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| - I don't get the raves. It's like people have never had good Thai before so the best of a mediocre bunch gets elevated to cult status. The space is fun, the food is good and well executed, but it's not mind blowing or amazing. It's good, not great. Maybe we ordered the wrong stuff, but my first choice (Gaeng Hunglay) wasn't available and I couldn't find anything that different from regular Thai food. In fact, despite being northern Thai, there was no larb or gai yang or pla som. I've been to Nuit's KSR and Sabai Sabai and enjoyed KSR's curries, but I wanted to avoid curries since this is northern Thai.
We had Pad Gra Prow and Khao Pla Tawt. The Pad Gra Prow was tasty and flavorful, w/ nice textural contrasts, but the flavor wasn't all that complex or deep.
The Khao Pla Tawt was four pieces of well made, crispy basa. Basa's pretty flavorless so one sweetish and one spicy sauce are included. Mix the two together and there's where the flavor comes from. To mix things up, you can choose to use one sauce or the other or mix them up in varying amounts. That's where all the flavor variety comes from.
This is a good place w/ a fun, communal atmosphere that would be great w/ a group of friends ordering different things and sharing. It gets crowded so make a reservation if you don't want to wait at the height of the dinner rush.
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