Restaurant Polineth Will Help You Thai One On!
Dec 21st, 2007 by Don Ray
If you are into Thai food, I came across this review of a new Thai restaurant in Volcan called Polineth.
Volcan is a little too far for me to drive, just to have something to eat, but if I am up that way, I plan on stopping in. However, that might be the kiss of death. The last time I drove to Volcan and reviewed a Mexican restaurant, it closed within days.
Here is the review that was posted on one of the Yahoo Groups.
We had a late lunch at on Tuesday of this week.
It serves Thai food along with rotisserie chicken and breakfast all day.With regard to the Thai, most important and unusual is that Paul
serves food that is fresh (he grows a lot of the herbs used and uses
locally grown vegetables when available), is cooked to order (so it
takes a bit of time but well worth it), plates the food attractively,
and manages to balance the flavors well (hard in Asian cooking, since
the spices used are all quite redolent and can overwhelm other
flavors). He has specials that are not on the menu and will talk you
through all the ingredients, manner of cooking and preparation time,
if you like.Thai food is usually spicy on the picante side, but his is mild in
comparison (owing as he says to the Panamanian palate which prefers
food on the non-spicy side). However, for true Thai afficionados like
us, he makes a home-made Sriracha sauce with Thai, habanero and
jalapeno peppers which is killer — and he should bottle it!! Really,
really good if you want to kick it up a notch.He does not serve alcohol but welcomes you if you bring your own (and
will serve you chilled cerveza glasses to boot). We picked some up at
the Romero’s at the corner (which, by the way, is much cleaner than
the Boquete store - and with no odor…….) while the food
preparation was underway.The restaurant itself is done nicely with a volcanic rock wall of
plants, orchids, etc., open to the breezes (imagine it gets a bit
chilly at night), light and airy. He’s planning to put in an aquarium
in the future at the base of the rock wall. Knowing his background
with marine life, it should be a beauty.We also like the fact that the Jubilado prices are posted (for small
and large portions) so there’s no hassle if you want to use or not.
What a revelation!!We can’t wait to go back to try the coconut lemon grass soup!
Just a note - I don’t think Paul always keeps regular hours, so just look to see if the big garage door is opened.
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Thanks for the warning Gordo! I borrowed the photo for the post. Hope you don’t mind.
No problemo, just don’t call me Grodo - I get teased enough about the other.
Thanks for the name correction Don
I didn’t see it mentioned in the review, but Paul has an incredible carnivorous plant collection behind the restaurant that may also be of interest to visitors (small donation requested to see it.)
I will check it out when I get up there.