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| - If there's one thing we need more of in Las Vegas it's Thai food. The current structure of one every block simply will not do! Needless to say I was excited to try the King & I when it popped up on my "Best Matches" list on my way back from a haircut (Hypnotic Salon, check my review [plug plug])
I went simple on my order with a Chicken Pad Ka-Pow (they spell it Kra-Pow on their website but I've seen in Ka-Pow on others which sounds much cooler). Right off the bat I loved how they asked if I wanted the chicken sliced or ground. Sliced, always sliced. Then they asked me for a spice level and I went my usual 7 out of 10. They then asked me for a level from 1-4 which totally threw me for a loop. I didnt really get why I had to do the math conversion myself. Let's see, 10/4 is 2.5 so 7/2.5 is a 2.8? #1) I have no idea if I even did that right and #2) in real life I ended up just saying "2 and a half to 3?" I also ordered a bottled water as advertised on their site and was told they only had iced tea or lemonade. I was mildly flustered with this whole process.
Service was friendly in regards to picking up the food, and I brought it back to the office to eat. The 2nd big bright bonus spot in addition to the sliced/ground option was the plethora of sauces they provided. In my bag were packets of soy sauce and hot mustard, and little containers of hot sauce and sweet and sour sauce. Way to be thorough! As for the meal itself I was surprised to find a small fruit salad, an egg roll, and lots of those (technical term ahead) crispy fried wonton strip thingies.
The egg roll may have been the best bonus egg roll I've received in a Thai lunch special, as it tasted fresh and was larger than I usually expect. The fried wonton crisp thingies were delightful as always, and I bypassed the fruit salad because it was too healthy for me. I really enjoyed the flavor of the KA-POW!, and actually prefer it to many of the other versions I've tried at other restaurants here in town. If you would have seen me scarfing it down in my office you'd have thought I was going for a record. The only thing disappointing about the meal as a whole was I didnt really get any kick out of the spice level I requested. I'm not sure if when I called they didnt understand when I said 7 out of 10 or if they actually do just prefer to deal with a 1-4 level, but next time I would definitely try a solid 3 or maybe even 3.5 given the lack of spice I got this time.
Overall very solid! With only 500 options for Thai restaurants here, it should be easy to make room for King & I for a visit.
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