Thaiphoon
Posted on Saturday, May 28th, 2005 at 9:30 pm under Grub.My sister Aracely lives in an apartment right above these new type of open shopping areas. The first thing we did when we got there from NY was to go get some grub. So we went downstairs to a Thai place called Thaiphoon. I ordered Padtai since that’s the ultimate Thai test for me. If they don’t get that dish right, most likely they won’t get any right. So how did Thaiphoon come out in the test? not very good. Although some of the other dishes were quite yummy. Not a “must eat” there place, but it was nice that it’s just a few steps downstairs.
the infamous padtai, if they get this one right they are ok in my book. they didn’t :-(
Jun 1st, 2005 at 9:11 am
Unfortunately Thaifoon, like P.F. Chang’s, seems to have grown beyond 1 store and somehow become national (or coastal). I just moved here to Irvine, CA, and ate at a Thaifoon much to my disappointment: I should have read your review first!
Lessons learned: anywhere that serves asian food but does not have chopsticks on your table by default is suspect.
Jul 4th, 2005 at 12:52 pm
Ben, I’m Thai. IMHO, Thai people generally don’t use chopsticks except for eating noodles(including padthai(50/50)). They use spoon and fork.
Speaking about Thaifood in the States, I don’t know why most of the restuarant has an idea of Thai food = food with peanut sauce which is completely wrong. There is only one kind of Thai food that serves with peanut sauce. It’s called sate’. It’s either chicken or pork marinated with coconut milk and ka-min(a spice). It serves with peanut sauce and cucumber+red onion in vinegar.
Aug 26th, 2005 at 9:16 pm
try firecracker fish thats good
Dec 17th, 2005 at 12:42 pm
And I saw that they eat macaroni sticks.