I can’t say I know a whole lot about the town of Shrub Oak, except that it’s home to a BBQ spot called Bob-B-Q’s and a Thai restaurant called Bangkok Spice. The latter I know because my friend Michael has been telling me about Bangkok … Read More →
In boxing terms, drunken noodles are pound-for-pound contenders for “most flavor-packed dish.” With relatively few ingredients, the noodles explode and swirl with taste, and what’s notable is how instrumental each individual ingredient is to the overall dish. Take one ingredient away, and you might not … Read More →
When a restaurant’s empty during what should be the busy dinner hours, you can draw one of two conclusions: a) People know well enough to stay away, or b) The restaurant has yet to be discovered. Let’s place Tangerine Thai firmly in category “B”. I … Read More →
You’d never know it from the pics I’m about to show you, but I actually bring my lunch to work every day. Remember when you were a kid and mom would buy you a new lunchbox at the start of the school year (I … Read More →
Sweet and Heat at Little Thai Kitchen
I love spicy food, but not at the expense of well developed flavors. Anyone can assemble a dish that blows your head off; that’s not skill shining through, that’s merely throwing in more chilies or hot sauce. Heat and nothing else is not interesting. What’s … Read More →