Elissa O.
Yelp
Tonight we were looking for a delicious meal, AND an asian meal, and we immediately thought of Baan Thai in West Chester.
Full disclosure, my younger daughter took an AP class in HS with one of the daughters of the owner and they are friends. And so, we wanted to support this wonderful and unique local restaurant during these very uncertain times for small businesses.
(We actually started coming to Baan Thai shortly after it first opened, and before my daughter's later connection to the place.)
We have ALWAYS had wonderful meals here. We had never before ordered take-out from the restaurant. This was a great decision tonight!
As an appetizer we ordered their pork potstickers called Gyoza: 8 succulent tasty treats arrived warm and disappeared quickly!
For our first course, we ordered Tom Kah soup with chicken. I love the "full" experience of this amazing coconut-based soup, so mine came with the regular ingredients of mushrooms and onions and some peppers, to which I added chicken. My daughters like the Tom Kah plain, with just the coconut base and the chicken added. Either way it's served, it's To Die For! This soup has a lovely slightly sweet subtle taste of coconut. I am not a huge onion fan BUT in this soup there are just a few pieces and their taste is not at all overwhelming. In fact, they tasted great. :)
As our entrees, two of us had Teriyaki Chicken, which was a very generous helping of tender chicken, laid across a bed of vegetables: sliced carrots, green beans, some sliced bell peppers and a few broccoli florets. All of this was in a light teriyaki sauce. Included with this was a side cup of fluffy white rice.
We also had Pad Thai Chicken, traditionally made with rice noodles, bean sprouts and covered with peanut pieces. It was great. Extremely flavorful and such a large portion that tomorrow I'll be enjoying it again as I only ate half of it tonight!
I did not take photos of our food tonight but when one eats IN at Baan Thai the presentation is always truly beautiful! I hope that day returns soon when we can all "eat-in" again!