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| - When I discovered Tom Yum, we were going on day 9 of being sick. I mean sick. You're not sick for 9 days with a cold. We got visited by all manner of evil Tom Yum was the shining beam of light in the darkness of night.
I stopped at Tom Yum for some take-out after stopping at WalMart for more cold/flu remedies. At this point, my smell and taste capabilities had diminished to well below 20%. Everything we were eating tasted bland. And we were looking for some relief. We got it at Tom Yum.
We love Satara, and that has been our go-to place for Thai food in the West Valley, so Tom Yum had its work cut out for it. When we eat Thai, we always order the same thing first time in in order to give ourselves a solid baseline for quality. We get Pad Thai, medium heat, as the noodles tend to carry heat, and we order Yellow Curry, Thai hot. For this special occasion, we threw in an order of Tom Yum soup with chicken, extra hot.
Our bill came to $32 and change. For lunch. A little steep, me thinks, but the value was there. It was damn good. Good enough to go back the next day for more Tom Yum. It is THE BEST soup I've ever had. But it's $10 a quart. That one is tough to wrap my mind around.
The staff is extremely friendly, but still working kinks out. It seems they're trying to figure out their clientele. They said that take out orders far exceed dine in orders, but there's nothing about the dining room that's not inviting.
Overall, this is a quality experience. A little pricey, and that's why it's not a 5, but overall, very good, and an easy stand-in for Satara.
**With Satara now CLOSED, this is our go-to Thai spot.**
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