Review #2: Tai Thai (Brooklyn)

Because he is the world's perfect significant other, T is ultra-awesome about me dragging him around to various Thai places across the city; and since I'm the world's most evil significant other, I sometimes capitalize on his lack of directionality, meaning I embellish the closeness of a given Thai restaurant so that he'll agree to go. So when we FINALLY got to Tai Thai in Williamsburg (Yelp page here, no Google map available), we were famished.

We were seated quickly, but were only given one menu (?) for a while until someone noticed and brought us another; then it was another 5-10 minutes until someone brought us water. Like all non-fancy restaurants in NYC, the tables were super close together and the place didn't seem especially clean, but there was a garden option in the back (which we didn't take bc it was 95 degrees out), which is always nice. I ordered the noodles in curry broth (can't remember what name it goes by there), with tofu and veggies. There were about 3 pieces of tofu and many good veggies, but it was REALLY spicy--I had to ask for extra napkins several times to take care of my runny nose. T's Massaman Curry was also way too hot, and he had trouble eating it as quickly as his hungry stomach wanted to allow. The portions were large enough for us to eat about half and then have the rest for lunch the next day--which is always a plus. Besides, there's few neighborhoods in the city better for people-watching than hipster/hasid-laden Williamsburg; so it's almost like there's free entertainment along with the dinner!

Tai Thai rating: 6.5

Price: Reasonable

Service: Slow

Food: Spicy

Portions: Average to large

Ambiance: Average

Review #1: East Village Thai

This is a cop-out, but I think it will help me get started...

Last week, I was feeling very tired after a long day at work, and bummed out because I had just lost my phone in a cab (FAIL). So on the way to the subway to go allllll the way home to Brooklyn, I stopped into a tiny hole in the wall Thai place that I had never seen before called "East Village Thai" for some takeout. Even though it's not Zagat rated (Paris Gellar would certainly be disappointed), Yelp users give it 4 out of 5 stars, which surprises me a lot in retrospect because what I got didn't even taste like Thai food. I was in a comfort-food kind of mood, which for me means Pad See Ew, and there were absolutely no Thai flavors present; actually, it tasted very Chinese-food-y to me. Which isn't a bad thing, except for when you really want Thai food. So basically I got this reasonably priced takeout (which was pretty much the only option bc the place is itty-bitty and sort of dark) and waited 40 mins on the subway and then finally got home to eat it and it was more like mediocre Chinese food. BUMMED OUT!

East Village Thai rating: 5

Price: Reasonable

Service: Fast (takeout)

Food: Not actually Thai

Portions: Irrelevant

Ambiance: N/A

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