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| - A good lunch special dining experience: fresh shrimp roll, chicken pad Thai, and chicken pad prik khing were all good. Comes with house salad, yummy. Save room for the desert: We shared the fresh Mango and a sweet sticky rice dish. Again, Yummy! I don't much care for rice deserts but this opened up a new paradigm. My wife gobble up most of my share. Unique and very good. Overall a good dining experience, beautiful interior (don't be fooled by the strip mall exterior). Great for large parties. With coffee and desert and tip, overall cost was $25/person. See lunch menu picture for alternates under $12.
Chicken pad prik khing. If you are looking for a dry curry, with a little chili pepper and something you have never tasted before, this is the meal for you. My gold standard for comparing Thai and Malaysian restaurants. The red color is due to trace amounts phrik (chili peppers) and the chicken is cooked in a chili paste. I chose a "level one " on spice heat, mild but enough to tingle the mouth. Not recommended for people who do not like spice, but still very good flavor. Interestingly, the khing ( ginger) could not be tasted, I think because most restaurants rarely add it. The slivers of spice are fun to separate out and bite into, a woody almost sassafras like essence. I had this meal served with coconut rice, a very coconut milk flavored rice...Very good. It complimented the dish when mixed, it even could be tasted above the spice. Green beans were tender but the chicken was slightly dry. For this, it lost a star but still very good.
Chicken Pad Thai. Chicken, flat noodles, bean sprouts, Thai flavors, a side lime slice and peanuts. Good, a typical chicken pad Thai. A good starter dish for someone who has never eaten Thai. I prefer mine without sprouts and an extra side of peanuts. I also prefer chicken cut into smaller pieces otherwise the chicken dominates the flavor.
Spring roll. By itself this was fresh shrimp and lettuce with the only accentuating flavor coming from a fruity (hint of pineapple) dipping sauce and peanuts. Together it was good.
Thai ice coffee. A dark roast coffee flavor offset by sweet condensed milk. Good, but I have had milder coffee that tasted better.
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