All right, while we were travelling south Island, we came
over to Franz Josef. It was one bad
gloomy day, rainy like cats and dogs, not a shred of sunshine. We drove in,
checked into our hotel and then went driving first to the Glacier View point.
As luck would have it, nothing was visible and then we drove down to town for
some snacks. As I mentioned, there were hardly two streets and its probably
more like a village. 
We decided to go to King Tiger, which seemed to be a Thai
and fusion restaurant. Parked our car
and the scenario was perfect. The rain had subsided, it was drizzling, and the
restaurant had a bit of an open air area. As we entered, there were two parts,
one was the covered restaurant which was dark with a deep red shade and sort of
a mystic feel. The open area was covered, had a bit of a fire and what
surprised me was the fact that on the background there were Hindi songs being
played slightly. Wow, in the remote place of NZ, we find a Thai fusion
restaurant and playing Bollywood songs. The menu had both an Indian menu and
Thai menu.
We ordered for Indian Starters- a mixed platter and masala
tea. We seemed to be enjoying the scent of the rain, the slight breeze, the
fire which was warming up the environment.
The non veg starter platter came through. It had onion fried crumble or
the onion bhajji, 2 vegetable samosa’s , 2 portions of seekh kebab, 2 portions
of chicken tikka. Now initially I was a
bit overwhelmed with the fact that I was getting Indian Starters in such a
remote place. However the euphoria was short lived. The onion crumble was ok. The samosa weren’t
that great. The tikkas and seekh kebabs were very poor. Quantity wise as well as
from a taste perspective. So it was truly a big let down. The masala tea on the
other hand was wow. Really good and they served it in a very big kettle, which
got us about 3 servings of tea. The tea was simply overwhelming and wow.
Next, we ordered Thai red curry and that was again very
delicious. Very simple, fresh and crunchy vegetables and delicious. The
quantity was good and I loved this dish.
So all in all, Go to King Tiger for a good ambience, have a
few drinks, order a few starters. But whatever, you do, I think please avoid
the Indian food.
OPEN TILL LATE
70 Cron Street
Franz Josef Glacier
Phone: 03 752 0060
Fax: 03 752 0656
E-mail:kingtigernz@xtra.co.nz
http://www.kingtiger.co.nz/
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