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| - Thai Kitchen With a Few Tables In It, is probably the best name for the joint. I've been saying it for about a decade: I want Thai food that someone's Thai grandma would make if they didn't know if it was for a white girl that they may think couldn't handle the awesomeitude that is Thai spice.
Done. I mean, they knew I was white but they didn't spare the spice or the love.
I rolled in to order take out about 15 minutes before closing like a jerk, right as they were beginning to break down. No attitude, just wondering what I wanted. I ordered my litmus test: Panang with tofu (the ONLY time I eat tofu, ever) medium spicy. She narrowed her eyes, looked at me and asked on a scale of 1-10 spice so I thought I'd play it safe for now and say 6. Well friends, if that was 6 I don't want to know what 9 may be. The spring rolls were packed with fresh basil, big ol shrimps, cilantro and lots of lettuce and were great counterpoint to the spices.
That said, it was DELICIOUS. It's a tiny operation so you're in for the real family atmosphere but it's cool. Just sit back and relax, order your stuff a little under what you'd consider too spicy for your palate and enjoy. Thai Kitchen: thus furthering my hypothesis that the best ethnic foods are found in dives and strip malls.
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