Ravings of a Textual Deviant

Yesterday, Alisa and I took ourselves off to lunch buffet ($9, includes a soft drink) at the Thai Garden restaurant, on the 200 South block of Meridian St.

Yum. Or should I say, yum nur.

I’m always wary of establishments that add hot spices for the sake of making the food hot, rather than to enhance the taste of the food. (Which, I thought, is the entire point of spices, but then again, I think rain is wet.) Thai Garden’s food definitely has some heat–and you can add more with a choice of sauces–but it’s fabulous, and there’s no danger of a chemical burn. I was also pleased to see that the food is extremely vegetarian-friendly; in addition to labelling everything on the main buffet (which had several vegetarian dishes), there’s an entirely separate section of the buffet that’s all-vegetarian, avoiding cross-contamination.

There was honest-to-goodness jasmine rice, slightly sticky, in Basic Steamed (my preference) and Vegetarian Fried models. All kinds of noodle dishes; I wish I could remember the name of the one with extra-wide homemade noodles. Pad thai, vegetable spring rolls, gingered greenbeans, spicy mushrooms and broccoli…all delicious. I had intent to go back for curry, but just couldn’t manage it. The only complaint I could possibly make was that you can’t subsitute the comes-with-buffet soft drink for hot tea…and I was far too full and happy to complain.

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