam phrik, regional chillie pastes.

Herbs commonly used include fresh coriander, lemon grass, Thai basil and mint, along with ginger, galangal, tamarind, garlic, soy beans, peppercorns and kaffir lime.

Rice is a meal staple, and while jasmine rice is indigenous to Thailand, in the north they prefer sticky rice. Popular Thai dishes include Tom Yam Goon, a spicy aromatic soup, Pad Thai, a noodle dish, Gai Med Ma Moung, green curry chicken, and Massam Curry.

One important thing to remember when eating Thai is that it’s all about sharing. Meals are made for everyone to enjoy, so … enjoy!

Sarah Murray, Citysearch

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Thai Restaurants Canberra

ZenYai Thai

111-117 London Circuit, Canberra
-35.2794599697875 149.130054116249

For those searching for reasonably priced, authentic Thai food in an attractive setting, Zen Yai restaurant in Civic fits the bills on all accounts.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $8.50 // Cuisine: Thai

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Lemon Grass Thai Restaurant

Shop 1, 88 Corinna St, Woden
-35.3473005842452 149.087176322937

Now you can enjoy authentic Thai cooking without actually travelling to Thailand. Lemon Grass Thai Restaurant offers the opportunity to experience some of the most authentic traditional Thai cuisine available in Canberra. In fact, it is often said that the dishes are better than those found in Thailand simply because the fresh ingredients found here are of such high quality and yet, traditional methods and recipes are retained.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $14.50 // Cuisine: Thai

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Thai Ayutthaya

84 Emu Bank Street, Belconnen
-35.2365498272553 149.07080411911

Surprising and quirky Ayutthaya restaurant in Belconnen is likely to sate the most avid fans of Thai cuisine with its extensive menu and generous serves.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $15.90 // Cuisine: Thai

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Dickson Asian Noodle House

29 Woolley St, Dickson
-35.25012 149.136687

Asian Noodle House is persistently bursting at the seams.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $11.00 // Cuisine: Malaysian, Thai

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Thai Amarin

Shop 1 Jardine Street, Green Square, Kingston
-35.3142190874918 149.141528606415

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $10.90 // Cuisine: Thai

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Three Mothers Thai

34 Garema Place, Canberra
-35.2784439857207 149.132505655289

When the itch for Thai hits, head to Civic's Three Mothers Thai restaurant for everything Thai, from the classic favourites to tantalising specialities.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $12.60 // Cuisine: Thai

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