Somtum Thai Timaru is a Thai restaurant at 2 Strathallan Street, Timaru Central. It has a Google rating of 4.8 from 16 reviews, and reviewers mention the noodle soup, moo ping, dishes with Thai basil and helpful staff. It serves dine-in meals and takeaway, including pad thai, green curry, boat noodles and som tum salad.
A good Thai restaurant balances sweet, sour, salty and hot flavours in each dish, and a noodle soup should taste clean rather than heavy. Regulars often order several small dishes to share, which lets the table try a range of flavours. If you like spice, it is worth asking how hot a dish is, since heat levels vary from kitchen to kitchen. Noodle dishes are usually best eaten straight away, while the broth and noodles are at their best.
For a noodle soup or a shared Thai meal in Timaru, this restaurant on Strathallan Street is worth a try.