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I was tempted to try this place, after walking by a million times, and salivating at the plates I saw sitting in front of people inside.
Today was the day I finally got to give it a go ...
There was a girl sitting behind the cash, multi-tasking; screaming orders over her shoulder into the kitchen, texting in her blackberry, and even talking on a cordless phone.
But she was quick. I just hoped she got my order/special requests right.
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Prices, CHEAP.
Each 'meal' has a photo on the wall (it's one of those places ..).
This makes it even harder to decide what to pick. Nothing looks overly tempting, due to the poor quality of photos, everything had a yellow/orange tinge to it. Typical, right?
After a few minutes of looking the wall photos over and over, I decided on "#43".
Pad Thai & Curry Chicken - $5.00
Simple enough.
NOTE:
I should mention the serving sizes looked huge in the photos, so I chose something that appeared a bit smaller. Most meals had a few different proteins (ie. tofu AND shrimp AND Pork ... chicken AND Beef ... ).
Service, SUPER-FAST.
It was 2pm when i walked in, and the line up was long. This place was packed!
I got mine as take-out, but only sat down to wait for maybe 3 minutes, and my number was called, and it was all ready to go. Wow?
Yes, indeed!
I walked home, opened up my Styrofoam box, and was excited at what I saw!
Half of the container was pad-thai (with NO peanuts on top, as I had requested). There were MASSIVE chunks (at least 2 chicken breasts worth) of curried chicken, that looked rather good. And the pad thai wasn't scary looking. About 1/3 of the meal was a FRESH carrot, sprout & cabbage salad, and they were generous with the cilantro -- the smell of fresh herbs flooded the air the moment I opened my meal.
I was dying to dig in.
I had to pre-cut the huge pieces of chicken, but they were tender & moist, well marinated in curry.
Everything was really good.
Surprisingly GOOD for the 'fast food' type of atmosphere is was produced in.
This meal was fresh & cleaner than most food you can find on Queen St W.
Definitely on my list of amazing cheap eats, and I'll be returning, but next time I'll bring my boyfriend.
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