This place is not your regular Thai take away - price-wise - because it's expensive, but then again…read moreit's not your regular Thai take away as well, because it fares so much better than the usual place named after some famous Thailand tourist spots so no Danes won't mistake the place for serving other cuisine.
The place is rather tucked in on Serbiensgade in Amager - where we do acutely need good take away places compared to the more developed (restaurant-wise) Nørrebro or Vesterbro. It is around 5-minute walk to Lergravsparken metro station, so it's not that WAY OUT THERE in Amager *rolls eyes*
The place is bright and decorated nicely so it doesn't feel like a take away place with grimy table and couple of plastic chairs. Just saying, you can eat there if you want.
The food? Ah the food, the name itself is famous because the original Kiin Kiin is the only Thai place that has Michelin star (although I am pretty sure lots of restaurants in Thailand are better, just not recognised by what originally published as "car guide")
We ordered nr 22 (sesame oil-fried shrimp coated with sesame seeds and served with wasabi mayo), 23 (Gau bao with sweet pork with peanuts and spring onions), 24 (Crispy calamari in panko-flour with chili mayo) for starters and nr 53 (Panang curry with beef and lychee and mixed vegetables served with jasmine rice) nr 62 (Pad Kra Pow - minced pork with chili and basil served with egg sunny side up) for main course.
The snacks were average. My calamari was just like other calamari, but the bao was good (I am looking forward to trying kiin kiin bao!) and the chili mayo wasn't that strong either. The panang curry was delicious with heavy note of peanut sauce in it, just like the way it should be, but I kind of regret that I didn't order red curry instead (I don't eat chicken) because panang curry is always mild and I miss the burn in my tongue! The beef was thinly sliced and tasted wonderfully with the lychee (only 2??) and the broccoli and cauliflower were super good. They had the flavouring of the curry very well without being all limpy after being cooked to oblivion as most vegetables in curry do.
Service was top too. I ordered by phone and told them that I would pick it up half an hour later and when I showed up, the food was still warm and ready for me to bring home, but there was a misunderstanding with the order as I ordered 22 and they thought I was ordering 27 (classic Danish number mistake) but they were very nice about it and replaced it immediately (with minimum waiting time) without complaints and apologised so many times for the inconvenience.
The bill for my part of the food came up at around 210 DKK, way too expensive for take away, but with the quality of the food and the service, I gladly paid for it, although next time I might skip the snack and just stick to the main course - because the snacks weren't that much of worth (especially my calamari for 85 DKK - that could buy me damn good beef fried noodles in Magasasa already!)