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August 04, 2006
new Thai place
I guess the number of Thai restaurants in Portland is kind of a joke, because there are so many of them. A new one just opened on Hawthorne, where Coffee People used to be (finally driven out by Starbucks, no doubt). That makes 4 Thai restaurants on one street, in the space of about 20 blocks. Anyway, we went there last night and it was pretty good.
I'm no restaurant reviewer, but here's what we thought: the food was definitely a cut above average, if slightly less spicy than one might expect. The curry we had was particularly good - a green curry with lots of complexity for the amount of heat. The prices were very good, the venue was nice enough, and the service friendly.
Our server had to handle not only a come-on from two guys at another table, but also the fact that when they came in, they asked if the restaurant served sushi. I thought that was a little crass, like asking for lasagna at a French restaurant, but what do I know? It turns out that they may actually be expanding to include a sushi bar, which makes me skeptical.
Despite the relatively low prices, I think they're trying for slightly upscale. They didn't seem to do family style, but rather expected each person to order something. Which is fine, but family style works better for our, well, family. They were accomodating but had to bring out what looked like a kitchen ladle to allow us to give Ethan some soup, and they didn't have any small bowls for it. Not a big deal, really. It was a little odd that our soups came out after the other stuff, but that could be partly because somehow we miscommunicated with the server about what we wanted.
One nice touch was that shortly after we got settled, they brought out four little cups of broth for each of us, so we could taste the base of each soup - vegetarian, but then you could add meat as well. Ethan gamely tried all four, though he only finished the Tom Kha one (Jeff's favorite as well). We ordered that one, with chicken, and Ethan declared it his new favorite food, even better than bean and cheese burritos, even though Cha Cha Cha was right across the street (his words). I don't expect that to last, but it seemed like a ringing endorsement to me.
Posted by ktingey at August 4, 2006 09:15 PM
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