The food here is always great--the service and location aren't. If you've ever been to commercial center, you know what I mean. Homeless folks asking for change, ladies selling their "goods", shady figures under awnings of defunct businesses, and the Green Door looming at everything from its distant side of the area. I'd love to add the sweet transsexuals (please tell me you get the reference?) outside Ramrod to the list, but it's gone!
Never you fear, once you brave the environment and make it to sometimes hard-to-spot entrance of Komol, you're safe. The decor is wonderfully cheesy, but I really think that adds to the experience. The menu is huge, but don't be intimidated! Carnivores, please refer to the first half. Veggheads, the second half is all for you.
My favorite dishes are the Indian yellow curry, extra thick, both with chicken or tofu, the shrimp pad thai, orange gluten (so wonderfully deep fried and covered in highly sugared sauce!), vegetable chow mien, brown rice, and the fried bean curd appetizer. My guy likes the green chicken curry. I also love the iced thai teas they serve there with coconut milk.
The service is very slow, though. You're seated, ten minutes later your order is taken, thirty minutes later you receive your appetizer, ten minutes later the main dish comes out, and you might get one refill on the glass.
Probably the best thing about this place is the option to tell them how spicy you like it. I always ask for my curries to be medium-hot, while the guy likes his super mild. Very rarely are we displeased with the spicedatude of our food.
Caution: medium-hot at Komol does not correlate with spicedatude of Ortega or Pace salsas. The guy has cried after tasting my curry. Spicedatude definitions are also prone to change with the chef. His mild may bring steam to your ears.