Vi T.
Yelp
Good deal for their weekday lunch specials which range from $12 to $15. You get a carafe and glasses of cold water as you sit down. Tried their beef short rib with rice $12 (you can choose brown, jasmine, sticky rice, or coconut rice) . It came with a healthy serving of steamed veggies (broccoli, carrots, cabbage, zucchini, and shanghai bok choy) and a sweet and sour tamarind dipping sauce. Was tasty and filling. You can taste some of the light marinade the beef was in. I also added a cup of tom yum soup with prawns $8, and it was larger than I expected. Came with about 4 prawns, mushrooms, baby corn, red onions, green onions, and cherry tomatoes. Though it was a good amount of soup and you could taste the expected flavor of this broth, it wasn't as spicy as I expected. Seemed diluted in flavor and spice, so it might be better for those who don't like that much spice level in their food.
Also ordered the basil chicken with coconut rice lunch special $12 at medium spice level and the fried tofu fries appetizer $5. The basil chicken was not bad, though we should have gone with more spice level since medium spice seems to cater to an American palate. I have to knock this dish down for that and also because they put several whole sprigs (entire stem sections) of basil in the stir fry - they didn't even bother to separate the leaves from the stem. Kinda silly since we had to ask for a knife to cut and separate the leaves from the stem. The tofu fries were ok. I asked for curry sauce (watered down) instead of the peanut sauce that comes with it.
Overall a decent deal for pricing, but palate is more Americanized than I prefer. Service though, is good. The host/waitress was very accommodating and prompt.
Their lunch specials are available weekdays only from 11:30am to 3pm.