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| - People love a story of redemption. If you are one of those people, this review is for you.
My relationship with Pad Thai is a tumultuous one. When I first started eating here, typically delivery, I was almost always satisfied. The food was good. The quantity was generous. The price was fair. No problems really. Then one day I noticed the prices going up. Inflation is a necessary evil I suppose. But more than the irritating price increase was the noticeable decrease in quantity. Not long after came the most aggregious of offenses. I started receiving food I did not order nor wanted. This was the last straw. For a while at least.
A couple of months ago, after about a two year boycott, my office mates and I returned to Pad Thai. Not with the delivery orders this time but actually dining in the restaurant off the lunch menu. We were so impressed that we have been back a couple more times. The service is fast and friendly and the food is delicious. The portions look small but it is a deceptive illusion. Leaving the restaurant I find myself full. I have ordered three different menu items and have not been disappointed in any of them. I've had the sweet and altogether comforting panang curry, the ever classic and eponymous pad thai, and a new one for me, prik-khing. I am a curry nut and apparently this is a type of curry though it really didn't taste like any curry I am used to. Regarless, it was great and will certainly be added to my regular Thai staples. The only real source of disppointment here is with the salad. It is so small and insignificant. At least the soups, both hot and sour and egg drop, are pretty good and make up for the salad.
Yes, Pad Thai has risen from the ashes to grace our palates once again. It will continue to do so until such a time comes that they tend towards their past offenses. I can only hope this does not happen. I am back on the Pad Thai train and I don't wanna get off.
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