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| - I must admit that I did not expect to have a good thai experience in Ohio. This is a very pleasant surprise.
The food here is a bit off thai, and a bit more fusion. Although the decor isn't too contemporary. Chicken seems to be the main theme on the menu. Most entrees either chicken or veggie.
I started my meal with the tum yum goong. That's kinda a standard thing to try anyway. The thai hot and sour soup! The soup was tasty, but it was more sweet then hot or sour. I guess it has to cater to the Ohio crowd in some way.
Then I had the larb. The larb usually comes with minced meat (yes, it's chicken only here), lime juice and other spices. Given that it was white meat chicken, I wasn't expecting much flavor from the meat. It really didn't matter. The minced chicken had tiny little pieces to pick up superb flavors in the juice that blended in lime, lemongrass and some other stuff I can't quite figure out. This might be one of the most tasty larb I have had. I highly recommend it.
For the entree, I went with the default choice as well. I had the pad ga prow (or however you like to spell it). Again, it's chicken only. I don't think I ever had this dish with chicken, this was the first time. It was yet another surprise. The flavor isn't as overpowering as the larb. The key here is the texture. It seem like the chicken was minced, steamed then stir fried. The overall taste was better than I expected. It's not authentic, it's not fusion. It's somewhere in the middle. I would definitely put this in the "excellent" range, and a solid 4 star.
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