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| - Since moving to Vegas one thing I've heard of is that we have 24 Hour or at least late night Thai places. Well after walking all over First Friday at the Arts District and then Fremont Street I was hungry, and it's late. And there's nothing at home to really eat. What to do? It's the Yelp app to the rescue! A quick search has me running to my car at the El Cortez and then heading off to Spring Mountain Road as finally I'm going to try a late night Thai place.
I ended up picking Marnee Thai based on reviews by Ric H, Nelson, Arvin, and Misti Y.. When you have those heavy hitters recommending a place you can't go wrong, and they lead me to a late night Thai happy place. I walked in to of all things Thai Karaoke with a squealing microphone and an amplifier set to 11. Once they fixed the mic the volume didn't drop but the singing was actually pretty good. Including myself there were two other non-Thai people there but I didn't feel uncomfortable, in fact the service here was spot on and very good. (Yep service with a smile wins me over again).
Ok, enough of the lead up, it's a dang review, what about the food? It's late, I'm in an area I'm not familiar with, why not push my comfort zone a bit further? Panang Curry, with chicken of course and brown rice was outside my comfort zone as I haven't tried Thai curry yet. I order and my anxiety level goes up. Will I like it? I worried for nothing. Oh man, did I place the right order! While I wish it had a bit more chicken in it, the curry I had was very flavorful, and I loved it. LOVED IT.
I gotta go back and try a few more things but I already know they're on my late night list of places I can go. And since they have some "Chinese" type dishes like orange chicken I can bring others who are not quite as adventurous or wanting to push their food experiences.
4 Rock Solid Stars. Damn, why did I wait so long to try curries? (I'm kicking myself in the rear for my fear of the unknown problem that I'm working hard to overcome!)
Oh and one last thing. They asked me about spice...how hot do I want it, and they got it right. Only Penn's Thai House has done that for me, usually places don't bring the heat even when you ask.
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