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The Thai Kitchen is a compact Sydenham operation built primarily around evening takeaway, with a small amount of seating for diners who want to eat on site. It has traded on Colombo Street for many years and keeps the ordering process straightforward through phone, pickup and delivery channels. The modest format puts attention on the breadth of the food rather than the room, making it most useful for diners choosing several dishes to carry home or share at a limited table.

Starters bring together familiar Thai flavours in forms suited to sharing. Chicken satay comes with peanut sauce, while vegetarian spring rolls are filled with rice noodles and served with sweet chilli. Lemongrass seasons battered pork pieces, garlic and black pepper give the spare ribs their character, and fish cakes combine red chilli, lemongrass and kaffir lime. Kumara-filled curry puffs add a vegetable option, allowing a mixed order to cover skewers, pastry and fried bites.

Curries range from light heat to richer combinations of spice, coconut and fruit. Red curry uses coconut cream and vegetables, while Panang delivers a thicker consistency over vegetables. Massaman brings cinnamon, potato and pineapple into the mix, and yellow curry keeps the profile mild with potato, cashew and vegetables. Roast duck takes the red-curry base in another direction with potato, pineapple and grapes, creating a sweet-savoury choice beside the more direct vegetable curries.

The wok section lets diners change protein without abandoning a preferred sauce. Peanut, cashew and fresh ginger preparations sit beside garlic-pepper, spicy sweet basil and lemongrass options, with meat, tofu and seafood choices represented across the wider menu. Pad Thai supplies the best-known noodle route, while other rice-noodle, soup and salad sections add contrast. That structure makes ordering for a group simple: select a curry, a stir-fry, noodles and a few starters rather than duplicating one style.

Address: 239A Colombo Street, Sydenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand

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The Thai Kitchen Menu

Entrees

Chicken Satay
$10

4 pieces of marinated Chicken on skewers. Served with chefs famous peanut sauce.

Chicken Wings
$10

7 pieces delicious infused with authentic Thai flavours

Spring Rolls
$9.50

6 pieces. Deep fried, Vegetarian, Rice noodles and veg, with sweet chilli sauce

Deep Fried Pork Pieces
$10

Battered pork pieces in lemongrass with sweet chilli sauce

Combination Entree
$15

Includes 2 chicken wings 2 spring rolls deep fried pork and 2 chicken satay

Pork Spare Ribs
$12.50

Flavourful Authentic Thai style, garlic black pepper

Fish Cakes
$9.50

7 pieces. Red chilli, garlic, lemongrass, kaffir line leaf with sweet chilli sauce

Curry Puffs
$9

6 pieces. Kumara and vegetables in a puffy pastry with sweet chilli sauce

Money Bags
$9.50

10 pieces. Diced Kumara, chicken, prawns with sweet chilli sauce

Soups

Thai hot and sour soup, lemongrass kaffir leaves

Tom Yum Prawns
$12.50
Tom Yum Sea Food
$12.50
Tom Yum Chicken
$11.50
Tom Yum Vegetarian
$11.50
Tom Kai Gai
$11.50

Coconut cream mixed in

Curries

ALL CURRIES COME WITH ONE RICE. CHICKEN, BEEF, PORK or TOFU

Green Curry (Gaeng Keow Wharn)
$19.50

Truly tasty and authentic. Coconut cream and lots of vegetables

Red Curry (Gaeng Dang
$19.50

Bursting with flavour coconut cream and lots of vegetables

Phanang Curry
$20.50

Exquisite tastes and aromas, a thick curry on bed of vegetables

Massaman Curry
$20.50

Delicious, cinnamon sticks, potato, pineapple, and vegetables

Mint Lamb
$21.50

Chefs special thick and creamy, with vegetables and fresh mint

Yellow Curry (Gaeng Gari)
$19.50

Traditional Thai flavors, mild with potatoes cashews and vegetables

Duck and Seafood Curries

Roast Duck (Gang Ped Yang)
$21.50

In a red curry with vegetables, potato, pineapple & grape

Choo Chee Prawns
$23

Prawns served in a thick creamy red curry sauce on vegetables

Fish Curry
$23

Fish of the day in a red curry with vegetables

Seafood Red Curry
$23

Prawns, fish, mussels, squid and vegetables

Stir Fry

ALL STIR FRY DISHES COME WITH ONE RICE. CHICKEN, BEEF, PORK or TOFU

Peanut Sauce (Pad Pug)
$19.50

Chefs famous authentic satay peanut sauce and vegetables

Cashew Nuts (Med Mamunang)
$21.50

Tasty Chilli jam sauce, very mild, pineapple and vegetables

Ginger Sauce (Pad Khing)
$19.50

Flavours of fresh ginger with a mixture of vegetables

Oyster Sauce (Pad Nummun Hoy)
$19.50

Stir fry with a mixture of vegetables in oyster sauce

Sweet and Sour (Pad Priew Wharn)
$19.50

Chefs famous sweet and sour with a mixture of vegetables

Garlic Pepper (Pad Kratiem Prik Thai
$20.50

Stir fry with garlic pepper sauce on a bed of vegetables

Garlic Chilli (Pad Prik Sod)
$19.50

Spicy garlic chilli sauce with a mixture of stir fry vegetables

Spicy Sweet Basil (Pad Kra Prow
$19.50

Chefs special spicy sweet basil sauce, and a mixture of vegetables

Lemongrass Sauce
$19.50

Stirfry with lemongrass sauce on a bed of vegetables

Chilli Lamb (Pad Prik)
$20.50

Spicy stir fry with fresh chillies, lamb & a mixture of vegetables

Spicy Salad

Chicken Salad (Yom Gai)
$21.50

Spicy Thai Style salad, onion, grated carrot & spicy salad dressing

Larb Salad
$21.50

Chicken beef or pork minced. Spicy meal, lots of onions chilli

BBQ Beef Salad
$21.50

Thai style spicy salad. Onions and lemongrass

Vegan

Please make sure we know you would like the vegan option

Ginger Sauce (Pad Khing)
$19.50

Flavours of fresh ginger with tofu and a mixture of vegetables. Very nice.

Garlic Chilli (Pad Prik Sod)
$19.50

Spicy garlic chilli sauce with tofu and a mixture of stir fry vegetables

Fried Rice (Kao Pad)
$19.50

Light meal of tofu and mixed vegetables, tomato & broccoli

Gluten Free

Please make sure we know its gluten free. CHICKEN, BEEF, PORK, TOFU or PRAWNS

Any of the curries
$17.50 / $23
Ginger Sauce (Pad Khing)
$19.50

Flavours of ginger

Garlic Chilli (Pad Prik Sod)
$19.50

Spicy garlic chilli sauce

Pad Thai
$19.50

Thick noodles fried with a mixture of veges & egg.

Fried Rice (kao Pad)
$19.50

mixed veges, egg. Very nice

Noodles & Fried Rice

CHICKEN, BEEF, PORK or TOFU

Pad Thai
$19.50

Thick noodles fried with a mixture of veges, carrot & peanuts & egg

Drunken Noodles
$19.50

Spicy basil flavour, light on vegetables, curly weed noodles

Fried Rice (Kao Pad)
$19.50

Mixed vegetables, tomatoes, egg & broccoli

Spicy Fried Rice (Kao Pad Prik
$19.50

Spiced up fried rice, mixed vegetables, broccoli & tomato

Seafood

ALL SEAFOOD STIR FRY’S AND CURRIES COME WITH ONE RICE

Choo Chee Prawns
$23

Served in a thick creamy red curry sauce on a bed of vegetables

Fish Curry
$23

Fish of the day in a red curry, veges, coconut cream optional

Sea Food Red Curry
$23

A mixture of prawns fish mussels and squid in a red curry

Deep fried fish fillet (Choo Chee Pla)
$23

Fish of the day fillets deep fried with spicy sauce

Chilli Prawns (Pad Prik Goong
$23

Spicy stir fry with fresh chillis & a mixture of vegetables

Prawns Peanut Sauce (Satay Goong)
$23

Chefs famous peanut sauce with vegetables and prawns

Garlic Prawns (Pad Kratiem Prik Goong
$23

Stir fry prawns & vegetables, strong flavours of garlic

Chilli Seafood (Pad Prik Talay)
$23

A mixture prawns fish mussels and squid with vegetables

Seafood Peanut Sauce
$23

Chefs famous peanut sauce with prawns, fish, mussels and squid

Chilli Squid (Pad Prik Calmar
$23

Stir fried squid in mixture of vegetables & fresh chillis

Seafood Chilli Jam
$23

Prawns fish mussels and squid in a mixture of vegetables and chilli jam sauce

Prawn Salad (Pla Goong
$23

A mixture of vegetables, lemongrass chilli jam & prawns

Stir Fried Seafood (Pad Porg Gari)
$23

Stir fried seafood with yellow curry powder & vegetables

Mussel Omelet
$23

Thai style omelet with onions & mussels

Pad Thai Prawns
$23

Thick noodles fried, prawns, vegetables, carrot, egg, peanuts

Vegetarian

Any meal on the menu can be vegetarian or have tofu added for $2.00.

Green Curry (Gaeng Keow Wharn)
$17.50

Truly tasty and authentic. Coconut cream and lots of vegetables

Tom Yum Veg (Tom Yum Puk)
$11.50

Vegetables in Thai hot & sour soup with lemongrass

Red Curry (Gaeng Keow Wharn)
$17.50

Bursting with flavour coconut cream and lots of vegetables

Fried Rice (Kao Pad)
$17.50

Mixed vegetables, tomatoes, egg & broccoli

Garlic Chilli (Pad Prik Sod)
$17.50

Spicy garlic chilli sauce with a mixture of stir fried vegetables

Peanut Sauce (Pad Pug)
$17.50

Chefs famous authentic satay peanut sauce and vegetables

Soy Sauce
$17.50

Flavours of soy sauce in a mixture of vegetables

Pad Thai
$17.50

Thick noodles fried with a mixture of veges, egg & peanuts on top

Chefs Specials

Mint Lamb
$21.50

Chefs special thick and creamy, with vegetables and fresh mint

Yellow Curry (Gang Gari)
$19.50

Traditional Thai flavors, mild with potatoes cashews & vegetables

Seafood Chilli Jam
$23

Prawns fish mussels and squid in chilli jam sauce

Prawn Salad (Pla Goong)
$23

Prawns in chilli jam sauce

Stir Fried Seafood (Pad Porg Gari)
$23

Stir fried seafood with yellow curry powder

Roast Duck (Gang Ped Yang)
$21.50

In a red curry with vegetabhles, potato , pineapple & grape

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