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| - I had never sampled Thai cuisine, though I had always been interested in doing so, and when I discovered a Thai restaurant near my house, last week, I thought it'd be a great place to have dinner with the fam.
First of all, the place is TINY! I think there might be half a dozen booths along one wall and another half dozen tables. When we arrived (party of five), all of the booths were taken and the front tables were occupied, so they set us up in the back. Well, one member of our party was in a wheelchair - oh, boy! This place is NOT wheelchair-friendly. We actually had to ask the patrons to excuse us so we could pass, luckily, they were leaving anyway, but still, it's embarassing to have to interrupt someone's meal so you can be seated.
I ordered the Pad-Thai and other members in my party ordered the Stir-fried Eggplant, pork Pha Nang, pork Green Curry, and Thai BBQ sausages.
The portions were not at all large, but there was enough that we could each sample a little of everything.
The Pad-Thai wasn't bad; everyone in my party liked it. I thought it had a weird texture and was awfully sweet, but when mixed with a little chili paste, it wasn't bad.
The Stir-fried Eggplant was really good. It was supposed to contain jalepenos, but it wasn't at all spicy.
The Green Curry was actually the spicier of the two curry dishes that were ordered. It wasn't bad, a little runny, but the yellow and green string beans were good.
The pork Pha Nang was by far the best dish. It wasn't as spicy as I would have liked it (they season to order, but we were told they are prepared to medium, unless otherwise stated), but had a great consistency and was so delicious mixed with rice.
The Thai BBQ sausages.
*sigh*
We basically paid $9.00 for a couple of roasted hot dogs. For that price, I could've gone to Costco/Sam's Club and purchased hot dogs WITH sodas that include REFILLS and still have money leftover for a pretzel or a couple of churros.
Now, of course, Thai dogs, er, sausages, have a different flavor and texture than Hebrew National or Nathan's. They're similiar to longanesa, but with a higher fat content. I noticed that the meat was mixed with rice before it was stuffed into the casing - sneaky, sneaky. There was no sauce, or anything with it, and it was served on a bed of iceburg lettuce with steamed rice - very dry!
I wasn't too thrilled with our waitress (who I later found out was one of the "partners"). She brought the wrong order to my father and then argued with him saying that he ordered it, but changed his mind. My mother was attempting to help my father and tried to explain that after the waitress took our orders, my mother asked my father what he ordered and he said "the sausage," but she wouldn't let my mother finish what she was saying. The waitress cut her off mid-sentence and began talking to someone else. *jaw dropped* I think we would have jumped up and left had it not been for the fact that we'd have to mow down some people with that darned wheelchair. However, even after acknowledging that she brought out an order that my father didn't want, she tried to talk him into keeping it by saying that he wouldn't like the sausage because it was "sour." Now, the sausages sucked, I'll give her that, but they weren't sour, they were actually kinda sweet.
As to the owner, he was there the night we dined in. He's actually a pretty nice guy. Yeah, he comes up to your table and chats with you (I think he came up to us, like, 4-5 times, maybe because we indulged him), but he's harmless. From what I discerned from his brief, but frequent stops to our table, he's not from this area and he just seems rather lonely. He was polite enough to wait and approach our table when we weren't stuffing our faces or when there was a lull in the conversation, so as not to blatantly interrupt. From what I gathered, he's one of a handful of investors in this restaurant and pretty excited about it. I'm sure that after the business is more established (it's only been operating for a few months), he'll probably back off a little, especially if he makes more friends in this area.
From talking to him, though, we discovered that all of the cooks are actually from Thailand, which is novel and probably helps add an authentic flair to the dishes.
I wasn't completely thrilled with the experience, but the food was okay, not great - good-ish (factoring in amount and quality for the price).
I will go there, again, but only because I want to try their lunch specials. Unfortunately, the Pha Nang isn't one of them, but they do have some other dishes I want to try out and the lunch specials, aside from having a reduced price, come with soup and egg rolls. However, considering my experience with the waitress and wheelchair fiasco, I'll probably make my lunch order to go!
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