Sweet service and spicy food! A small group from
my office decided to check out Aroy on Friday afternoon for lunch. We were greeted by the sweetest hostess who immediately pushed two tables together for our party of five and brought us menus, explaining that you order at the front counter and then they bring the food to you. The restaurant itself is really cozy. It almost feels like a country-style, home cooking place rather than a Thai restaurant, but no complaints about that here!
For lunch, I went with the Totally Red Curry, medium spicy, with chicken and added veggies for $1 more. The lunch portion is huge and comes with two pork gyoza and white rice. (All for $12 WITH tip, y'all. Such a great deal!) The medium spice level was perfect for me! It had some heat but also didn't burn my face off. They have five levels from no spice on one end to Thai spicy on the other. Not going to lie, Thai spicy terrifies me.
Every one else in my group ordered the Pad Thai with various takes on the protein and spice level. Each variety looked delicious. I may try the tofu next time! One particularly kind friend shared a bit of her Thai Iced Tea with me. Holy cow, y'all! Hook me up to an IV and just pump that stuff into me 24-7. It is like crack! Sweet and creamy but with a fresh, light tea flavor at the same time. I'm hooked!
After our meal, the lovely hostess was kind enough to bring us a complementary dessert of fried dough and a condensed milk dipping sauce. It was the perfect sweet ending to the meal, cooling down my mouth which was a little tingly from my medium spice curry at that point.
We are excited to have Aroy so close by our East. Charlotte office! When you work off Idlewild Road, you sort of resign yourself to being in a good restaurant desert. However, with the addition of Cooking Pot and now Aroy Thai, things have been looking up for our little neighborhood recently!