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| - I'm a really picky eater, and in my quest to become less of a pain when going out to eat with my friends, I'm sampling as many different foods as I can from cuisines I've previously ignored. One of these is thai food. I don't like pad thai and I don't like peanut sauce, but most of my friends are super into it, so I decided I want to be into it, too. A quick poll on twitter told me I should try Deejai, and I'm really glad I did.
First, to break the ice, I got crab rangoons, which aren't on most thai menus. These were some of the best I've had...unbelievably light and crispy and creamy, little parcels of crabby goodness. Next my companion ordered us two bowls of tom yum soup. I navigated around the chunks of tomato and mushrooms and chopped scallions to the spicy, red-dotted broth. Delicious! There's one thing I know I can order now.
For my entree I got the panang curry, asking to sub out the bell peppers for zucchini (I told you I was a picky eater!) I was wringing my hands with worry that I wouldn't like it, but as soon as I spooned it onto the sticky jasmine rice I was sold. Success! I like two things! That's more than enough!
My companion (not a yelper) ordered the yellow shrimp curry, 5 stars thai hot. Supposedly with chilis but I didn't see any, and he said it was "white people hot". I tried a bite and even I didn't find it to be all that hot. This may have been due to the fact that we were the last customers of the night, because I've heard that they don't skimp on the heat.
A word about that: Even though the restaurant was empty and we were the last customers and stayed a little past closing time, the service was really friendly and fast, and our water glasses never went empty.
All in all, I'm glad I got to cross thai food off my list of culinary adventures, although this is by no means our last dance together.
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