New Bangkok: Birmingham, MI 01/2008 -2-

So this month I am visiting New Bangkok quite often, for it is my "Thai Food Season," and the food here became my ultimate comfort food; two people went for a very early (around 5pm) weekday dinner.

Pad See Ew with Chicken

Wider noodles with slightly sweet, thickened soy sauce. Quite simple with just broccoli and eggs, and beansprouts on top. This is nice when you don't like Pad Thai's sweet and sourness-tamarind-a little lighter flavor compared to rather similar drunken noodles. One of the dish that you don't have to "dare" to try.

New Bangkok Duck

The most expensive thing on the menu here($14.99): barbequed duck(half) with roasted vegetables and brown sauce. The "brown sauce" is different in each and this one is rather thick and rich compared to some other mild ones, but not too gingery or garlicky either. The sauce is nice and the duck goes well with it; the only problem is that you need to be careful with bones. It would be nice if the duck were cut in a nicer format.

The duck is good though, with a pretty nice texture on the peels and good sauce. Pad See Ew is also a decent choice; and guess what, you still have left overs due to the generous amount. This was a nice meal, and my only dismay would be the bones I occasionally bit while eating the duck.

This was another day, perhaps a week ago, three people:

Chicken Satay $6.50

The satay was a little saltier than what I remembered but the chicken is tender and sauce is not too sweet-unlike some other places I tried. It was a little bit of disappointment in that it was not as good as I remembered, but perhaps the only thing they should do is to hold the salt a little.

Pla Jien $13

Golden-fried fish fillet with ginger brown sauce, shrimp, thin pieces of pork, black mushrooms, and carrots. This is worth a try if you are a fish lover, but otherwise not too impressive. It was okay, but some ginger bites got in the way instead of being infused in the sauce.

Pad Cashew with Beef

One of the few dishes I prefer mild, so we ordered that way. This dish was better with chicken, unlike other Bangkok specialties with "brown sauce," though this one was okay.

So I tried everything on the curry section, noodle section, fried rice section, duck section, almost of the bangkok specialties(though not all are represented on this blog). Some others I have yet to try. Some I simply carry out for dinner:

Thai Drunken Noodles

Getting its name from the Thai Brandy ingredient, this wide noodle with broccoli, eggs and bell peppers has spicy and rather rich flavor compared to many other noodles. It was a yummy carry out-

PREVIOUS NEW BANGKOK:

Thai Almond Chicken, Shrimp and Scallops with Garlic Brown Sauce 01/2008

Nam Mun Hoy, Pad Kana, Sie Sa Hai(Seafood Curry) 09/2007

Fried Rice, Green Curry, Pad Thai, Pad Cashew, Potato Curry 05/11/07