January 14, 2005

May Thai

May Thai, and it's hard to compare directly to Noodle Boat. May Thai is not your typical USA Thai place, with family-style plates of meats and veggies served over scoops of rice from a communal bowl. It's more like a mid-to-high-level restaurant with a chef working in the Thai idiom. Think the recently departed Fandango v. Taqueria Guaymas or Rositas. The comparison isn't perfect, because May Thai isn't as high-end as Fandango aspired to be, but it's close enough.

There are a couple of items that you can order to share, but May Thai is more appetizer-entree oriented. And the menu is short with specific dishes, not a matrix of sauce/meat combinations.

Having said that...

The dishes are fresh, flavorful, and well-balanced (hot-sour-sweet-salty). Some of the food packs serious heat. This is a good thing. I'm looking forward to a return visit.

Posted by Cameron at 11:05 AM