If you are looking for authentic Thai food, full of flavour and zing, we recommend you head straight for Benjarong

Thai food goes down well with the Indian palate. The spices used in Thai food or the number of vegetables they use, could be the binding factor. Benjarong has been renowned for authentic albeit spicy Thai food in Chennai.

A recent food festival at Benjarong fine tuned their culinary skills, dishing out mouth watering delicacies. The menu is a good mix of the old favourites and the new dishes. The succulent, well marinated Satay for starters could well transport you to the floating market in Bangkok. The red and green curries come with their own distinctive taste and flavours. These are best teamed with steamed white rice.

Thai food uses a variety of seasonal fresh vegetables and is a visual treat in terms of colour. Try the steamed veggies, sliced finely and smothered in a brown sauce. Health on a platter, indeed! The whole mackerel is marinated in a variety of delectable sauces and flash fried to perfection. It retains both, the texture and the flavour.

The flavour of the season is the jungle chilly, which grows wild in Thai forests and is invariably eaten raw. But the Benjarong variety comes to you like a mound of fried onion rings, liberally sprinkled with garlic, ginger, peanuts and lime. Almost a meal in itself!

Thai food is traditionally eaten out of small bowls, in smaller quantities. There is a great stress on sauces and dips which add the zing to the food. The Benjarong food festival is a delicious journey indeed….

Benjarong Restaurant
146 TTK Road
Alwarpet
Chennai - 600018