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| - Sticky, overly sauced Pad Thai? Dry, boring larb? Wet Pad See Ew with only broccoli? Kitchen that closes at 9:40 and deep fried items can't be accommodated even at 9:30ish? Not my idea of good Thai.
I remember having some nice experiences here 18 months ago. After coming back twice in the past couple months, I've crossed Deejai off my list unless I need to go there and everywhere else is closed.
This past experience, my friends and I went at 9:30 on a Sunday. We knew it was getting close to closing time-- but we just wanted to order some Pad Thai and our friends had a hankering for spring rolls. Boring, but easy and something we could order quickly before the kitchen closed at 9:40.
After ordering, we were told the deep fryer was turned off since they're closed on Mondays. (Wow, they must really have wanted to get out of work by 10pm or something if they shut it down already.) I didn't think much of it, (though our dining partners were somewhat miffed) so they ordered some sushi and we got larb instead.
To our surprise...15 minutes later, spring rolls arrived at our table! Uh, okay! Then we were brought the larb and sushi. It would have been nice if we were informed the spring rolls would be coming. The larb by the way was okay...but tasted like overcooked ground meat. Not juicy or flavorful.
The Pad Thai was, as I said. Overly sauced and sticky, as in it was difficult to break it apart even. We weren't asked for a spice level...so it came out with no spice at all.
The sushi was fine, nothing out of the ordinary, purely perfunctory.
The spring rolls were okay, but again, nothing special, and the sauce was too sweet, as mentioned by Yeye A.
The Pad Se Ew I had one take-out day was so liquid-y, it was as if noodles were cooked, and sauce poured atop-- not sauteed/wok fried at all.
Oh well, we tried, and now we know we most likely won't go back unless we have to. There are a number of ways to get discount coupons to this restaurant (coupon fundraising books, at-home mailers, deal sites occasionally...) but even then, I'm not sure if I'd spend the money.
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