Tai Thai, you will always be my one true Thai Love!
Friday, May 9, 2008, Friday, May 09, 2008
Working in the 'Burg allows me to reminisce a bit for things I used to do in the 'Burg, like take long walks thru McCarren Park, flip through old books and pet kitties at the bookstore, grab an iced coffee at Verb and eat delicious Thai food at Tai Thai. Although I can't say that Tai Thai was my first experience eating Thai food, it certainly is the reason I eat so much of it now. One could say that Pad Thai is the gateway drug into Thai food, and that one who says that would be me! Eons ago when I was but a young lass my first year in New York, my Brooklyn roomate and my Queens roomate decided that Thai food would be the best thing to share amongst ourselves. "T-T-Thai food?," I asked apprehensively, "YES!," they confirmed. So one extremely cold, blustery, total hat wearing winter day in December, me, Midwood and Whitestone headed down to Flatbush and King's Highway to devour some Thai delights. Once the plate arrived, it looked tame enough, long noodles, chicken and some veggies, but at first taste I was wow'ed and thus began my love affair with Thai Food. Upon my arrival in Greenpoint we went looking for anything cool and that lead me, Beau and the hairy weirdo we lived with to Tai Thai on Bedford Avenue. We were greeted with Warhol-esque Bruce Lee's and friendly Thai staff and cheap, tasty thai goodness. This Thai love affair I have lead me to wander to Tai Thai all the time, whenever I was in the mood, nothing would suffice except for their spicy specials including Pad Ke Mao and the one and olny
Num Prix Phao Kai which rearely graces the pages of other Thai restaurants. Sometimes you have to ask them to make it special for you, but trust me, they will! They also have great lunch specials until 4:30 pm with a specific dish each day as well as a basic but banging lunch menu all for $5.55. Previously they had a BYOB policy which was great, plum wine and plum sauce, trust me! But they expanded and have a swanky upscale bar and quaint backyard for brunch. I know there are a ton of Thai places, 'Burg alone, but most of them aren't worth the koi pond they are built on. Try Tai Thai next time you want to tantalize your tastebuds, especially after a trek through the terrain.
Tai Thai on Bedford Avenue
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