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| - Often when I read not-so-great reviews of a place I've loved, I wonder if I actually went to the same place the other reviews are about.
On a Monday at 5:45, there was no one else at Lotus Thai House - so the service was quite superb. I guess when you're the only people in a restaurant, it's hard to get that part wrong.
And the food... so it's been about 10 years since I've had actual Thai food (Because Pad Thai from Rocky River Brewing Co. can hardly be called real Thai. Umami Moto and Phnom Penh are probably closer, but I've always been seduced by their other dishes.) -- so maybe my authenticity meter is lower, or maybe some of the other reviewers went on a bad night?
Maybe we just got lucky -- because my boyfriend and I had a very tasty Thai dinner this early Monday evening.
We started with the Lotus Curry Puffs -- two large and flaky, flaky, flaky deliciously fried pastries with ground chicken, sweet potato, cilantro, onions, and curry powder, with a sweet sauce - and a small bowl of Kuai Tiao (Don't let "small" fool you - it was easily enough for one meal really - even split between two of us there should have been some left over. [But there wasn't, because we were pigging out a little. Ok, a lot.].) Their Kuai Tiao is a lot like pho, and just as yummy.
The boyfriend got the Pumpkin Curry - a little strange presentation I think, as it's served in a fried tortilla bowl (think taco salads) - but the contents (chicken, shrimp, and veggies with yellow curry) were delicious and prepared with care (yay for shrimp that isn't tough and rubbery!), and almost hot enough for him at the extra spicy level. (I sometimes think there's no such thing as too hot for him.) My Masaman Curry, medium spicy (I could have gone a little hotter) was even better - though I think it would have been better with beef. My own poor decision to go with chicken, as far as taste. The chicken was good chicken though - not the gristle laden chunks you end up with in so many Americanized Thai places.
The only complaint I had at all was that the main dishes came out a little too fast on the heels of the soup and appetizer... we weren't even close to being done. I'll chalk that up to us being the sole patrons the entire time we were there though - I suppose the guys in the kitchen didn't have much else to do.
We stuffed ourselves thoroughly, and enjoyed every second of it. And though I have to admit there is a selfish part of me that enjoyed having the whole place to ourselves, I really hope that isn't the norm - this place should be packed for dinner. I know we'll be back for more! (Though maybe we'll stick to the early dinner to have it to ourselves...)
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