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| - I don't quite understand the love/hate reactions this place.
I wanted to love it, because my friend who lives in Coventry does. But we got take-out from there, and I thought it was certifiably bad. I didn't even want to finish.
I got basic dishes - spring rolls and veggie pad thai. It always amazes me when fried spring rolls are tasteless. I mean, they're fried! You're starting off so ahead of the game there. The pad thai was also just really bland and flavorless. I might be a bit of a snob about Thai food, having eaten many phenomenal meals in Thailand and having visited Thai restaurants around the world (often my first choice in capital cities). But I think I'm forgiving. I've had lots of versions of pad thai that did not resemble pad thai at all, but they were still good. I can accept that. But Mint Cafe just served up a bad dish. I'd say it was a one-off, except that I see so many others had the same experience. Maybe the other dishes, like the curries, are better, but personally I'm not going to bother to find out. If you're a Thai restaurant that can't make pad thai, you lose in my book.
Also, I ordered the veggie pad thai with just vegetables. And instead I got it with tofu. That is a pet peeve of mine - just because I don't want meat does not mean I want tofu. I was clear about this in my order, and it still got screwed up. This is not a fatal flaw, I can just pick the tofu out. But it was just another strike against Mint.
Go to Lemongrass. I've been going there for years now and they are consistent with the Thai basics.
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