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| - First, a bit of background about me and my wife. We don't like spicy food, so all our food was ordered with minimum spiciness (perhaps the term is "American wuss"?). If part of how you judge Thai food is based on spiciness, this review may not be applicable.
Second, we had been to Thai house a few times off-and-on over the years, the most recent time being about a year ago. We only came back here because our FAVORITE Thai restaurant - Thai Rama at 13th Ave and Camelback, finally closed down a while back and we just had to get a Thai fix.
OK, with all that out of the way, here's what we ordered and what we thought:
First, we ordered the Thai Won Ton. This was a delicious soup; the chicken dumplings were firm and tasty (not overcooked as is often the case), and the broth had a delicious hint of garlic. Plenty of vegetables. The only down side here was there were no pork strips. Still, quite good.
We ordered two main dishes and an order of fried rice. All were generous portions (we've been eating left-over Thai for three days!).
Pad Thai, the standard dish. Remember, we ordered it with minimum spiciness so it had NO bite at all. It was quite orange in appearance, a bit too much, I thought, which was a bit off-putting. But it was DELICIOUS! The sauce was sweet, the noodles firm, and lots of egg, veggies, etc.
The other main dish we ordered "off the menu." My wife loves clear noodles, and the only clear noodle dish they had on the menu was a salad, served cool. We simply asked if they could make it up in a hot dish, and they quickly agreed to make Pad Woon Sen, which is a stir-fry based on clear noodles with lots of veggies. This is a light, tasty dish, and it was as good as our old stand-by, Thai Rama.
Both the Pad Woon Sen and the Pad Thai were served fresh and hot!
The fried rice was also delicious.
We were there relatively early on a Saturday evening. The place is small, with room for maybe 50 folks top, and during our visit there were probably only about three or four other parties present. Maybe that was the reason the service was so quick, attentive, and easy-going, but it truly was a delight.
BTW, their Thai Iced Tea is also great.
One downside - they do NOT have coconut ice cream for dessert.
But other than that, we were delighted and have found our new favorite Thai restaurant.
For the Thai Iced Tea, hot tea, large bowl of soup, two entrees, and fried rice, plus tip, it was $50. A bargain in my book.
I also liked that it has no television.
The ambiance is fine - nothing to write home about. Years ago, they had a fountain-wall, but it no longer operates and just takes place and is relatively unattractive (showing the hard water stains on the plexiglas).
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