12-17-2011, 12:15 PM
After all that, we have decided to make our own tacos tonight. [
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I like Sombat's ingredients. The herbs are garden grown organic by the owner, and she buys organic local produce. For me, it's not just that it sounds good, but it translates into tastiness.
A friend of mine loves their fried rice. I have wrongly assumed that fried rice is not that sexy as a stand alone dish. I tried some at Sombat's and I was a believer. I compared Ning's and it didn't have the same complex flavors, and my friend thought it wasn't close. I didn't like Ning's curry as well either.
That said, I got some not so great satay chicken at Sombat's, and even though their coconut galanga soup is good, I've had better. I think Naung Mai is better.
As far as interesting dishes go, I came here from the Bay Area where they have great Thai, and more adventurous dishes by far -- so I've kind of accepted that the range of food here is not large. I don't care though because if I find one or two things I love, I'm good. If I ate out really often, variety would matter more.
My favorite Hispanic food is Taos or Santa Fe style, New Mexican. I fell for that style hard when I lived there. Never gonna find it here. If there were some really tasty Mexican or Cal-Mex here, I would love that. Mexican and Italian places here are really deficient, while all the Thai I've had is good enough for me. I might have a favorite, but I like all of them.
"And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody, outside of a small circle of friends ~ Phil Ochs
]I like Sombat's ingredients. The herbs are garden grown organic by the owner, and she buys organic local produce. For me, it's not just that it sounds good, but it translates into tastiness.
A friend of mine loves their fried rice. I have wrongly assumed that fried rice is not that sexy as a stand alone dish. I tried some at Sombat's and I was a believer. I compared Ning's and it didn't have the same complex flavors, and my friend thought it wasn't close. I didn't like Ning's curry as well either.
That said, I got some not so great satay chicken at Sombat's, and even though their coconut galanga soup is good, I've had better. I think Naung Mai is better.
As far as interesting dishes go, I came here from the Bay Area where they have great Thai, and more adventurous dishes by far -- so I've kind of accepted that the range of food here is not large. I don't care though because if I find one or two things I love, I'm good. If I ate out really often, variety would matter more.
My favorite Hispanic food is Taos or Santa Fe style, New Mexican. I fell for that style hard when I lived there. Never gonna find it here. If there were some really tasty Mexican or Cal-Mex here, I would love that. Mexican and Italian places here are really deficient, while all the Thai I've had is good enough for me. I might have a favorite, but I like all of them.
"And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody, outside of a small circle of friends ~ Phil Ochs