Thai - ing up loose ends!

With the end in sight and a holiday to Thailand looming, TP and I (or is it TP and me, or me and TP?  I can never remember and have to rely on The Lady to advise) thought we'd get in the mood with a lunch-time trip to Patara on Greek Street East http://www.pataralondon.com/.   We had to ask to see the lunch time special menu (which I always hate as it makes me feel like a cheap skate).  But when it arrived the mains sounded delicious (there was one starter of a mixed platter and one desert of mango ice cream and melting chocolate pudding) and it was difficult to chose. Two courses were £15.50 and so TP decided to have a starter and main whilst I opted for main and pud.  However, this posed the first problem as we were told two courses are meant to be starter and main (although there was nothing on the menu to say this).  All was settled in due course after a minimum of fuss and we enjoyed mains of gressingham duck and slow cooked beef.  Interestingly my main was served at the same time as TP's starter but fortunately the waitress did ask, before she served my pud with TP's main. The food was beautifully presented and very tasty.  A bottle of sauv was £18.50 and the whole lunch came to just over £50 with service.   However,  if we'd gone a la carte, I suspect the bill would have been much higher.  Not somewhere we'd return to and they need to improve service at these prices!