Sen. It's a serious Thai place. Been in the biz for over five years, and yet it somehow escaped my notice, The shopping plaza is older and beat up a bit.
This space (previously a kosher sushi joint) has the "SUSHI" sign no longer lit, and the sushi bar itself is being used for other food prep purposes now. They only serve Thai food.
The restaurant itself doesn't have a lot of seats, maybe seating for 16 -- fitting the definition of "hole in the wall."
I'll get what I don't like about the place out of the way. The seats are the horrible uncomfortable metal type and the menu is tiny black print on light brown paper so it's very hard to read especially in dimmer light.
Large specials board with a lot of unusual stuff on it.
We also got two appetizers, the steamed dumplings (Khanom Jeeb) which Rachel deemed "almost" as good as Nour's, I thought they were just as good. From specials board I ordered the Chive Cake (Khanom Gui Chai) which are made wirh tapioca flour and rice flour, and a spicy soy dipping sauce. Very good, with an interesting mochi-like texture and crispy outside.
I ordered my entree, ground pork with eggplant and basil, which was very good, similar to the Chinese eggplant garlic dish, a bit spicier, strong fish sauce flavor (this place isn't afraid to use it, they use Golden Boy).
Rachel got Pad Kaprow -- which is not on the menu, but they make it for people who ask. She ordered it with beef, we both agreed it would be better with pork or chicken.
Definitely will go back, and soon. read more