Nakhon Kitchen at Compass One brings the true taste of Thailand to Sengkang. Part of a homegrown group that has built its name on making authentic Thai food affordable and easily available, this outlet serves delectable dishes prepared by chefs who use the freshest and choicest ingredients from Thailand. The kitchen's inspirations come from Northeastern Thailand's Issan cuisine and Bangkok's street-food cooking, resulting in a menu where comforting curries and soups sit alongside punchy one-plate favourites.
Every dish is prepared the good old way, bringing together the flavours of sweet, sour, salty and spicy for a memorable meal. The menu spans appetizers, soups, curries, mains and desserts, with chef's recommendations ranging from crispy grouper topped with Thai chili sauce and clear-based seafood tom yam to green curry chicken, basil chicken rice, phad thai and the classic red ruby dessert.
Open daily from 11.30am to 9.30pm, the Compass One branch is a preferred place for friends and family to gather over a shared table. Online delivery is also available, and the group's other outlets at Bedok 136 and Northpoint City carry the same honest, affordable Thai cooking.
If you find yourself in Sengkang with a craving for the flavours of Thailand, Nakhon Kitchen at Compass One is one of the neighbourhood's most dependable answers. Located at #02-30 of the mall at 1 Sengkang Square, this branch belongs to a homegrown group that has made its name doing one simple thing exceptionally well: serving honest, authentic Thai food at prices that welcome everyone to the table.
The restaurant's philosophy is stated plainly on its own site. Its chefs use the freshest and choicest ingredients from Thailand to create "honestly good dishes" that appeal to the hearts and palates of diners. Everything on the menu is built around that idea — delectable, authentic Thai cuisine, made affordable so that everyone can enjoy the true taste of Thailand.
Nakhon Kitchen was founded on the basis of making delicious and authentic Thai food affordable and easily available to everyone. Its inspirations come from two rich sources: the exotic flavours of Northeastern Thailand's Issan cuisine, and the street-food cooking of Bangkok. That combination gives the menu its character — comforting curries and slow-simmered soups alongside quick, punchy one-plate dishes.
The kitchen believes every dish should be prepared the good old way, bringing together the different flavours of sweet, sour, salty and spicy for an unforgettable dining experience. Over the years, customers have come to appreciate dishes reminiscent of what they would enjoy in Thailand itself, and Nakhon Kitchen has become a preferred place for friends and family to gather.
That reputation has not gone unnoticed. The brand has received accolades including the Weekender Foodmania Awards in 2017 and SME of the Year Awards in 2014 and 2015 — the latter with a Fast Growing Award — and has been featured by food bloggers, critics and mainstream media such as 8 Days, The Straits Times Lifestyle, The New Paper and Zao Bao.
The full menu runs across five sections — appetizers, soups, curry, mains and desserts — so there is room for everything from a quick solo plate to a full table spread of shared dishes.
The restaurant publishes a short list of chef's recommendations that reads like a guided tour of a Thai meal. Start with the deep fried boneless chicken wing, golden and crisp, or the Thai vermicelli salad with seafood, bright and tangy. For soup, the seafood tom yam with a clear base is the house's pick: hot, sour and fragrant without the richness of the creamy version.
Among the mains, the crispy grouper topped with Thai chili sauce is the showpiece, pairing crackling fish with a sweet-heat sauce. The green curry with chicken is a fragrant classic, while basil chicken rice and phad thai noodle cover the beloved one-plate territory of Bangkok street cooking. Save room for red ruby, the classic Thai dessert, to close the meal on a sweet note.
The Sengkang branch opens daily from 11.30am to 9.30pm, making it an easy choice for a leisurely lunch, an early dinner after work, or a weekend family meal at the mall. Can't make it down? Online delivery is available for this outlet, so the tom yam and green curry can come to you. And if you find yourself elsewhere in Singapore, the group also runs outlets at Bedok 136 and Northpoint City carrying the same cooking.
Whether you are a longtime lover of Thai food or a first-timer easing in with a plate of phad thai, Nakhon Kitchen's Compass One outlet delivers exactly what the brand promises: the true taste of Thailand — served warmly, priced kindly and made to be shared.