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THAI FOOD - O'CHAR

1 post · Feb 13, 1995

Phantitaya V.Masters student, Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PAFeb 13, 1995
 What?   For any Thai food lovers out there, the perfect Thai restaurant
 awaits your arrival.

 Where?  Located towards Fox Chapel near Penn Hills (about a 15 minutes
 drive), called O'Char.

 Food?
 In my opinion and being Thai, I think their place is pretty close to
 "Thai food home cooking"  The place is run by husband, wife, and a son,
 with wife doing the cooking.
 Some Thai cooking can be very greasy and hold the belief that like
 Chinese food, it will not be good unless you dip it in 2 gallons of oil

 At O'Char, the cook uses only a little bit of oil and actually manages
 to make it taste very good.

 1.  Noodle dishes such as "Pad See-Ew, Rad-Na" - very tasty.
     Generous porportions.

 2.  Wide selection.
         My favorites and specialities are:

         "Bla lad prik" which is fish and a spicy sauce.
         Ginger or garlic chicken.
         ....much much more.

 3.  Colorful pictures of all there dishes for anyone who insist on
 seeing beforehand what they order.

 4.  Pricing:  reasonable.  Comparing with other Thai places like Siamese
 ...in Squirrel Hill and Thai Place in Shadyside, much more reasonable
 and much tastier (I think)  For anyone who likes Thai place food or has
 tried it, it is a more American style Thai food.  Everyone has different
 tastes so Anyone who has tried Thai place and comes to O'Char will have
 a different (I think much better) eating experience.

 Finally, I am not a daughter of the owner nor even a relative, but we do
 eat there very often and they offer a clean, courteous, and good food at
 a reasonable price.

 Happy Eating!!!!!
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