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But my BF is the thai expert. Ordered Fishcakes app, papaya salad, and the basil garlic shrimp stir fry with bell peppers. There was only one other table during our visit and it took nearly half an hour to receive our food. I'll start with the positive.
The fishcakes were great- not too greasy, thick and flavorful, with a delightful cucumber salad sauce that I adore. Well priced at about $6.
It was downhill from there.
Papaya salad had no discernible papaya in it. There was a white, shredded substance that almost appeared to be bean sprouts and had no flavor. We were told that was the papaya. Um, no go, bro- plus it was packed with heat, even at ordering a level 2, to the point that it was not enjoyable to eat.
Then the stir fry arrived. There were several shrimp in the dish, and I could visibly see basil and bell pepper in a dark red sauce. But the bell peppers were raw, and the sauce was devoid of any flavor other than spice- no garlic, no balance. The entree itself was served on a plate, so the sauce was all over the bottom of the dish and impossible to spoon onto the rice, making it difficult to eat- then again, so did the heat and lack of flavor.
This is one of the only dishes in my life I have sent back.
One star for the fishcakes, and because the server brought out the cook, who was apologetic and friendly, and offered repeatedly to remake the dish to tone down the sauce and cook the bell pepper. We had no interest, but he was polite and insistent, so we took him up on remaking the dish and taking it to go.
EDIT: tried the remade dish, and the sauce is still the same, the bellpepper is cooked, but now the shrimp is overcooked and dry. So disappointed.
Our bad experience doesn't end there, though.
As we left, we were approached in the parking lot by another diner who had left and waited for us... To see if our dining experience was as bad as his was! Not a good sign, at all.
The cook, friendly and polite though he is, needs to consider being front of house or management- cooking is not his strength. And as a personal preference, maybe find a different server/host who isn't wearing a Mickey Mouse shirt and playing on the computer for our entire visit.
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