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| - A five-star rating on Yelp *and* and 'inexpensive'? I had to try, dragged my parents along, and Thai Plates is indeed a new favorite!
We had an uber-Thai feast:
* Tom Kha soup was truly excellent, meaning the overall flavor was balanced (rare even in the Tom Kha world) and the selection of veggies and prawns were perfect. Friggin' delicious.
* Pad Woon Sen is my favorite Thai dish, a stir fry of glass noodles, eggs, many veggies and protein. I have had better (this tasted just a bit too oily) but wouldn't hesitate to order again.
* Black Bean Shrimp was too watery for my palette but nevertheless full of great flavor, generated not by MSG but the ingredients themselves.
* Green papaya salad - my mom (like me) is a veggie lover and I found it preposterous that she had never enjoyed this potentially nirvana-like experience. Neither of us were disappointed. As good Thai food should be, there was a great balance of individual flavors, such as lime and fish sauce and heat and the slightest sweetness.
The scene in this restaurant is quiet and comfortable ... thank God. Way too many restaurants these days feel it necessary to blast noise at its patrons. However, three very large television are suspended from the ceiling and, thankfully, none of them were turned on during our late afternoon meal - I just might have walked out if any of them were turned on. I am leery of future visits, however, as those teevees aren't there to collect dust.
The owners were very friendly in that most-pleasant way I've come to know after five months in Thailand myself.
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