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| - You might call Cravings the bipolar Southeast Asian coffee house. By day, for breakfast and lunch, it's a reasonably good coffee house -- flavored grinds, a variety of syrups for regular coffees, some pastries, wraps, sandwiches, and the like. All that changes Monday thru Saturday, from 5:00pm to 10:00pm, when it becomes "Cravings Coffee & Tea Thai Cuisine." Their "new cook Tibby from Thailand" prepares a variety of appetizers, soups, salads, and entrees, including curries and noodle dishes such as Pad Thai. Serving sizes range between large and monstrous.
Most importantly, they are willing to work with you. My wife wanted an essentially vegetarian stir fry, but she wanted some chicken thrown in and cashews added. Not a problem -- and we were assured it would not be spicy if she didn't want it so. In fact, if anything, it was somewhat bland, needing the help of some soy sauce. But the excellent wait staff was quick about making the needed improvement.
My Pad Thai was an unusual experience. Having experienced that dish at 8 or so local restaurants, I had a pretty good idea what to expect -- stir-fried rice noodles mixed with egg, green onion, bean sprouts, carrots, and shrimp AND chicken in a tamarind sauce, topped with ground peanuts and with lime wedges on the side. This was a bit different. I ordered the shrimp, and my dish arrived with about eight of them, compared with the norm of three at most places. You had your choices of chicken, beef, pork, shrimp or tofu, each priced separately. I asked for a little heat in the spiciness category, and it arrived just as requested.
I tried a soup, the Tom Yum Goong, a hot and spicy soup with three shrimp, lime juice, kaffir lime leaves, lemongrass, mushroom and tomato. Delicious! Next time, I'll give the Tom Kha Gai a try, with its promises of coconut milk and chicken.
On the plus side are a comfortable ambience, ample free parking, extreme cleanliness, courteous staff, and a pretty good take on Thai cuisine. However, two negatives remain. Prices are on the high side. Salads are $8.95 to $13.95, while entrees, curries and noodle dishes are in the $10.95-$14.95 range. That seems about 15-20% higher than many other Thai spots. And for all Tibby's prowess in the kitchen, there were NO desserts offered, either on the menu or by the waitress. That's a shame, since standbys like coconut ice cream would find a ready market here.
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