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| - Something has happened here. Something bad. Really bad.
This used to be our favorite Thai restaurant; we frequently brought out-of-towners here, and enjoyed the fresh food, the very quiet restaurant, and the beautiful surroundings. I've introduced several people to this restaurant, and we've never had a bad meal here in the past. The fact that the restaurant is almost empty most of the time made us wonder how it could stay in business. The food was always very fresh, very delicious, spiced superbly, and the ingredients were authentic and of high quality.
As I said, something happened.
To start, the sign outside says "Swan Thai", but the logo on the menus is from another restaurant. We asked and the waitress told us that the owner has two restaurants, and the new menu is the same as the other restaurant. Denied any change of ownership. Weird, but we went along with it. Then the food came and the difference was obvious, compared with what we've had on every other visit--more than 30 in total, I'd say.
Egg rolls have changed--now mostly cabbage, instead of the meat/noodle types we have always received here. Curry dishes have such thin, liquid sauces--and nearly tasteless, too--that the comparison with mildly curry-flavored water seems apt. The Thai BBQ chicken was terribly dry, ridiculously small, and did not seem fresh--seemed like it could have been made a few days before and microwaved when we ordered it. The larb salad had a strange spice in it, and although it seemed fresh, there was a spice used in this version that I've never had in any other restaurant's version of this dish--and as I say, I did not care for it.
There was one bright spot during this meal: the chicken satay appetizers were big, fresh, well-cooked, and very tasty.
The waitress was pleasant and tried hard, but obviously she had nothing to do with whatever was happening (or not) in the kitchen. She changed out one of the curry dishes to one that was mildly better, but still not nearly up to the previous standard. And she removed the larb salad from the bill.
I can only hope that this train wreck has happened because the regular chef is on vacation or went home to Thailand for a visit. This place was SO GOOD in the past, that we'll give it one more try in a few weeks to see if there's been a recovery to the previous glory. If that's not happened, I'm betting this place will not survive long.
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