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| - My wife noticed this place tucked away on the south west corner of Cave Creek Rd and Thunderbird/Cactus a couple weeks ago. We were able to stop in last Friday for dinner to give it a try, since we both love Thai food. When we arrived just before 6pm we were appaerantly the first one there for the dinner hour. In the back of my mind I was thinking, great even if the place is excellent it looks like they are having trouble attracting customers. Luckily, by time we left there were about 6 other table filled and things seemed to be picking up. I noticed a couple low reviews on Yelp, but we had a great experience. I'm hoping those were just opening pains of a new restaurant that unfortunately led to a disappointing experience...
Since we were the first to arrive for dinner, we were able to gain a little insight on the place from our waiter. He explained that the preparation/style of dishes are in the tradition of Northern Thai Cuisine, as opposed to the Southern/ Bangkok style which most Thai restaurant in the valley follow. He warned us that the spicy level of the northern style is generally higher than the southern style and recommended we order a bit lower spice level than we would at other restaurant, but he would provide us with chili blends in case we choose bring the heat level up in our dishes. The spice level our dishes were prepared was adequate, but did leave us room to try the two chili blends provided. The chili blends were great! One was dark red ground chilies with I guess a bit of oil, similar to a dense chili oil you might find at a Chinese restaurant, but with a deeper more intense flavor. The other was a dry blend of several ingredients which had an earthy tone on top of the medium heat level. The waiter said a previous customer asked if the sold the chili blends to take home, which I hope the restaurant will consider as I would definitely by a bottle of each.
The menu selection had several familiar Thai dishes, plus to some extra unique seafood, noodle and soup offerings you can't find at other valley Thai restaurants. Most the entrées can be prepared with your choice of protein; chicken, beef, tofu, pork, roast duck, scallops, squid, shrimp, mussel or combination of meat. We decided to try two of our usual favorites Spicy Green Bean (Tofu) and Red Curry (Tofu), so we had a baseline for comparison to other restaurants. Both dishes vegetable had a fresh crispness and the tofu was prepared nice and crispy. The Spicy Green bean sauce had a greater depth and earthiness to it than I have had at other restaurants. The red curry had a full flavor with a smooth and creamy texture, complimented by the spice combination in the curry blend. You could definitely tell there was some difference in the preparation of the dishes than you might find at other restaurants in the valley. This is a great place if you are familiar with Thai cuisine, but would like to expand your Thai food experience. We both look forward to trying more dishes here!
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