Alekkz D.
Yelp
I was working in the area and stopped by this place the other day because of their interesting name, restaurant is called "ZapVerr". I'm curious as to what it means, is it Thai for something?
I was starving and as soon as I got sat down, I didn't even open the menu, I just looked straight down and the first category I read was "specialty dishes", and I usually am a "pad se ew or pineapple fried rice" kind of girl but I was feeling a bit adventurous!
For the last two decades, I have only found one place that I can tolerate eating pad thai (I also lived in 3 different states and tried them all) and it was a huge deal for me to choose pad thai at a restaurant I chose to dine in at on a whim without having done any research ahead of time.
I'm normally extremely picky about my pad thai but I've never seen a "dungeness crab pad thai" and I took my chances! When the server brought it to me, I questioned whether that gigantic plate was for me and even she was thinking the same thing I was, "there's no way this petite girl is going to be able to eat even a third of this!" But to no surprise, I was actually the only one dining in at the time so we both knew what that plate was coming towards me!
I didn't realize until after I took my photo that there was a full soft shell crab behind the real crab meat too! The dish itself was about $19 and normally I would never have spent so much but the restaurant decor was giving me fancy vibes and I knew I had to! Normally I'd say most restaurants skimp out on the good stuff, if they call it "lobster or real crab" on their dishes, they charge an arm and a leg but give you a pea size of the actual meat. When I tell you that dish was larger than my head, the ratio of meat to noodles was bountiful! I mean, I was already satisfied with the amount of crab meat on top of the dish but right behind it, there was a whole crab more!!
The server girl was super sweet checking in on me while I was the only customer there just punching away at my laptop while eating and working.
I got to the point where I was so full but I kept telling myself, "oh my gosh, one more bite!" and even the server was like, "would you like a box?" and I'm like... not yet! Let me devour some more and then eventually' I K.O.'d. But nonetheless, I got leftovers now! yay!
So here's a fun fact: normally pad thai doesn't do well as leftovers when you heat it up in the microwave because the noodles just get hard and weird. Usually I have to re-pan fry noodles back then and it will be somewhat edible. I didn't even think twice to pan fry my leftovers and just stuck it in the microwave for a good 2 minutes and wow... they are seriously doing something right here because it was soft and delicious all over again!
P.S. the insides make for a cute date night spot!