Therefore, finding a one-hat restaurant along the strip in Palm Cove was most unexpected, and turned out to be the place to eat in this little sunny village. Nu-nu certainly doesn't look that great from the outside, to the extent that Albert, Michelle and I had already dismissed it for lunch before we found out its pedigree; "just another tourist trap!" we thought, particularly given the inclusion of spring rolls on the menu.
However, for once, Asian fusion works, with quite simple yet interesting dishes done very well, and given that every other place along the strip charges $30+ for a badly cooked main course, not bad value either. (Apologies for the bad quality photos, my blackberry died and had to rely on Damo's battered one for the pics here):
To start, blue swimmer crab tortellini with a saffron broth - the pasta admittedly was a bit thick, but the crab filling was very ... erm... crabby, and for once I understood the point of saffron in a dish:
The plate was one of those way-too-big-for-the-food plates, one of those where you can't lean your cutlery anywhere without your knife dropping into the food - highly annoying. Never mind though, because I was super super impressed with the main course. The menu was so eclectic that it was very difficult to choose. I was initially tempted by "Mary's feast", lamb rack, brains and something else I can't remember, but on impulse changed my mind to the mussaman fish curry - sounds simple and uninspiring, but was delicious:
The spicing was just right, extremely fresh tasting, very aromatic. You can just about make out in the picture that there is some sort of salad on the left - a very clever salad at that, with young coconut, squid, pickled cucumber and Thai basil, gorgeous gorgeous.
A special mention goes to Damo's main of roast goat which gave me a bit of dinner envy, mainly due to the perfectly cooked rack which you can just about see:
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