My on going pursuit of Thai food continues. On Thursday night I went to the restaurant: Puzzle. Nope it's not Puzzle's. It's just <a href="http://www.alakart.bg/restaurant.php?restaurant_id=190" target="_blank">Puzzle</a>.

They are across the street from Hemus Hotel in central Sofia. As their sign says, they serve Pizza, Pasta, BBQ and Thai. That's a lot of variety for one restaurant.

Needless to say, I wasn't expecting much. Who can do Thai food, BBQ, pasta <em>and</em> pizza well?

I mean, <a href="http://www.karolinkabulgaria.com/2012/03/03/thai-food-in-sofia-at-blue-moon/" target="_blank">I thought the food at Blue Moon was good for pan-Asian food</a> but I didn't think it was Thai food. Of course, Blue Moon bills themselves as Sofia's first Thai restaurant but I'd say it's Asian inspired food made for Bulgarian tastes. Don't get me wrong, I'd go back but it's <em>not</em> Thai food.

After my rather disappointing experience at Blue Moon, I found myself pleasantly surprised by the Thai food at Puzzle. They have about a page of Thai food on a very long menu. The pick-a-few-things-to-do-really-well trend hasn't really caught on in Bulgaria yet. I'm not sure it ever will. This said, everything on the Thai menu looked great.

We ordered tom yum soup, spring rolls and mussels. The mussels weren't Thai. They were Bulgarian and from the Black Sea coast. They were good served up with butter and garlic.

The soup was good. It could have been spicier but it had fresh lemongrass floating on top. The fresh lemongrass makes up for a lot in my boat.