Finger 'Liks'ing Good

I don’t think I would make a very good restaurant reviewer. Well, at least not when I’m busy catching up with a friend. I met with my good friend, JaneyMac, for a belated birthday dinner. I’ve wanted to visit Jimmy Liks in Kings cross for ages now and so we decided this would be the place to go for dinner. JaneyMac and I both love good restaurants so we use our quarterly catch ups to try out places we have heard about.

Jimmy Liks is a very trendy Thai restaurant in Kings Cross. I’ve noticed in recent years there are more and more restaurants going for a similar formula – upmarket Thai food in restaurants where they don’t take bookings and dinner is served at big communal tables where you have the pleasure of getting up close and personal with the stranger beside you. No complaints from me there. As an avid fan of ‘people watching’ I love observing other parties and trying to decide the relationship.

We arrived pretty early at the restaurant and there was no-one else at the large tables. The place felt a little sad with all those place settings and not a customer in sight but we did get very good service from the waitresses as we were the first to arrive. To be honest we were so caught up in talking about men, work, men, new houses and men that we didn’t even notice all the other people arriving. When our food arrived and we took a breath we noticed that the tables were filling up.

We continued our engrossing conversation over dinner and to be honest I wasn’t that impressed with the special of Lamb Yellow Curry or the side of veggies we asked for which actually turned out to be a full main of tofu and vegetables (a sneaky way of adding another meal to our bill).



The one dish that did catch my attention was the Crispy Skin Chicken which was outstanding. The skin, as the menu said, was lovely and crispy. The chicken was cooked to perfection and just fell off the bone. I was a bit naughty and picked up a drumstick to get every last bit off the bone. It really was finger licking good. The sauce was syrupy sweet and made my rice lovely and sticky. There was a spice on the side which I couldn’t identify but it was a nice addition to balance the sweet sauce.

I enjoyed Jimmy Liks but to be honest I wouldn’t be rushing back unless it was to catch up with JaneyMac again so she can tell me how well things are going between her and her new man.