103-105 Waterloo Road
SE1 8UL
Tel: 0207 633 9886
Date of Last Visit: Friday, April 21, 2006
The Victims: Al, Louise, and Al’s brother Dave
The Damage: 18 quid each with drinks.
Al & Louise invited me out to the National Theatre to see a play they couldn’t remember the name of, and they didn’t know whether it would be good or bad. But we did know that we were in the 1st row; I have this problem were I can only pay attention at plays when I’m in the first few rows, so this was a good thing. (I think I read one too many Richard Scary books as a child, and am thus obsessed with analyzing the details, which you can’t see from the balcony.)
Game for an adventure, I said yes to their kind invitation, and they suggested pre-theatre dinner at Thai Silk, right across from Waterloo station.
Thai Silk is so super-convenient to Waterloo that I almost didn’t see it. It’s seriously right across the street from the main Tube station exit.
The plan was to meet at 5:45; Thai Silk has a set menu for 7.95 per person from 5 to 7–minimum of two people. We went for that and got pretty much everything on the menu except for the pork.
Our starters were tasty because they were super deep-fried. As in fishcakes and spring rolls and undefined deep-fried substance. Heart attack. But delicious nonetheless.
The mains were copious…there was monk fish in curry sauce, chicken in curry sauce, beef in some sort of sauce, and another type of beef. We had some yummy noodles and then the obligatory jasmine rice.
We were stupid and ordered wine by the glass instead of the bottle, so if you figure we each had two glasses of wine each, well, we wasted some money. This added much to our bill which should have otherwise been reasonable.
The Verdict: A good pre-National Theatre option. Not a destination, but a convenient and good-value choice. Watch your cholesterol and stay away from the wines by the glass.
