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The restaurant really does smell like Thailand with pungent fish sauce and hot pepper aromas. I fell in love immediately.
Usually, I test a new Thai restaurant with their pad thai. After all, if a restaurant can't manage an adequate rendition of their country's most popular street food, I'm pretty sure their curries will be creamed into oblivion and their tired veggies will be poured from cans.
Based on smell alone, I did something a little different. I ordered a basic red curry (still a good barometer) and their spaghetti variation on drunken noodles, because I was curious what they were thinking.
The dishes came out beautifully prepared. The spaghetti with reds and greens of fresh peppers, little bunches of green peppercorns and still-green kafir lime leaves.
You could taste that the ingredients weren't pre-cooked together. Each flavor represented a separate layer on the tongue. I particularly loved the lime in the spaghetti. While I wouldn't order the spaghetti dish again, it certainly wasn't execution that was the issue - I just prefer a more traditional noodle.
I ordered a 10/10 spice level and it was exactly right and the spiciest I've managed to get in Pittsburgh (I usually try for a 15/10 and get served something that's closer to a 3).
To answer the question that's on everyone's minds: this is NOT just a rebranding of the previous restaurant. I just hope they can keep up this level of quality over time.
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