Narmeen Hussein
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So I’ll start off with saying that I was a frequent visitor of Thai Gourmet, the previous restaurant that occupied this space, and was hoping to have the same exact flavors and tastes as the old restaurant I loved so much. Although the flavors were not near the same, the highlight of my experience was the great service. Granted, we came when it was very empty, but I was happy that there was good service for a recently opened restaurant. They did not change much, if anything, of the old restaurant. Even the menu looks similar.
Now, the important part, the food is not the same based on what we ordered.
Chicken satay tasted the same as it used to be and was good.
The skinny cheese rolls that we used to order are now typical egg roll like rolls with cheese and veggies, and sadly, disappointing.
The coconut soup was always my favorite dish. it came in a much larger portion here (enough to feed three people) but the flavor was too sweet and tasted like a can of coconut milk. Needed more of the sour taste that comes with the regularly sweet/sour taste I’m used to. Maybe more fish sauce. Maybe more chicken broth. Maybe more lime juice. I’m not really sure but it just didn’t taste the same. 🤷🏻♀️
The pad Thai was way too sweet, tasted like straight peanut sauce on the noodles. I did not like it at all and it’s usually my go-to order.
The drunken noodles: I used to receive it with Chinese broccoli, but thai garden served it with regular broccoli. Not a big deal because I asked the server and he said I could request it changed next time. It was not bad, and similar to the taste of Thai gourmet’s version, but felt like the protein was accompanied by a small amount of noodles instead of it being a noodle dish.
The chicken fried rice was ordered to go and was very bland, another disappointment.
All in all it wasn’t a horrible experience. I do wish the food was exactly the same as Thai Gourmet, but that was very hopeful thinking with a new restaurant and new ownership coming in. If they can get the same tastes back to these staple dishes, I’d come back, but otherwise it just wasn’t enough for me to enjoy when comparing to the previous restaurant’s food.