I wanted to find a mildly spicy dish to have with a rare/special wine I recently purchased – a Wurzer 2008 by Seifried of Nelson. Wine tasting notes (were rare) indicated a spicy Thai curry was good company for the wine.

I found two Thai restaurants in Miramar from Google. After reading reviews, I chose to patronise takeaways from Traditional Thai. I rang and ordered Chicken green curry with Thai roti. Having rung only 15 mins in advance of picking it up, it was ready and waiting on the ground floor when I arrived and was handed over by a friendly man.

Getting it back to my friends house nearby, we found the dish and roti sufficient quantity for two not hungry people. The curry was delicious with lots of vegies and chicken. The roti was soft, tasty and large enough to be broken between the two of us. It also tested the wine well with the very mildly spiced food – results: it was a great food match and the tarty sweetness was a good complement during the first glass. Beyond that, the wine became too sweet for two to finish the bottle, but we almost finished. The food was tasty right to the finish and was just the right quantity. I’ll go back to the Traditional Thai and try something else next time. A pity there were only a few other patrons at 7:00 pm.