When Nara Thai first opened two years back, we admit, we weren't all that impressed. Perhaps the kitchen wasn't yet ready for the influx of diners, but on the separate occasions that we dined there, the food was either overwhelmingly salty or sour. Thankfully, its newly launched menu (there's a total of 15 new items), left us impressed.

Incredibly tasty is the Thai garlic chicken ($10.90) that oozes an addictively fragrant, garlicky sweetness. The grilled pork neck ($13.90) is a spin-off what would commonly be a pork belly dish, served with a tamarind dip that does wonders to enhance its unctuous meat. The simplest dish of the lot, the cha om omelet ($12.90) is a traditional Thai dish seen at the home-cooked family meals. Here, the dish is executed with finesse, and we find ourselves polishing it off all too quickly.

The new menu has won us over—definitely one of our new favorite Thai restaurants in town.