I slid into Alessandro’s Rice & Spice Thai Cuisine for a quick $6.00 lunch! I was allowed to pick my own table in a small but airy and very unpretentious dining room. I immediately felt comfortable and was able to relax a bit. Now isn't that a great idea!
I pretty quickly decided to spring for the $7.00 L.12 Red Curry Shrimp lunch special, AND, an A.3 Mao-Mao appetizer (deep-fried chicken/pork dumplings) AND, of a Thai Iced Tea of course. AND, when they took my order they did something that no other Thai place had done thus far. They asked me how spicy I wanted my food? Somebody actually asked me how I WANT IT. I felt so special.
Question: How do you know if a Thai place is any good?
Answer: The ‘lunch special’ soup they start you with ROCKS YOUR WORLD! This was like the Tom Yum lemon grass soup the others served but unlike the others, theirs was superb. From the very first sip, it hit me like spicy Thai truck BAM! I’m not sure what happened next, I think my eyes rolled back and I fell into some strange soup stupor. Before I knew it, my bowl was empty and my lips were splattered with the power of hot n’sour!
The empty bowl was efficiently replaced with a large batch of crispy hot-skewered dumplings. You’re probably wondering if they were any good, well, listen to me eat them: CRUNCH DIP TONGUE CRUNCH MUNCH CRUNCH SMACK—DIP TASTE DIP CRUNCH MUNCH MUNCH DRIZZLE—SMACK LICK SMACK DIP CRUNCH CRUNCH YEOW! Need I say more?
Again, empty plates were taken away and replaced with new treasures. My entrée, a nice sized bowl of creamy, spicy, Red Curry Shrimp, rice, and an egg roll enticed me now. I immediately grabbed my spoon and slurped down a taster’s spoonful. Again, I was overcome by the artful magic of fine Thai cookery. The next 10 minutes must have looked a little scary as I proceeded to inhale the curried shrimp, destroy the egg roll, and devour and dunk the sweet aromatic jasmine rice—what an awesome delight. Two minor notes: the shrimp tails were a bit challenging to eat while in hot creamy curry, and the bamboo was a bit tough and woody (I’ll order it without next time).
I think I’ve found my MoVal Thai joint! Comfortable, quick, inexpensive, and fantastic food! The staff was exceptionally nice and accommodating and made me feel welcome from the start. They showed a genuine interest in serving me great Thai meal that I would like—and I did.
And though you’ll join me here for more sizzle-sticky, crunch-a-munch, lip smacking lunches, nonetheless,
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