After reading some reviews on TripAdvisor, my mom and I decided to come here for dinner one…read morenight...and then we kept going back.
Chez Jasmine is a small and unassuming Thai restaurant located in the main city of Carcassone (not in the old city). It is run by a Thai woman and her British husband, so it is very easy to eat there if you don't speak French. They have a website (http://www.chezjasminethai.fr/index.php?id_lang=1) which has their menu, and they also have English menus there.
Chez Jasmine seats about 16 with three outdoor tables, so it is mainly used as a take-out place. The owner takes your order and then turns around and cooks it at the stove behind the counter.
Her food is amazing - I say this as a lifelong New Yorker spoiled by the sheer number of tasty and cheap Thai restaurants in my neighborhood - and very well priced.
Over the course of our stay, we ate the Red Curry (medium spicy; coconut milk, carrots, peppers, onions), the Panang Curry (medium spicy; coconut milk, peppers, onions, peanuts), and the Pad Thai. The currys were both amazing and were just full of great fresh flavors. She also puts in a lot (I mean a lot) of chicken as well as vegetables. The Pad Thai was also wonderful and had a really interesting, almost spicy, sauce.
This is the kind of small restaurant that really relies on word of mouth and customer reviews to survive and I give it my wholehearted recommendation. The food was delicious, the owner was nice and extremely helpful, and the service was very quick. All in all, we took a chance on Chez Jasmine and were wonderfully surprised!
