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| - One of the most pleasant surprises I've felt in metropolitan Phoenix is eating up solidly impressive food inside a food court (Oh wha?!) in a Vegas-style casino (Say whaaaaa?!) called Wild Horse Pass (don't know, don't ask).
During our Saturday night Star Ginger happened to have the longest line (thanks to a concert that night), viciously ousting other order-by-counter eateries, including Fatburger. This cuisine is best described as a blend of Thai & Vietnamese, with some of the Americanized Chinese dishes that wished to be eaten, as explicitly displayed as a point-point method. Nonetheless ordering it took a tolerably long while to pick up our entrees--the ones that weren't sitting in those warming pots.
DL was interested to try the enormously portioned Thai Noodle Soup ($6.95). We took a few sips of his Thai curry-style coconut milk broth, & the 4 of us concurred that maybe a few pieces of tofu would counter better w/ this subtly strong aroma, rather than heavily relying on either the sweet carrots or the chewy beef slices. The baby bok choy in the soup matched excellently w/ the zingy liquid, but the noodles could have been cooked in a lesser amount of time, resulting in a personally unpleasant softness of the white noodle texture.
I also snatched a few pieces of Angela T's generously piled Grilled Pork Chop ($7.95), amusingly chopped in bite-sized pieces. With the passably stout fish sauce, served on the side, the pork was remarkably tender. As for Kurdy S's Pho ($6.95), by his facial expression we could tell that Pho should be bought elsewhere, even though it was also gigantically served.
My dish, the copious helping of their Thai BBQ Chicken ($7.95), was the luckiest of the 4 =P--and why I gave this place a 3.5 overall. It was not only impeccably tender & chunky, but the charred flavor & small seasonings positively stood out, especially when either dipped w/ the spiced-up coconut green curry (also served on the side, albeit w/ less viscosity), the perfectly moist white rice, or the invigorating, equally healthy & plentiful, crunchy, Asian slaw--with hints of mint to bring more oomph to the veggies. In short: this might be the reason why there was that curiously long line.
So if the food offered in the Phoenix Premium Outlets seem unimpressive, make that inexcusably short drive to Star Ginger at the Wild Horse Pass Casino for the clucker. But I do want to apologize in advance that food isn't at superb quality (if that's what you desire) & that, depending on arrival, security will not allow folks aged 21-and-less to enter. This food court staff will undoubtely feed you well, in case you need another short-term cure of losing either the roulette machine or the 2-cent slots.
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