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| - I travel to the area for work every week and a few weeks ago a few of my colleagues and I came here for dinner. This was my first time to Thai Origin but not theirs. One of them said how good the summer rolls are and so each of us got an order to start off our dinner. They were, hands down, the BEST summer rolls I've ever had! Most other places stuff them full of noodles with very little vegetable or meat but not here. It had the perfect ratio of noodles, veggie, meat. And the meat! It's not shrimp, which is what I usually find in summer or spring rolls. It's a fantastically flavored ground chicken. And the sweet peanut sauce that comes with it was a perfect dip for the rolls. For the main entree, I ordered the lamb curry, which was just lamb meat in a panang curry sauce. Nothing mind blowing but it was still really good. Two of my colleagues ordered the drunken noodles (or pad kee mao), which looked really good and I made a mental note to try that at some point.
Since that first visit I have been back about 5 times, 3 of which were this week. Yes, it's only Thursday so you calculated correctly: I have had Thai Origin for dinner every night this week since I got here Monday! IT'S THAT GOOD, PEOPLE! I'm not a huge fan of the chain restaurants that are in the area and I love that the food is made fresh and they do not use MSG. Another bonus is that it's right down the street from my hotel.
So far the dishes I've tried are:
lamb curry - good
lobster pad thai - good
spicy tuna salad - really good
seaweed salad (I combined this with the spicy tuna salad and it was AWESOME!)
Rama Garden - excellent if you're looking for something really healthy. I got it to go so they put sauce on the side.
summer rolls - excellent! I've gotten an order (or 2) every time I've eaten here. THAT is how good they are.
spider roll - wasn't too impressed but only b/c the soft shell crab seemed to have been overcooked. I will try other sushi rolls in the future.
I love that they don't use MSG and offer brown rice as an alternative to the white rice. They are extremely reasonably priced and offer a variety of dishes. If you haven't tried it yet, I highly recommend going! It's in a strip mall so the location is a little obscure but you won't regret it, I promise!
See you next week, Thai Origin!
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