(Originally posted on August 1, 2008)
In the Castro district in downtown Mountain View on the corner of Hope and Villa sits this awesome Thai joint. Went there for a ME382 Abbott Vascular team reunion. Dinner was on Abbott so of course we pigged out over funny stories, catching up, and teasing Atia. Here I give shout-outs to Tanya, Atia, Linus, Jeff, Melissa, and of course Rar for GREAT company.
The server slash owner of the joint was fantastic as always. He took our orders with his deep movie-preview-voice, as if our dishes will come each with its own set, actors, and extras.
First off - appetizers and drinks: Roti and Sampler to start, accompanied by young coconut juice and Thai iced tea. Best combo to whet the taste EVER. Well, not ever, but it's up there. The roti was flaky, crispy, and very soft on the inside. Good dough, good times. The sampler had crab cakes, fried shrimp roll, chicken satay, and chickeny spring roll. Pretty standard stuff, but very good!
Entrees: Sea Bass Mango Red Curry, Beef Bamboo, Chicken Mango Curry, Veggie Eggplant Basil, Pineapple Fried Rice. Everything was mildly to intermediately spicy. Since Rar and I had been training with Sriracha, we were unfazed. Sea bass with mango was by far the best - it was a special of the day. Tender, fall-apart-in-mouth-on-bite sea bass marinated with mango-y sweetness countered with red curry spiciness - it is just fantastic when it's on some pineapple fried rice or just plain jasmine rice. And since mango is such a baller, cooking it with chicken in a curry isn't such a bad idea neither! The eggplant dish was pretty good, especially because the eggplant did not get all mushy - still had a semi-crisp texture near the skin. Pineapple fried rice came inside of half a pineapple shell - made everyone googoo-gaga-happy.
Dessert: Winning streak for mango continued with Mango w/ Coconut Milk Sticky Rice. This time the mango was harder, but it made great contrast with the soft sticky rice. Interesting how the tang in mango, although sweet, was served as a contrast to the sweetness in sticky rice. Next up is the Roti Banana with Ice Cream. Banana roti style = banana breaded and fried = awesome. It's hot, and eating it with cold, cold vanilla ice cream is great play for your tongue :) And since we ordered so much already, the owner gave us a Coconut Ice Cream on the house. Standard coconut ice cream, but still very good.
Overall - great company, great host, great food. What's not to love? Fourth time I am here. Never fails to make me wanna come back. Check it out for yourself.
http://www.bkkspoon.com/
http://www.yelp.com/biz/bangkok-spoon-mountain-view - they say 3 stars, i say bullshit.
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