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| - I absolutely *LOVED* my entire experience @ the Spice Island Tea House!
PROS:
Delightful service!
Delicious Food
Despite appearances, (seemingly) very clean!!
Very Inexpensive!
Large (and cutely frugal looking) menus
CONS:
Ugly facade (I almost didn't enter!)
BOOZE Situation:
They are BYOB for no more than 750ml bottles (your standard bottle of wine) with a $10 corking fee; They also do serve beer.
My FAVE: "The Ever-famous Pad Thai" (seriously, that's what its called)
My EXPERIENCE:
I was greeted by a server named Danny.
Danny is now my homeboy!!! :D
He was such a wonderful waiter, that I couldn't have wished for anything more out of a server!!
I have never been to Spice Island and my only previous Thai experience was @ another restaurant (which I love) on the Southside, so I don't have much of a basis for comparison, nor do really know "what kind of Thai food [I] like", as Danny put it.
I was clueless!
I asked Danny if he could recommend a few things, which he was able to do quite well. He pointed out several different dishes, asking questions about whether I like rice or noodle dishes, if I was a vegetarian and what kinds of meats I like.
He was so helpful and polite the entire duration of my visit and was so nice about helping out someone who had no clue what they wanted to order.
I decided on a traditional dish--their "Ever Famous Pad Thai"--and it lived up to its name! It was so good!
A massive, steaming-hot portion slapped onto a large oval plate; it had a ton of shrimp which was perfectly cooked (and, praise the powers that be, de-veined) shrimp. There was also chicken which was prepared in your basic Asian-type-of-cuisine style--thinly sliced and very soft (which I'm not so much of a fan of) and egg. This was mixed in with thin fettuccine rice noodles, bean sprouts and tossed with a generous amount of sauce (but not dripped or sloppy).
It was very tasty and I will order this dish again, its actually going to be difficult to try new things after having enjoyed this one once.
In the future, I (to my picky weirdness about meats) might order it with no chicken and extra egg.
"Yes, Danny, I am ready for the check--Thanks!"
Pad Thai dish + Diet Coke = $10. and some change
Yeah... seriously!
All in all, a great trip and a mere 6 hours later and I've already recommended it to 3 different people!
TIP: Pray you go when that Danny is on duty!
His boss should give him a raise for being so awesome at his job!!!
(PS: I do *NOT* know Danny, otherwise. I was not previously his friend. He was just sincerely *that* nice of a waiter and I appreciated it.)
RESTOOMS: Although noticeably "older looking", they were very clean!
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