We are slowly but surely knocking off all the little NW places to try for eats. Last night we stopped by California Thai for a quick bite. Very bright restaurant with seating but it was quite clear to me walking in that this was "fast food thai". Still the food is cooked to order and I am alllll about the freshness. The menu featured 6-7 items only which can be good for quality control. I tried the pad thai and asked for extra spicy. The nice woman behind the counter asked me out of 10 how hot I wanted it. I said 8. She kind of gave me that, "Are you sure look? I said, "OK well I like it hot but how about a 7 then?" Satisfied with that, she took my husbands order and he got the green curry chicken on rice. The food was ready in under 10 minutes. My pad thai was OK. Nowhere near spicy in any way, shape or form. A bit disappointing. My only other complaint was that there was too much sauce on it, making it slick and not good and sticky. I did like the fact that on the side they have peanuts and lime to dress your dish yourself. The other dish, the green curry was very good and was VERY loaded into a take out container that will feed M for 2 meals. Half of it is still in the fridge! The rice had good texture, better than my noodles. Service seemed quite good, many customers came and went for take out and were recognized by staff and their orders were remembered from the last time they had come by.
I would return here but my no means am I craving this particular pad thai. I would order something else and will make it a 10 on the heat scale.
Price - just under $20 for 2 people - without drinks.