As Urban Rice was 'full' (see review), we went next door for Thai food. To be honest, I was actually hankering for some ginger beef and super red sweet and sour pork, but this would have to do. It was a lot busier than the Chinese place, but we were seated immediately, in a small but well lit space. There is a bit of Thai decor inside, but not really a lot compared to places like Rose Garden or Thai Sa On.
One of the things I like most on Thai menus is the Gaeng Pet Piet Yang, otherwise known as roasted duck in red curry. I immediately gravitated towards that, and we also ordered the Gai Pad Med Ma-Muang Him-Pann”, stir fried chicken with cashews, and of course, some coconut rice.
The duck curry differs here than most places, as while almost all of the restaurants that have it serve it with pineapple, red peppers, green peppers, snow peas and bamboo shoots, this one also adds lychee or longan, which adds another sweet hit along side the pineapple.We got our food fairly fast, and found that our water glasses were constantly being refilled, long before we'd consider needing any. It wasn't that our food was overly spicy (we'd ordered medium), just that the wait staff was on top of it the instant your water was less than half full.
We finished the meal, and debated (for about 3 seconds) on desserts - and ended up ordering the fried banana served with coconut ice cream, even though I'm a huge fan of the sticky rice with mango. These were little beignet looking deep fried pillows of banana-ness, with a ball of coconut ice cream. Tasty!
Taste: 8.5 - I love thai food, and the duck curry was great. Presentation: 6.0 - small portions (for me), nothing too special.
Ambiance: 6.0 - small, brightly lit, clean, but nothing special about it
Service: 9.0 - fast service!
Prices: $10-15 per dish
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