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| - This is an unassuming but surprisingly lovely restaurant in the Quality Inn hotel. The food is deliciously prepared and as authentic as it gets in "the new West," as Calgary bills itself. The owner is a delightful woman named Juree, who owns a second Thai restaurant in town (I haven't been there) and a down-home bungalow retreat in the Thai countryside (I'd love to visit). The food at Thai Place Restaurant is well prepared by Juree's young Thai cook, and she rightfully boasts of being "picky" about the food she serves, all her own recipes. My wife and I arrived late, at 9:30 PM, and we were very happy with our green curry and red pepper fish. Despite Juree's cautions, the fish was not at all too spicy -- in fact, it was relatively mild, and delectable. Ask Juree to tell you a little about her family: her parents were villagers who worked to send their six children to college. Juree worked for the Thai embassy in Jakarta for some years when she was younger, and among her harrowing experiences were efforts she made to rescue young prostitutes from brothel owners and pimps. Life in Calgary is decidedly more tame for her, although her food is not.
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