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| - Although there are several good Thai places near us (each with their own strengths & weaknesses), we order from Mr. Chop Chop frequently for delivery. The food is always fresh and tasty. The delivery time is always 45 minutes plus though despite us being only down the street because there are always half a dozen orders ahead of ours--and yes, I know we are lazy to have them deliver when we only live 5 minutes down the street. The food is definitely worth the wait though.
Mr. Chop Chop is my favorite Thai place because are **consistently** yummy and *SPICY*. Also the family who runs the place is very nice. Service is always friendly even when they are slammed.
If you love spicy food, this is the place for you. Most Thai places are hit and miss on the heat level. Even when I frequented other restaurants (to the point where they knew me), one order I would get would be perfect (very spicy) and then next time I would order it would be incredibly mild. Not Mr. Chop Chop. If you say 6 out of 5 spicy, it will be always be 5-7 out of 5 spicy :). Unfortunately, my boyfriend has been having problems with super spicy food lately, so we have been forced to tone it down and order only 4 or 5 out 5. It is still flavorful and enjoyable even at the lower heat levels.
Our normal order (these all get a rating of 10 out of 10):
+ Yellow Chicken Curry - YUMMY!
+ Spicy Mint Chicken- YUMMY!
+ Spicy Eggplant Tofu - Note on this one, somewhat frequently they run low on eggplant and you end up with way more tofu than eggplant :(. It's still yummy though.
+ Pad-see-ew Beef - VERY yummy but not the best I've had (there was one other restaurant that had the best pad-see-ew ever). I like that it's not greasy like most other Thai places though.
+ Pot stickers (chicken) - I love pot stickers so I may be biased.
Other items we've tried:
+ Yellow Curry Cream Sauce - We didn't care for this. I haven't had it anywhere else so I don't know if it's just Chop Chop's or that we just plain don't like this (I think it's the latter).
+ General Tso's Chicken - It's a Chinese dish so I didn't expect it to be super great from a Thai restaurant, but it's good (better than when you order it from most Chinese restaurants). My brother likes this dish, so that's why we ordered it a few times. I just don't care for sweetness that much though.
I think we have tried their Panang before, but I don't care for Panang that much in general and neither did the boyfriend, so we never ordered it again.
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