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| - I had to pick up a bunch of things from Smart and Final today and I knew I wouldn't have any other time to stop for lunch so I walked into Papaya Thai to get a Pad Thai to go.
It was about 11:45am when I walked in and there isn't a soul around; and even though it's pushing 100 degrees outside, somehow it's even hotter in here, plus somehow humid and musty on top of it. If I was planning to eat in, I would have left right then and there.
So I ring the bell they had on the counter (seems having no one up front is common) and a guy comes out and takes my order, the Pad Thai lunch special to go. I go to Smart and Final and by the time I get my stuff loaded up, my lunch is ready and I leave.
I didn't pay particular attention to what the lunch special included, but the only thing in the box beside the Pad Thai is a little sickly spring roll that was obviously bought premade frozen and fried off. It was innocuous enough.
The pad thai, however, was a different story. For some reason, it was packed in a little tin foil pouch. While I had asked for a 3.5 out of 5 on the heat scale, this was maybe a 2. No lime, no real discernable flavor, not even a pair of chopsticks in the bag. There was a little chicken in there and it was very tender but I suspect it is because of how thinly it is sliced rather than any cooking skill.
Most disturbingly, there were these hard, unchewable, inedible pieces of something (egg shell?) throughout.
Would never, ever go back. Especially when Beaver Choice, an actual indie joint with some talent, is just on the other side of the center.
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