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| - Pleasantly surprised by Thai Elephant - and I love Evan B.'s comment about the lack of elephant on the menu. It's a small place, so maybe they didn't have room to prep the pachyderm for Elephant with Basil. But I digress...
Came here before a show at the Dodge and we were one of many tables doing the same. The waitress asked us before we sat down if we were headed to a concert afterwards - gotta love the attentiveness from the get go.
The food came out quickly and was prepared well - huge portions of food and tons of veggies in just about everything. Off topic - I've noticed that in AZ it seems that a lot of the Thai places put mixed veggies in every dish and just change up the carb, protein and sauce. Not a bad thing per se, but just a little strange. Case in point, my drunken noodles (usually chow fun noodles, onions, tomatoes and basil) had pad thai noodles with cabbage, carrots, broccoli, green beans and more. It looked exactly like the plate of pad thai plus veggie mix. Random, but it was tasty and I wasn't feeling like a snob ;)
I asked for my food "Thai Hot" and damn, it was just that. I'm a bit of a spice queen, and this was the first place I've been where it's been as hot as promised. Like lip-numbing goodness. If you don't like it hot, take it easy here.
I don't know if I'd take a separate trip here unless I was already downtown, but it was worth a return visit.
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