Monza Thai 212 Maroubra Road, MAROUBRA
Tel: (02) 9344 9992
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| Deep Fried Crispy Salted and Peppered Calamari $14.50/L |
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| BBQ Octopus with a spicy and sour sauce $14.50/L |
In case you were wondering about this post title, it's a take on the song "Amigos Para Siempre" by Jose Carreras and Sarah Brightman. On a recent trip to Monza Thai with The Spaniard and La Familia, along with discussion about life-long friends and other follies, the Squid Club and my obsession with taking a photo of the dish before anyone got their fat little fingers near it was the source of much amusement. I have never eaten in at Monza Thai before having ordered take-away a number of times. I have gone as far as to order the salt and pepper calamari take-away, which I know can be an ill-fated move. Plastic take-away containers are not the fried food friend. I was disappointed then, but willing to give the in-house Monza visit a chance to redeem itself. Well the crunch was there, but the salt and pepper were on holidays in some other exotic location. I missed them. The condiments, sweet chilli sauce, and a sweet chilli mayonnaise were lost on me. Once you have had your crispy calamari dressed to impress in deep fried shallots, chilli, ginger and garlic it's kind of like going from driving a Lamborghini to a Ford Falcon. The BBQ Octopus was however a different story. They have a grill at Monza, so you get this wonderfully spiced and aromatic baby octopus that has barbequed, smoked flavours. It was definitely the pick of the two, and the dish I would come back and order. They also do a great beef massaman curry and a special of crispy basil chicken which got nods of approval from my dinner companions, and bada bing bada boom they don't charge corkage.
RATING OUT OF 10: PRICE: 7/10 SERVING SIZE: 7/10
CRUNCH FACTOR: 8/10 SPICE: 5/10
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