Someone wrote:
: The other day I tried High Thai restaurant on Saratoga/Kiely in Santa : Clara. Crowded place but the food is terrible. I can't imagine opening : a restaurant and having food cooked like that (and do so well!).
: Any recommendation for Thai restaurants?
I like Sweet Basil in Los Gatos. Havent been there
for awhile, but I remember the food being great, the service very pleasant, and the decor comfortable. You can request that the "hottness" of your food be at any level from 0 to 10. I usually choose 0 or 1.... I'm a wimp, I admit it, but they don't fool around, I can't imagine what a level 10 is !
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[email removed] (Sandy Matteson)San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Thai recommendation
Someone wrote: : The other day I tried High Thai restaurant on Saratoga/Kiely in Santa : Clara. Crowded place but the food is terrible. I can't imagine opening : a restaurant and having food cooked like that (and do so well!). : Any recommendation for Thai restaurants? You might want to try House of Siam at 55 S. Market Street (between Santa Clara St. and San Fernando Ave), San Jose. The food is excellent and the service is great. Many beautiful waitresses may even flirt with you.
>Someone wrote: >: The other day I tried High Thai restaurant on Saratoga/Kiely in Santa >: Clara. Crowded place but the food is terrible. I can't imagine opening >: a restaurant and having food cooked like that (and do so well!). > >: Any recommendation for Thai restaurants? I have friends who swear by a Thai place down that way called, as I recall, Krung Thai. Sorry, you'll have to look up the address in the phone book. I ate there once and it was quite tasty, and if you tell them hot, be forewarned, they'll take it literally. Also, there were a fair number of Asian, possibly Thai, customers, which I take as a good sign for authenticity. On the other side of Palo Alto, I'd put in a recommendation for Woodside Thai Spot, which is on Woodside Road, on the left (going west) about a mile west of El Camino. I ate there about a week ago and was quite pleased. I've been less than thrilled with the Thai places around here (Thai Garden, Thai City, Royal Siam, and the place in Menlo Park that is bland-o-rama), so I was happy to find a better (and cheaper) place that is not too far away. Anyhow, about the meal: the tom kha kai was among the tastiest I have ever had... the broth balanced the various flavors quite well, and they used real keffir leaves and galagal (spelling?), which is always nice. The waiter wouldn't let us order it hot (which was fine with my dinner companion who is a big wimp ;-), but I ordered some masaman hot and it was pretty good, too, although I have had more tender beef in masaman before. We also had some sort of prawn dish (prawns with chili sauce, I believe) which was nice, too, if a bit sparse on prawns (plus there was an odd number of prawns so the two of us had to spar over the last one ;-). For dessert we had their special coconut ice cream which, to my dismay had "bits" of stuff in it (the only "bits" I can stand in ice cream are chocolate chips or brownies), but it was still good. The bits were apparently corn and two fruits which the waiter didn't know the English names of (one was yellowish, one was green)-- the ice cream was quite festive in appearance! The other great thing about Woodside Thai Spot is that they have a coupon in one of those coupon books we get in the mail for a free entree, so we got about $6.00 off the price of our meal (that translates to about $60.00 for you people with jobs ;-). Afterwards my friend and I mused that Thai cuisine is one of the greatest accomplishments of the human race. --james