The more Yelp reviews I write, the more I am discovering my star-rating system is more methodic than I initially thought.
For example: How could I possibly give a Thai-fast-food place like "Thai Express" 5 stars, and only give something like ... say ... FARM, 3 stars??
I am finding that as I rate places, the stars I give them are based on how I feel they satisfy the customer by accomplishing what they are "setting out to do."
And Thai Express does exactly that.
I return time and time again because, for a fair price, Thai Express makes (what seems to be) nearly authentic Thai food right before your eyes.
Yes, it is in a mall food court.
Yes, it is a chain.
And yes ... it is delicious.
I almost always get the Pad Sew, but I have tried many other things as well and it is all very good.
If for nothing else, visit this food court chain to see the skill of a Master as he prepares your food in a fast moving wok over of a small volcano of fire.
This is no teenager flipping burgers.