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| - Most of the reviews seem to like the food here.
I have traveled through Thailand before, so I have tasted the actual Thai cuisine.
I ordered the Pad Thai and it was the worst Pad Thai that I have ever tried so far. As I started to eat it, I noticed a distinct taste of the so-called curry Thai sauce. It wasn't a Thai sauce at all, but a Tomato sauce. I am not kidding. I was shocked, since no professionally trained cook would have dared to just mix in some tomato sauce into a Pad Thai dish.
I asked the waiter about it, and he said that, yes indeed, they used Tomato sauce in the Pad Thai. I was shocked! I was literally eating some Asian noodles doused in a tomato sauce. You don't need a cook to prepare that type of order.
I will also admit, that the waiter noticed my displeasure in the dish, and since I refused to continue eating it. I wouldn't be charged for the Pad Thai. This was cool. He tried to get me to order another dish, but I declined.
I have experience working in the back sides of restaurants before, so i know what happens to dishes when 'cooks' get offended over the 'customer marks' disliking their 'offerings.'
The workers were really nice there however.
But unfortunately, I came there to try the food. I will not ever revisit this place.
Also, there was a large TV screen blaring images from a back corner area of the restaurant, showing continual tourist junket videos. One tourist junket video was about Rome, another one about Venice, and then another long one about Havana, Cuba. What was the point of this? Is this restaurant run by Thais? The constant blaring images made it impossible to have a conversation with the person across from me.
I did notice a Latin American worker in the back kitchen area. Could this explain the mystery of the tomato sauce in the Pad Thai?
I think this is the state of eating out in the decaying Empire - just buyer beware. As for me, I will continue to prepare, eat and enjoy my own food at home.
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