This is a ghost update. My last visit to this location was for certain some time in April2015.
I am writing this updated review based on all of my frequent and many times dinning at Chanpen Thai Cusine. You may be asking what's prompting this sudden desire to update my review for a place that I haven't visited in over 2 years. The reason is I no longer live in Arizona. I never thought that I wouldn't find a Thai restaurant as good as Chanpen. But that is precisely what has happened. I searched and I have not encountered any Thai food as good as Chanpen.
It took me a certain period of time trying different Thai restaurants. To come to the conclusion. The best I left behind in PHx;
Was Chanpen and I have yet to find one that is as good. The reason for this is. The owner Chanpen is a Lady that cares what Go's on each plate and won't let any food leave her kitchen if it does not meet her high standards
This is very evident from the fact that whenever we would eat at Chanpen she would almost always come out of the kitchen and asks us how was the food. Also we would all always asks for less salt and veggies crispy( less cooked) and every time Chanpen Thai Cusine would come thru perfectly. Vegetables were always in abundance portions were ample and the taste was delicious.
One time and only one time we got our food and it was different we all noticed rite away. Frist the portion was very small and veggies were not in abundance. We asked the waiter and he told us that they had hired a new cook. We politely made a few comments about how; the food is not the same. Expressing that we were hoping that this was not how it was going to be. Four days later we were there for dinner and, Chanpen came out of the kitchen and apologized for the the prior meal at our last visit......and she went on to explain that she had hired a cook to help her, and that the new cook was not making the food up to her standards after giving them a week or so on the job. She ended up just doing all the cooking by her self. She said that they kept sending plates out with small portions and that she kept having to remake them or stop them before they left the kitchen.
Chanpen checks every thing before it leaves her kitchen. She's not leaving it up to hired help.
Chanpen is the best.
Delicious food
Ample portions
And an owner that cares about her customers and wants to make them happy.