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| - Wifee says ' I want Thai '. Ever obedient, I grab the iPad, load the Yelp app and search for Thai. Archi's rates highly, but there's three Archi's I note. Eeny,Meeny,Miny,Mo. Archi's Thai Kitchen it is. Jump in the car with wifee, teen daughter & fussy eating 10 year old.
It's easy to find and great parking. Two cop cars outside, I park right by them thinking they were watching the neighborhood and the car will be safe. No cops in the car! Hum?
Go into Archi's and law enforcement were chilling at a table and seemed to be enjoying a plate of Thai food. The restaurant is bright, not large and reminds me of where you would eat your breakfast in a Hoilday Inn Express. I don't think that's a bad thing but it was very bright. Friendly server sits us immediately and gives us iced water. I order beer & Chardonnay as is my tradition. WHAT? NO BEER OR WINE? I sob..... It's clearly marked on the Yelp review but I didn't notice. Dumb. Anyway the food; we order Sesame Toast and egg rolls to start. The toast is deep fried and too greasy, egg rolls were fine. 10 year old McDonalds aficionado wants plain chicken , they fry him up plain chicken and it was great. Teen wants chicken fried rice and a Mongolian beef dish, ordered 3/10 on the heat/spice scale she thoroughly enjoyed it. Wifee ordered the same, but being a spicy food bigshot, she went for 7/10. Good choice, wifee happy. I take a chicken cashew dish , 5/10 (pathetic , I know ) and was equally happy. There were many Thai clientele eating and the place was charming.
Great food, $70 before tip and we will be back to Archi's but I believe the other locations will give me a beer to quench my thirst and alleviate the heat should I go crazy and order my food 6/10 on the spice meter.
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