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| - I stopped by here earlier today with my wife for lunch. Even though Thai & Noodle Outlet wasn't supposed to be open until noon we saw an open sign on the sidewalk and snuck in a few minutes beforehand. The inside of the restaurant feels nice and clean with hardwood floors and pink and brown walls. There is seating for 32 (6 - 4 tops and 4 - 2 tops) and some paintings decorate the walls. Our hostess/server was bubbly and very nice which made us feel very welcomed.
For lunch on this day I decided to go with the Sukthothai soup, spice level 9. The menu described the dish as Sukhothai broth with minced pork, roasted pork, peanuts, bean sprouts, scallions, cilantro, fried garlic, and crispy wontons. Just in case I needed it spicier, they had a tray of three different spices on the table, salt, dried red pepper and a liquid one which I didn't recognize as well as some fish sauce. Whenever the dish came to the table I was pretty excited about it. I first tried some of the roasted pork and my eyes started to water due to the spice. However once I mixed it up the spice level of the dish became perfect as it was spicy enough to make me feel/taste it but not overwhelmingly so. The broth here was fantastic too as it's depth of flavor brought some sweetness, sourness and spiciness which paired nicely with the peanuts. Actually everything in the dish was quite flavorful and I was impressed with the amount of food as there was an almost ridiculous amount of noodles. This meant that I actually had trouble finishing it and was absolutely stuffed by the end of my meal.
The bottom line for me is that I would head back here again in the future. Both my wife and I absolutely loved our food and thought "it hit the spot" and our hostess/server was really nice too!
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