V Rating: VVV
Where: 76 Spring St, Bondi Junction
When: Lunch: Mon - Sat/Sun 11.30mm/12.30pm - 4.00pm. Dinner: 5pm - 10pm.
Tel: (02) 9387 7099
Price: Entrees: $1.50 - $3. Mains: $9 - $14.50.

After our food extravaganza at Ravesi’s, Andy and I were keen on a quiet Saturday night. So, we decided to try the new Red Room DVD store in Bondi Junction. Being in the mood for a night of sloth, we planned to get a quick dinner at Thai Brown Rice on the way home.

There was a touch of anxiety to the night because we only had our parking spot for 50 minutes. Figuring out Red Room’s new-fangled system (there are no endless rows of DVD cases - you just choose a movie on an electronic screen, press a button, and an anonymous looking CD case is dispensed with your movie), and then actually deciding on what DVD to hire, took a good 20 minutes.

Fortunately, Thai Brown Rice is another restaurant that likes to set a landspeed record for serving food. We ordered the satay tofu entrée, vegetarian Phad Thai, and vegetables and tofu in a chilli and basil sauce. They were at our table within five minutes.

Thai Brown Rice provides a decent vegetarian choice. There are three vegetarian entrees, and each of the main sauces can be served with vegetables and tofu. The menu shows a hint of health consciousness – the tofu is organic, and you can order a laksa light which comes without coconut milk.

Thai Brown Rice’s forte is ‘speed’ food with a healthy twist, not haute cuisine. The food tastes fine, but is unmemorable. The tofu came smothered in peanut satay sauce and was a little too rich for our tastes. The Phad Thai and chilli basil with vegetables and tofu made a good meal, but were undistinguished. I was prepared for a spicy meal, but thought both dishes were mild.

The best part of the night was that we were home in enough time to watch both the incredible Howl’s Moving Castle followed by the Iron Chef tofu (pronounced TOOOOOOOOOOOO-fw) battle. Ahh yes, the perfect evening.

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