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| - Not en-Thai-rely impressed! When I saw the signs, and later the reviews, I truly believed that this was going to be THE zenith of Cambodian and Thai foods. Instead, sadly, I met with great disappointment. The first red flag, or ominous warning, was when I arrived at eleven this morning and they were not open. The place was deserted, and when I called and asked if they were going to open, a man said that they will open at eleven thirty. When I returned at the appointed time, there were already three tables seated, including one with four people.
My second red flag occurred whenever I tried to ask the server about a particular dish. It contained Phnom Penh sauce And I was unfamiliar...so was he! He claimed to have just started the prior week. When, after other questions were posed that he could, it wouldn't, answer, he dashed off to a table of older folks who had numerous special requests and did not return to me for another ten minutes. When he begrudgingly returned, he took my order of the Pad Ke Mao, or drunken noodles.
It took nearly a half hour to get my takeout. Rather than a "sorry about the wait" or any civilities, the food was instead thrust into my hands. He did ask me six times if I paid my bill...I definitely did.
Now, upon entering my car I found only disappointment. The waiter had sloshed some of whatever that place considers Lemongrass soup through the bag. The soup was in a tiny container and had exactly three chunks of mushroom and two of tomato, and overall minimal flavor. I was not thrilled with the Drunken Noodles which were very sweet, mushy, devoid of all the vegetables which were allegedly supposed to be included in it. Worse, I discovered that though I ordered tofu in it, I was given dry, stringy chicken. I thought about complaining or asking for my $7.50 back, but I figured it wasn't worth the wait...just like the meal.
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