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| - This place is one of the best Thai food restaurants I've ever been to in terms of flavor.
The appetizers...yes I love them.
Spring Rolls were flavorful and the dipping sauce was heaven.
Crab Rangoon (C.R.) is my barometer for most every type of Asian cuisine that I encounter. My friend, when you buy this version of C.R. it will ruin every other C.R. you have ever or possibly will ever eat.
The shell, unlike most C.R. shells, is soft and easily opened revealing the sweetness within. The filling: sweet, decadent and creamy with seasonings I've never experienced in such a simple appetizer. I don't live in Pittsburgh anymore, but whenever I'm in town this is what seduces me to come back to Nicky's Thai the most.
Ok, Ok on with the rest of the review...
Nicky's has a spice rating from 1-5. Usually, most menu's "spicy" is a mild to me (raised eating habaneros), but this spice is legitimate.
A friend of mine recommended I start with a Pad Kee Mao with a rating of 3 or less. I chose the 3 and boy am I glad I did. It was like fire in my mouth in a good way. The sauce on the noodles was not overwhelming and it left me licking the crevices of my mouth for any residue goodness.
Even after the meal the small cup of sherbert they serve makes me warm, while ironically cooling my still smoldering lips from the entree.
What more can I say if I speak of the curry dishes, the tofu dishes, the other desserts. Just try it and taste the greatness for yourself!
Maybe you'll even see me there.
I'll be the guy stretched out on an outdoor patio seat holding a Crab Rangoon puff in the air and nodding my head approvingly.
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