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| - In sum, lovely and cozy place tucked back into the North side. If it is nice outside you MUST sit at the outside patio. The food has been inconsistent between the two visits I had here. Sadly, that is not very encouraging. They do offer affordable lunch specials and I believe the scenery alone is worth a trip.
I work in the South Side, driving over to Nicky's on my lunch break is easy peasy. What I really come here for is the unique outside seating. Sitting in an office all day long with very dirty windows makes one long for the sun and wind. I love all the pretty greenery on the patio at Nicky's, the large umbrellas to block the fierce afternoon sun, and enjoying the mini vacation while sipping on the most excellent iced Thai green tea.
The service here is S-L-O-W. I am salary, I can bite this bullet from time to time. Yet, I wanted to put it out there if you are pressed for time, one might consider stopping elsewhere. In their defense, we always bring at least a party of 5. Perhaps, the slowness is due to the party size?
The iced Thai green tea, if you are not familiar, if quite delicious. It is a yummy concoction of brewed green tea, spices, and milk. If I had to venture my best educated guess I would say I could taste a bit of star anise. Maybe ever-so-slightly a bit too much of it? Methinks the aftertaste is quite unmistakable. The milk is a nice touch, I think it might be condensed milk as the sweetness of the tea is something a little more than mere sugar alone could bring about. I typically do not take milk in my tea, but this drink has me reconsidering. Quite a refreshing beverage to drink on a hot, sunny summer day as it was today.
I *technically* kept my word. I promised when I wrote my last Thai review, for The Smiling Banana Leaf, that I would something other than Shrimp Pad Thai- my go-to entree at any given Thai restaurant. Well, I did not order it, but I did order two appetizers I have already had before! Come on, it was lunch I did not want to overeat and go back to the office =)
I choose the crab rangoon. Rumor has it, this is an island dish. Naw, I am not buying it. This totally sounds like a made in the U.S.A type of dish. Do not get me wrong I am a complete sucker for it and will order it when I see it on a menu. This rangoon was a bit disappointing. The filling was perfect, sweet cream cheese, scallions, and crab. But the wrapper needed another moment or two in the fryer. It was only partially crispy. I was bummed.
For my other appetizer I ordered the soup. Another go-to Thai soup I love is Tom Kha soup. Now here is where it get very depressing. I never considered that one could scold coconut broth. However, after eating this soup today I am convinced this phenomena can happen. The shrimp was presence lacked in my opinion (two of them). The plus side, they were large shrimp. The fresh spices were sparse, for a medium heat level this was not medium.
A lack of spicing took me back. I have ordered the Shrimp Pad Thai at a medium level before and I felt like a horse diving my head into a water trough the way I was throwing down glasses of water. I either caught this place on a bad lunch- else their standards have slipped since I came here last summer. The jury is out on this one...
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