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My friends and I tried to grab a quick bite at Rising Sons before a movie. We walked in at 6:45 to a fairly empty restaurant. The appeared very understaffed as nobody greeted until a few minutes after deciding to seat ourselves. After about 15 minutes, the waitress took our drink orders. They must only have one blender because our bubble teas came out very slowly and one at a time. Instead of waiting for her to ask if we were ready to order food, we just asked her after the last person got their drink. Once the food order went in, service sped up to an acceptable speed, but we were already going to be late for our 7:45 movie at that point even with the trailers. Sure, maybe trying to grab dinner before a movie was a lofty goal, but the slow service really wasn't really a big deal compared to the food.
I got to try a lychee bubble tea, tom khem, and pad thai. The lychee bubble tea had a decent flavor with chunks of lychee, but the bubbles were hard and not chewy. The tom khem was a pork belly dish, so I was hoping for something more tender, but it was kind of just soupy, salty pork with some fat on it. The pad thai was some of the worst I've ever had. It had absolutely no complexity to it; it was almost like eating noodles and ketchup.
There are some solid places to get Thai food in Madison, but Rising Sons just isn't one of them.
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