On Saturday The Wife and I met up with Lefty and Josh at the freshly opened Spice Thai Cafe in Lakeville. Sitting in the exact same location as one of the Metro’s greatest Thai restaurants, Ronin Sushi Cafe which closed due to health issues of the owner and head chef, and sister location to the popular Spice Thai sitting on the Savage/Burnsville border, this new restaurant had some big shoes to fill in order to match the quality food pushed out by Ronin.
We arrived at 6 PM on opening night expecting to find a dead restaurant, something the ownership later mentioned they expected as well, however, what we found was a very busy restaurant which was about to get even more crowded as the night went on. Lefty had a table for us in the back of the restaurant, where Ronin’s oddly placed sushi bar used to be located. We were quickly served by our friendly, fairly knowledgeable, eager, and certainly overworked waiter who took our drink orders and gave us some time to look over the menu.
The menu is lengthy and includes many of the classic favorites (Pad Thai and Curries) coupled with some options which don’t appear on every Thai restaurant menu you’re likely to come across in your travels. In addition, there was a fairly simple kids menu for The Rooster which offered both kid-friendly Thai options (e.g. tamarind chicken with rice and a spring roll) as well as a more Americanized option I now forget.
The Wife set her sights on some cheese puffs and Spice Thai Cafe’s E2: Pad Cashews with chicken. Josh and Lefty both ordered G3: Gaeng Dang (Red) with shrimp (as hot as you can make it) and chicken (6 on the 5 star scale) respectively. I ordered a plate of Spice Hot Wings (as hot as you can possible make it) and the E7: Pad Roasted Chili Sauce with calamari and a request to be 1 million times hotter than the wings ended up being.
After placing our orders we had a fairly short wait considering how busy the restaurant was and certainly way shorter than the old Ronin would have been able to push out food. However, while the wait was short for the food, our waiter was VERY overworked no doubt because the restaurant was incredibly busy and they were simply not prepared for that sort of response on their first day of business.
The wings and cheese puffs were out first. While I found them to light and airy and missing enough cream cheese, The Wife LOVED her cheese puffs and said they were some of the best she’s had. She had the entire plate scarfed down before I could even get a second taste test out of them. The Wings, described as, “Crispy fried wings cooked in Tamarind glazed sauce with cilantro & green onion,” came without issue and were covered in an additional layer of chili sauce in an attempt to make them hot enough to surpass our desire to be much hotter than the “challenging” spice level on the menu. While the wings themselves were not hot at all, they were VERY flavorful and VERY meaty. The chili sauce was sweet and spicy and the green onion and cilantro gave it that fresh and clean kick that mellowed out the tamarind. Josh, Lefty and I all agreed that they were definitely not hot but that we’d order them again. Highly recommended if you’re into Asian flavored wings.
Eventually our orders were up and were delivered to our table in HUGE portions with very adequate amounts of rice and meat. Josh and Lefty’s red curries were immediately noticeable as soon as they hit the table as the smell of coconut and basil filled the air. While you could clearly see some chili oil floating on the surface, there was no hint of heat at all, certainly not enough for us to be “challenged”. Both Josh and Lefty were surprised by the consistency of the curry as it was less soupy and far more hearty than the usual curry you receive elsewhere. While Josh really loved the fact that there was almost no vegetables in the curry (bamboo), Lefty noted he would have liked to see more. Both Josh and Lefty gave their dishes high marks and my tastes of both left me wanting some myself. The red curry definitely seemed like a winner and based on my little tastes I would certainly order it in the future.
The Wife’s Pad Cashew was a HUGE portion and was filled with loads of chicken and vegetables. The Wife has never been a really big Thai food fan. She usually begrudgingly eats it when I drag her to a new restaurant I want to try but has never found anything that really got her interested. This dish, however, was one that she really enjoyed and after the two small tastes I got of it, I can see why. Instead of being a vegetable stir fry dish with some cashews thrown on top, this was a sweet and meaty mess which had an extremely flavorful cashew sauce which allowed the flavors to really carry throughout the entire meal. When I later asked her if she’d be willing to return to Spice Cafe she had an emphatic “yes!”, something which makes me smile because we’ve finally found a local Thai restaurant which meets both of our needs. Yay!
My Pad Roasted Chili Sauce with calamari described as, “Roasted chili sauce, onions, bell peppers and carrots,” was similarly huge and also came with plenty of calarmi, however, at first I didn’t recognize them as the ENORMOUS pieces of calarmi almost looked like onion slices! While the calamari themselves were a little rubbery for me, they were quite flavorful on their own and coupled with the chili sauce and the rest of the vegetables, this was a very enjoyable dish. While their take on “challenging” spice level needs some serious work, they did come out of the kitchen with four extra containers of freshly chopped Thai chilies for us to add to heat up our meals. Our server asked if it would be ok for him to charge us extra for the chilies because he was afraid we would take all of the fresh chilies available in the restaurant.
Now, while our meals were excellent, I have to make some additional comments about the spice level and the apparent lack of fresh chilies in the restaurant. While they may not have expected the insane rush they had on their opening night, for a Thai restaurant not to have a ready stock of fresh chilies is a little bit ridiculous IMO. Their name indicates that they may be spicy (yes, they could be talking in general about spices) but they push out a product which could be increased easily ten-fold in heat. While many people enjoy Thai food mild, there is a growing population of people, even in Minnesota, who really want to get their doors blown off when they eat something that’s labeled as “challenging”. If you’re going to put that on your menu, it better be exactly what it says or you’re just setting yourselves up for failure in the chilihead department.
Aside from the lack of spice at Spice Cafe in Lakeville, the food we had on Saturday night nearly rivaled that of Ronin on an average day. While I think they could certainly continue to up their game, they are off to a WONDERFUL start and I am VERY excited to have a stellar Thai restaurant back in the neighborhood. Overall I was quite impressed with the service (considering the situation on the first night), the food, and especially the flavors. I highly recommend you check out Spice Thai Cafe in Lakeville at your earliest convenience, you won’t be disappointed.
Have you ever eaten at Spice Thai in Savage or Spice Cafe in Lakeville? If so what did you think? What are you favorite dishes? Are you surprised at their lower than average spice ratings? Whatever you have to say about Spice Thai Cafe on the border of Apple Valley and Lakeville go ahead and comment on as I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Address:
Spice Thai Cafe
7704 160th St W
Lakeville, MN 55044
Phone:
952-997-7423
Hours:
Sunday – Thursday: 11 AM – 9 PM
Friday – Saturday: 11 AM – 10 PM
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April 30th, 2012 at 7:55 am
My one problem with Spice in savage is everything had so much oil in/on it. I ordered pad thai and there was a thick layer of spicy oil on the noodles. I’m hoping that was a one time thing, as I’m always looking for new sources for pad thai :)
April 30th, 2012 at 8:25 am
My current wife and I have been to Spice many times, with both friends and family. We all thinks it’s very good. In our crowd the most sophisticated Thai pallet is the youngest child. Since grad school, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and NYC have been home. Thai is very high on her ethic go-to food list. Spice got a big “thumbs-up” from her. I like it a lot too and look forward to trying the Lakeville location.
April 30th, 2012 at 9:19 am
I think Spice has already shown that they can make it in a difficult location. The Savage location changed hands so many times before they opened.
April 30th, 2012 at 9:44 am
Ronin was about the only Thai place that I would have ever considered driving a longer drive than it takes me to get to Thai Curry House. Their ability to add heat and not diminish flavor was as good as it gets.
I will wait for the reviews of Spice to come in. Hoping that the term “Bill hot” is a credible one at this place. If so, I am in.
I have eaten a few lunches lately at the Thai Table in Plymouth on 55. They offer a spice scale of 1-3-5 (and laughingly do not offer 2 or 4, so why don’t you just say 1-2-3), but it also says “Or try it Thai Hot”. I asked for Thai Hot and it was just a bit more spicy than Taco Bell’s Fire sauce. Kind of embarrassing since the food was otherwise not too bad.
April 30th, 2012 at 9:50 am
To answer your question, Bill, I hope they kill the sushi. I love sushi and Fin actually did an outstanding job, but it’s not sustainable in this part of town. Side trivia…the Spice Thai in Savage was a sushi place before they moved in. It sucked.
Just my theory, but they really need to succeed at, and market the hell out of takeout/delivery, not be primarily a dine-in spot.
And hopefully, they don’t make you wait 20-30 minutes between courses like Ronin did.
April 30th, 2012 at 10:00 am
I miss Ronin’s sushi. Actually, I miss everything about Ronin. While I can pretty much get my Thai fix at Taste of Thaiyai, I’m eager for something compelling/new.
April 30th, 2012 at 10:12 am
I’m looking forward to Spice, but certainly miss and crave Ronin! I recently showed Lazylightning.org to a neighbor, who is now hooked. While at her house last week, I was tweeting back and forth with @chriswarcraft (some may know him as Vikings punter Chris Kluwe). He was on his way to Spice and I asked him his thoughts, and he raved about it. Sidebar, @chriswarcraft often tweets about his favorite restaurants, and the fact that he’ll drive to Savage for Spice intrigued me. He mentioned the yellow curry and pad thai as his favorites.
Looking forward to comparing it to Taste of Thaiyai, my current once a week stop, along with Satay to Go (both of which I recommended to Kluwe)
April 30th, 2012 at 5:36 pm
Ryan, thanks for recommending the site :)
April 30th, 2012 at 7:25 pm
We ate fairly frequently (and enjoyed it!) at Spice several years ago, but after a few bad experiences, we decided to move on…..
Ryan, the question must be asked….Does something qualify a Vikings player to be somehow better at judging restaurants than common folk?
I don’t know how to say this nicely, so I’ll just plunge in: Are you name-dropping here?
April 30th, 2012 at 7:38 pm
I just totally LOLed out loud at Sandy calling out Ryan M. for name dropping someone even though he felt the need to tell us who he was since he assumed most of us would not know the name that he dropped.
April 30th, 2012 at 10:19 pm
I wasn’t impressed by Spice, however it’s been a while since I’ve been there. I’ll definitely try it when it opens, I’d love a yummy Thai place nearby. I really loved Ronin and I miss it like crazy.
April 30th, 2012 at 11:58 pm
My spouse will often go to Spice for their red curry dishes. I also like Spice. I’m sure I will go there. I generally preferred Satay2go over Ronin. Ronin had some good dishes but the location is not good. If people have not died at the entrance off 46, they probably will. People drive crazy and don’t expect cars coming in or out of that intersection. Parking is also not convenient enough there for my spouse. I also bike to businesses in that mall area. The cedar 46 intersection is not very safe to bike. I wonder if Family Leisure will survive that location.
May 1st, 2012 at 9:23 am
It IS impressive that somebody you do not know, but wish you did, who makes a lot of money doing something that has nothing to do with food, will drive somewhere for something he likes because he likes it and he can, all while not thinking about you the whole time.
It’s even more impressive than the run-on sentence I could write about it! AMAZEBALLS
May 1st, 2012 at 9:59 am
Sandy, not name dropping at all. For me, the fact that I can use twitter to “talk” with people I would otherwise not be able to is what makes it fun for me. I simply “dropped” the name, as it was timely given that he had was raving about Spice on Twitter…not that you, or anyone cares, but @chriswarcraft was there again last night :)
As for your question: “Does something qualify a Vikings player to be somehow better at judging restaurants than common folk?” Being a Viking only makes that person good at football (which can be debated giving the record last year). If you are on Twitter, I would encourage you to follow @chriswarcraft as he does tweet about restaurants that he enjoys.
May 1st, 2012 at 9:59 am
I thought Ryans post was interesting, and rather than name dropping I took it as him saying that someone who clearly can afford to eat wherever they want makes the effort to drive to the south metro and eat at Spice, which might mean that they are putting out decent food.
May 1st, 2012 at 10:01 am
Andrew Zimmern can eat where ever he wants too yet he like Raising Cane’s. There goes that theory.
May 1st, 2012 at 10:46 am
The problem with the Viking’s punter is that even though he may or may not know what good food is, Twitter is not the forum in which to convey it.
It was good.
It was bad.
That’s about all he can do. I need to know more than that.
May 1st, 2012 at 11:14 am
What more do you want lefty?!?!
That had me rushing right over there for some Rad Na.
May 1st, 2012 at 11:16 am
lefty, what forum should I direct him too? :)
May 1st, 2012 at 11:35 am
Ryan,
Have him come here! I would love to match wits with him and make fun of punting.
lefty
May 1st, 2012 at 3:39 pm
Lefty, I did it for you:
@ChrisWarcraft Knowing you like your restaurants, check out lazylightning.org. Great source for “south of river” dining (incl Spice)
May 2nd, 2012 at 8:49 am
Ryan M,
If you are the same as the Ryan M with a full last name that follows me on the twitter deal, you will appreciate my item this morning.
lefty
May 2nd, 2012 at 11:23 am
Lefty, that’s hilarious!
May 2nd, 2012 at 1:24 pm
Ryan M,
Yeah, he DM’d me back some response about because it is the only place he Twitters about that is somehow qualifies as him being a critic. I hit him back on my timeline for you to see.
lefty
May 2nd, 2012 at 1:40 pm
Geeks
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:32 am
I was wondering what his response was to your original tweet after I saw your response.
May 3rd, 2012 at 9:57 am
He said something like, “Since it is the only place I tweet about, doesn’t that count as a review? #mind #blown
He ignored my second one. Probably a good idea.
The funny part was getting in my car around 3:45 last night and he is the first voice I hear on my radio getting interviewed. I was expecting him to talk about me, but for some reason he must have decided not to.
May 5th, 2012 at 4:11 pm
We have high hopes for the Lakeville location of Spice. LOVED Ronin–especially for the Ancient Shrimp, Ancient Chicken, and their somehow otherworldly fried rice. There was something refreshing (and delicious, and amazing) about Ronin’s lineup of less-than-10 Thai entree options.
And as a previous poster mentioned–delivery would be a huge plus, too! Far too few good delivery options in Lakeville.
May 19th, 2012 at 9:29 am
CITY OF LAKEVILLE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held before the City Council of the City of Lakeville in the Council Chambers, 20195 Holyoke Avenue, on the 4th day of June, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the parties may be heard to consider the application of Spice Thai LLC for a wine and on-sale 3.2% malt liquor license at a restaurant called Spice Cafe, located at 7704 – 160th Street W.
DATED this 14th day of May, 2012.
June 29th, 2012 at 8:11 am
So they got approval for the liquor license but the restaurant doesn’t look close to opening from what I saw last night. Also, I see nothing on their website and no posts on the social media. I guess I could call the Savage location but that seems like a lot of work. Our backup plan was the Chinese take out 2 or 3 doors down called Fang. I did ask them about it – they let on that they are more in the dark then I was. I found that strange. Perhaps it’s a language problem. They didn’t even know the name of the restaurant nor the type of food they would be serving. The name is right there taped to the window with a url… Do land lords usually keep their tenants in the loop on new businesses?
July 25th, 2012 at 4:37 pm
I JUST moved back to the area from being up in Mpls, I have to agree with Jorn. My Thai fix has once again(and finally) been fufilled by Taste of Thaiyai in apple valley. A family member brought me too “Spice” just the other day in Savage and the experience although I think was really good…It still wasnt Taste of Thai.
One area they will get a lot of my business…Delivery in Lakeville! I would order probably 4-6 times a month IF they deliver! Anyone got a recommendation for Vietnamese food from burnsville or further south?
July 25th, 2012 at 4:43 pm
JM,
We’ve had that discussion on here many times and so far nothing good in the Vietnamese area.
July 25th, 2012 at 4:44 pm
I just called Spice: Spice is scheduled to open in the new Lakeville location next week! They are trying for this weekend but… ????
August 3rd, 2012 at 11:03 am
I just got a Facebook status update from Lakeville Crossing that Spice Thai is opening in Lakeville this Saturday, August 4th. That would be tomorrow.
August 3rd, 2012 at 11:22 am
I was there the day Ronin opened (7/4/2008) and I plan to be there tomorrow to review Spice the day they open too. Only fair, right? :)
August 3rd, 2012 at 1:43 pm
I hope you have a wonderful meal. Cant wait to hear about it.
August 3rd, 2012 at 2:22 pm
Were you also there the day the Wine & Cheese bar opened in that spot way back when? If so, I see a pattern emerging. Maybe the Spice Cafe people should pay you to stay AWAY from their opening! ;)
August 3rd, 2012 at 2:36 pm
Greg, I never went to that one but we were there soon after the short-lived Mexican restaurant opened. God was that awful: http://www.lazylightning.org/papagayos-authentic-mexican-food-lakeville-mn
Ronin had a GREAT review from me on the day it opened. Hopefully Spice can live up to that ;)
August 3rd, 2012 at 3:01 pm
If I were opening up a place, I would not let Bill in. He has shut down more places than the MDH.
August 3rd, 2012 at 5:06 pm
I knew I had forgotten one in between, ah Papagayos, how we miss thee!
August 4th, 2012 at 9:55 am
According to their Facebook page, the new Lone Oak Grill is opening Monday August 6. It is in the old Joe Senser’s/Cracker Barrel space in Eagan.
August 4th, 2012 at 11:13 am
Yeah I plan on hitting that on Monday. Busy week for reviewing ;-)
August 4th, 2012 at 8:52 pm
Got some carry out from Spice in Lakeville tonight. Small place, same setup as the last sushi place. Most tables were full at 8 pm. The wife and I ordered red curry beef gaeng dang -g1, shrimp tomyum -s01, and fresh spring rolls-a3. Two of each. Total was $66. All the food was great, and as good, as best I can recall, as the Savage location.
Overall, more expensive, good food.
August 4th, 2012 at 9:10 pm
I was there too, with lefty, The Wife, and Josh. Review up Monday.
August 6th, 2012 at 6:53 am
I have moved the comments from the preview post under this one for historical purposes.
August 6th, 2012 at 7:46 am
I’m glad you liked it, Bill. As I posted earlier regarding the Savage location, our whole family loves Spice. We’ll visit their new location ASAP. As long as they still serve Singha beer we’re good!
August 6th, 2012 at 8:03 am
I’m a regular at the Burnsville/Savage location, will be trying out the Lakeville location later this week.
Regarding the heat, I’ve found (at Spice and elsewhere) that generally the wait staff have to get to know you before they’ll believe that you *actually* want spicy food, and can handle it.
My guess is that folks were playing it safe, particularly with it being the first day. Come back and insist that you ordered a 5, but it tasted like a 2, and things will improve.
August 6th, 2012 at 8:05 am
Oh, and best dishes in my opinion? Pad Holy Basil or Red Gaeng (Curry).
August 6th, 2012 at 8:48 am
No, we made it clear after the wings that “challenging” was nothing even near challenging and it needed to be upped considerably to be acceptable. In fact, if the only peppers they have on hand are Thai chilies, they could not possibly get even close to what I need being that Thai chilies are 50,000 Scoville units and I’m more in the need of 500,000+.
August 6th, 2012 at 8:59 am
Fair enough. I grew up on Sri Lankan cuisine and similar, and I’ve had difficulty finding food spicy-enough, but the Burnsville/Savage location’s 5-level/Challenging was *challenging*.
That was a couple years ago, and I’ve never ventured above a four since then. Perhaps that was a one-off.
August 6th, 2012 at 9:05 am
No worries, we had a discussion at the table that night with Josh saying that if someone orders “challenging” they should not be able to return it to the kitchen if it’s too hot for them. That way the staff can know to really turn it up and make it actually “challenging” instead of barely above mild.
August 6th, 2012 at 9:07 am
Agreed!
I worked at an Indian restaurant in Sydney, and we erred on the side of “too mild”, but if they insisted we’d bring it; there were a few running orders for plain yogurt when the regret came.
August 6th, 2012 at 9:27 am
We love Spice in Savage and have never been disappointed. When they opened and for the first few years or so the food was MUCH hotter, matching what we used to get in D.C. We took MN friends there and they couldn’t even eat the medium, way too hot for them. I think they have tamed their hotness to the MN taste bud but the food is so flavorful Spice Thai remains one of our favorite places to eat. Will be trying the Lakeville location soon.
August 6th, 2012 at 9:40 am
I rarely wake up the morning after eating a good meal and immediately crave the dinner I had 12 hours before, but I sure was doing so after eating here.
I have been a long time proponent of my beloved Thai Curry House and have always been a fan of their Red Curry. Spice blew it away. There is not much more I can say that Bill did not mention in his review, but any place putting out that level of high quality food on their first day is to be commended. You would expect some consistency issues and other issues to pop up in the food that just didn’t. Maybe the fact this is store number 2 helped that, but whatever it was, everything at the table was top notch, even the Kid’s Meal egg roll was impressive!
If I had to guess, there had to have been at least 8 oz. of chicken in my Red Curry. They were large and flavorful hunks of meat that meant I was getting some in about every bite.
So yep, go there. While I would have liked to have a bit more of a spicy experience (maybe double as opposed to a million), I can say that I needed to re do my hairstyle when I got home on account of the sweat those Thai chilis helped to generate.
C&V. Singha is on the menu. It is easily my favorite beer to drink when I have Thai food.
August 6th, 2012 at 9:48 am
Still need to use a gift cert for the Spice in Savage. Now I have some ideas on what to try… Thanks!
August 6th, 2012 at 11:36 am
I love Spice in Savage and told the hubby this location was open now. Definitely going to check it out very soon, especially after reading your review. Thanks!
August 6th, 2012 at 1:32 pm
When I lived in MN right next to Spice, it was my favorite place for lunch. If you order challenging during lunch, it arrives challenging. Dinner on the other hand when meals are two and three times the lunch menu, I found it never to be spicy enough and a 5 meant a 2 during lunch. I miss Spice Thai as the South doesn’t know how to cook Thai food. Order the L4 Challenging with beef and you will not be dissociated, I know I never was.
August 6th, 2012 at 3:12 pm
Does it not seem odd to anyone else that their dinner menu has no prices? Or am I missing them?
August 6th, 2012 at 3:17 pm
jorn,
They don’t list them online I assume so they can update them in the restaurant w/o having to do so online. Annoying yes, commonplace? Yes, unfortunately.
For an appetizer, two entrees, a kids meal, and extra hot peppers (no drinks) it was about $33. I think mine was $13 w/calamari but they kept the itemized receipt so I am not sure.
August 6th, 2012 at 4:01 pm
Including tip, I paid $40 for my entree, two beers and the chicken wings.
I think the prices are a bit (just a bit) on the higher end, but it was well worth it obviously.
August 6th, 2012 at 4:08 pm
But the portions sizes are huge – my wife and I always split entrees and appetizers as a result, and it’s fairly economical.
Lunch prices (and portions) tend to be more moderate, at ~ $8-10.
August 6th, 2012 at 8:26 pm
My new favorite! I went with the red curry, and as Bill and Lefty said, it is outstanding! I ordered it at a “four” spice and I have to say, it was pretty good level. I wonder if I’m either become a sally when it comes to spice(I sure hope not), or they had more time today to prepare it. Either way, it was full of chicken and great flavor. I also ordered the basil noodle with a one spice, just to see. It was alright, a bit oily, but not terrible. Ironically, my two year old wanted to try it and he loved it.
One thing I really like about spice is a ton of options I haven’t seen before and I can’t wait to give them a try.
August 8th, 2012 at 5:19 pm
Four of us gave the lunch menu a try today at the new Lakeville location. All of us had been to the Savage location several times, usually for an evening meal.
Two ordered Pad Young Ginger, one Pad Holy Basil, and one Gaeng (yellow). Of course Singha was included in the test. All of us were very pleased with the food (exceptionally tasty I’d say) and service. Three ordered the “hot” spice level, one medium. Although just plain ol’ “hot” worked fine for me, next time I’ll try “Thai Hot.” The young servers were a bit green as wait staff, but they were very attentive – we had no complaints. Portion size for lunch was just right for 3 out of 4 of us. One very small take-home box accommodated the 4th person. We’ll be back often. It’s so nice to have good food options so close.
We then retired to our patio for after lunch libations… but that’s another thread all together…
August 8th, 2012 at 8:17 pm
Ate there tonight with hubby and daughter. We all give it thumbs up! Still a little slow, but very forgivable with having just opened. The food was excellent. Happy to see sauvignon blanc on the menu (and affordably priced). Fresh Spring rolls, red curry pork, tamarind shrimp and pad brocolli chicken. For my taste the red curry and pad dishes were a tad sweet, but I was in the minority with that opinion. Still enjoyed the food very much! Will be back for sure. Looking forward to trying some other menu items.
August 10th, 2012 at 8:10 pm
Based on the positive reviews, we tried out Spice in Lakeville this evening – takeout. It was inedible, and $35 for 3 dishes went promptly into the garbage. :(
We ordered:
G5: Gaeng Kung Supparos (red curry, shrimp and pineapple) at a “hot” – no heat, too sweet, and came with chicken instead of shrimp (at the price of shrimp). Almost tasted like they forgot the fish sauce in the curry – no acid or bite at all.
F2: Holy Basil Fried Rice at a “medium” – so oily it was almost unpalatable and no taste or spice.
E8: Tamarind Chicken (sweet tamarind sauce over crispy chicken, carrots, onions and scallions) at a “hot” – couldn’t even taste it. A smell and sample of the tamarind sauce tasted strongly of a bland lemongrass, and the chicken was so heavily battered I would have gotten more meat at KFC of all places.
EPIC FAIL!
August 14th, 2012 at 8:48 pm
Pam, welcome.
August 15th, 2012 at 6:01 pm
FYI, spice is closed on Tuesday’s.
August 16th, 2012 at 8:13 am
FYI, you didn’t need to use an apostrophe there.
August 16th, 2012 at 9:09 am
Maybe Tuesday posses something that will all be revealed to us on a future date. Where’s your sense of adventure, lefty?!
August 16th, 2012 at 9:31 am
I missed the apostrophe because I was so taken aback by the kerning of “FYI”. Unconscionable.
August 16th, 2012 at 9:52 am
The Savage location is open Tuesday but not Sunday.
FYI.
August 16th, 2012 at 11:44 am
I am punished here when I mention grammar/punctuation “issues”. Sob.
August 16th, 2012 at 11:48 am
sandy, we take you seriously; we don’t take lefty seriously.
August 16th, 2012 at 12:53 pm
Hm-mm….good or bad?
And I secretly kind of like lefty….don’t tell him, because he’s kind of egotistical.
August 16th, 2012 at 1:08 pm
Take that bitche’s!
sandy think’s I am awesome, and shes right! Screw the rest of you!
August 16th, 2012 at 1:38 pm
lefty- you made me laugh thanks doesn’t happen too often
on KFAN that’s Beothchs kinda thinking I’ll make own Tom Yum soup today or just skip it and have another Beer
August 16th, 2012 at 1:55 pm
fro,
I think you need to laugh more and drink less.
lefty
August 16th, 2012 at 2:16 pm
thanks lefty for the advice it is correct i feel though that it is too late for me to change. off topic here- imho ling ling gyoza is really good. from Target or you can get a big bag form Costco,. Fry it in Sesame oil/low heat. Have to re flash my cell now- current ROM eating battery. ttyl Lefty
August 17th, 2012 at 1:39 pm
Ur right lefty, know apostrophe were kneaded
August 17th, 2012 at 6:03 pm
I no longer take Sandy seriously.
August 19th, 2012 at 5:15 pm
Ha. I am pleased, surprised and honored that you ever did!
August 19th, 2012 at 8:44 pm
Well, I may “never” agree with you, but I always took you seriously. But Lefty-love? really? Shame. :)
December 26th, 2012 at 7:34 am
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