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| - I had the yellow curry, tom ka soup, and spring roll. The spring roll was awesome, and the sauces are delicious (well, the peanut sauce was kind of bland with an unpleasant under-taste). The tom ka soup was not too bad but it was a bit "heavy". I have been spoiled in the past by tom ka soup that was light in body, possessed a distinct undertone of lemongrass, and contained soft, flavorful chicken pieces. Compared to that, this soup was, the less refined cousin or something. Something a novice might prepare.
On to the main meal: yellow curry. Did not like it. I don't know if it was overly salted or what, but I just did not enjoy the flavor at all. I'm not sure how to describe it- maybe I'm unfairly comparing it to mussaman from better Thai restaurants. This restaurant doesn't offer mussaman per se, but the yellow curry is the closest. I won't be ordering it again.
I have to add that the rice was MUSHY and TASTELESS. It was in no way the basmati rice they advertise. Maybe they ran out and substituted cheap short grain rice from God-knows-where but it was horrid. If I wanted rice like this, I could have ruined a batch in my own kitchen.
I can't remember the last time I wrote such a Debbie-downer review, particularly for a restaurant this highly rated by other Yelpers. Ay yay yay. I have a headache from that yellow curry.
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