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502 S. Dobson Road, Mesa AZ
They have been open for a little over one year. A small but comfortable place, owned and operated by a Thai woman, who does ALL the cooking and her 20 something daughter waits on tables. The owner/chef is a very friendly woman who appears to enjoy speaking with her patrons and cooking, proud of her creations. There is an all you can eat buffet ($9.99) hot-table which we skipped in order to get at the menu, which is all cooked to order, a fact that slows down service. She acknowledged this and said she tells people to get soup from the buffet while they are waiting for their meal. They are open from 11AM to 7PM, closed on Sunday. Some of her dishes can be seen in large poster-like photographs, a dozen, above the buffet hot-table. We started with Thai Toast, somewhat like french toast topped with ground meat (your choice) and veggies, 8 very tasty half slices for $4.99, accompanied by her version of a sweet and sour sauce. Next, another appetizer dish, Thai Spring Rolls ($4.99), 4 half rolls with chicken breast meat, salad, etc. steamed, also available deep fried, served with the same sweet and sour sauce. They were excellent, you could taste the freshness of the ingredients. Our soup came out next, Thai TomYom Chook (described as spicy/sour shrimp soup). Unfortunately she neglected to ask us the degree of spicyness we desired, so it needed help. I told her I had to add black pepper and hot sauce found on the table to improve the soup. She said afterward that we looked like we had very American taste and immediately brought out a hot Thai chili sauce made from scratch that was hot and delicious, containing ground peanuts and hot green and very hot red Thai chilis. What a difference, it was delicious on our next dish, served over white rice, Large Shrimp containing whole garlic cloves, black mushrooms and a special sauce with 5 good sized shrimp. Her home made hot sauce dip added to this was delicious and we could control the degree of heat. She was so appologetic she brought out several small plates from the buffet to sample. Chicken Curry Potatoes made with yellow curry and coconut milk, and Namsod (ground pork, seasoning, peanuts, lime juice, onions, cilantro) and a vegatable fried rice. All three were great! Dessert was served on the house, a mix of fresh mango cubes, sticky sweet rice, coconut and pineapple ice-cream, and steamed pumpkin custard, an amazing dish that although we were full, we practically licked the plate clean. The bill for the two of us came to $21.78 :) It is the owner's style to bring you samples of her food which she is very proud of and rightly so, BRAVA! We will return!
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