Gladys and Charlie visit Nan’s Noodle Bar and Restaurant, Stag Park, Woolpit
Well, that was a totally unexpected sheer delight.
It wasn’t pre planned and totally out of the blue to be frank.
“Shall we try Nan’s new Noodle bar restaurant tonight,” she said to me.
After a few moments thinking about the offer I said: “Okay, let’s do it.” And to be perfectly honest it was a decision that I never thought would turn out to be so delightful.
A wonderful meal, cooked to perfection and deliciously tasty.
“What more could you want,” I said to myself.
We both thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience from the really friendly staff to the quiet cosy atmosphere.
Situated just off the old A45 at Stag Park, in Woolpit, Nan’s Noodle Bar and Restaurant, is not your usual town centre eating establishment that you would normally frequent.
But word of mouth seems to be making this location the place to eat since it opened mid April by its owner Monica Uddin.
For close by is its sister restaurant Mon Mon Spice, another restaurant in the family’s business which appears to have benefited from an existing loyal customer base, and which we visited a few months ago.
For a midweek night out we were pleasantly surprised by the number of clientele at the new restaurant.
We took our time trawling through the extensive menu before settling for our choices.
There’s a array of mouth-watering starters, authentic soups, salads, curries, grills, stir fry, noodles and rice along with a special and attractive Thia menu.
But before that I had a mouth watering and thirst quenching pint of Singha lager beer while my better half got stuck into our bottle of Pinot Grigio.
Her starter was crispy wrapped prawns with sweet and sour sauce (goong hom pa if you want to retain the Thai translation), while I plumped for sesame minced chicken on toast (khan pang na kai) both pictured above.
My chicken was just so tasty, cooked to perfection and really filling as well, while the prawns were out of this world according to the consumer.
There was no rush in between courses as the staff loitered either refilling our wine glasses or clearing our plates.
Next came my jungle curry (kaeng pah) which arrived along with tasty slices of pork and egg fried rice which was hot and spicy and cooked with a selection of perfectly cooked mixed vegetables.
It was one of the best meals of its kind that I had tasted for a long while and had just the right amount of spice.
My better half went for stir fried chicken (pad khing) with ginger, garlic, spring onion, green and red peppers with chilli and jasmine rice.
Another really tasty choice as the plate was cleared.
And it all came to a grand total of just over £75 for both of us.
Well worth the expenditure for a totally brilliant and unexpectedly fine meal.
Nan’s Noodle Bar and Restaurant is open Tuesday to Sunday, serving lunch between 12 noon and 2.30pm, and then a dinner service from 5pm to 10pm.
It offers a set lunch menu and meal deal, as well as a 10 per cent discount on takeaways, which is collection only.
Nan’s Noodle Bar and Restaurant
