I eat a lot. A whole lot of f Thai food that is. I have an obsession with Thai dishes. If I was on death row for committing a capital crime, my last meal would be Kra-pow gai. That's basil leaf chicken for non kon-thais (thai people)
A long time ago my ex and I would always giggle whenever we heard people say "Can we order the FAT Thai. I know sometimes the menu reads FAT thai, but really you should pronounce it phut thai or pad thai.
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Uncle Tim’s Thai House
Located on 327 N. Azusa Ave, this place is a stone’s throw away from my house and I’ve eaten my usual dishes there, you know the usual suspects that have always tasted good: Gang Muawn (Yellow Curry); Pad See Eew, Pad Thai, Pad Woon Sen, BBQ Chicken (Gai Yang), but today i had to change it up.
I was doing some reckon work on my mission to created a delicious Papaya Salad and to my surprise Uncle Tim’s doesn’t offer it. Well I though I would improvise by ordering Thin Glass Noodles Lime salad (Yum Woon Sen). I was in the mood for something light, crisp and refreshing and this noodle salad unfortunately didn’t do the trick.
The salad came out almost steaming vapor hot. Now when I eat salad I expect it to be either 1) chilled or 2) room temperature, as it should have been for this noodle salad.
I was shocked to take the first spoonful of noodles, the bite was at first moist and filled of vapors. These vapors at first masked the strong lime juice seasoning and I though the dish was bland, but wait for it, bam! Hot lime juice all over your mouth. It was an unpleasant experience because the dish lacked a uniform consistency. At first it was steamy and bland then as the temperature cooled in my mouth, that pungent lime juice kicked in ever more powerful than before. I continued to eat a 1/2 cup serving for tasting purposes (took one for the team), and I went to finish eating the latter half at room temperature.
I explained my concerned about the temperature to the waitress and she agreed that it should have been cooled to room temperature. As I suspected once the noodles cooled the lime flavor stabilized and became less offense. Attention Uncle Tim’s, run some cold water through the noodle salads. It will taste a lot better.
If you’re looking for a very tart starter dish and you love sour flavors you might like it. But to be honest this place has so many better dishes, I would save my appetite for some of their bbq plates.
1.5 stars for warm salad, 2.5 stars in colder style.
Oh my papaya salad where art thou.
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