Thai food, what do I know about it? Not much except its spicy. Spicy is OK by me; Punkerdoo not so much. We reason that not all Thai food can be hot. We already know we know bupkis about the cuisine, lets go eat some.
We noticed Siri Thai a year or so ago when we were headed for breakfast at Big City Bread Cafe. Its in a brick strip building that would be more home to an accounting firm. We filed and forgot about it until the day we were driving all over Hell’s Half Acre looking for a spot to park to eat at The Grit. We came in at another level and in the back and I thought to myself, Self, that’s the Thai restaurant that used to be on the top level, we should go eat there sometime..
Later while eating at The Grit, I asked Punkerdoo where we should head for the next New Restaurant, How about a Thai place? She said. Stoopid me did not even think of the place I just saw, helicopters were not deployed, luckily she thought of it.
So where to start? We parked in the lot for Wendy’s customers only (FTS, I hate parking lots) and went in. A small room with a bar, a few tables and a spiral staircase greeted us. On the bar was a very apologetic sign telling us to come downstairs as the upstairs was closed. OK. We were seated and menued ( I seem to be verbizing things lately). We ordered Singhas and poured over the menu. I decided to order Pad Khing hot (3 spice choices, Medium, Hot and Volcano) and Punkerdoo ordered Pad Ma-Maung mild (not a choice BTW). It was lunch so we had our choice of 3 sides: Salad, Spring Roll (what they said, not what was on the menu) and Soup of the day. We were told that the soup was coconut, I really dislike coconut, but we went for it anyway. Apparently, real coconut has little to do with the processed coconut which goes on cookies and shrimp. The soup was stellar, silky and citrus. Very good. I went through my first beer pretty quickly, so I ordered a Chang, a Thai beer recommended by a waiter, who for unknown reasons reminded me of the bass player for Hüsker Dü, Greg Norton. It was great as well.
Please go eat at this place, the food is terrific.