Last night I met with Elizabeth for dinner. I hadn't seen her in forever. She asked what I was craving, and I said comfort food. Just an FYI, in my world, comfort food is Thai food. Don't know why, but that's what fills me up and makes me happy.
Anyway, we decided to meet up at Mint, at Forest and 75. This is an easy go to place for us. Its not far from home and it has noodles and rice dishes that are yummy.
We started out with one of their far out sushi rolls for an appetizer. It was this yellow tail roll on acid. I forgot the name. It was yellow tail, jalapeno, and cream cheese rolled up and quickly tempurad, and then it had sirachai chili sauce and the mayo sauce squiggled on it. It was tasty. I did have a slight issue with how thick the tempura was. They could lighten up on that a wee bit. But otherwise, it hit the spot.
Then I got the yellow curry rice with chicken, and I had them add tomatoes. I love thai rice and the chunks of tomatoes. The plate came out and it was ENORMOUS. I think I got through about half of it. It was delicious. Nice bit chunks of chicken and the rice was not too spicy. It was warm and it filled me up. Thank god, since over dinner the temperature outside dropped by 20 degrees, and me with no coat.
Anyway, Elizabeth got pad thai, no sen. She loves how they have choices with that, and she is not a big carb eater.
I know some people scoff that Mint isn't very authentic. I personally go for the dishes that make me happy. And obviously, I'm not alone. The place was packed for a Wednesday night.
Good meal!!
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It's totally not authentic but once you get over that the food there goes down pretty well. Can't remember what I had last time I was there but it was good as was the chai tea.
I like Mint. Not far from work, so we go there for lunch from time to time. We should meet up one day!
1) Chris, yeah no, not authentic. Don't go with that expectation. But they have some yummy stuff.
2) Julie you have worked across the street from me for 3 years and we have never met up once. We should make this happen.
Victoria, do you like The Mint? Yes?? Then, who cares what anyone else thinks??
Do what makes Victoria happy!!!
You're right. We should. I hardly ever leave the office for lunch. I need to change that and take a break more!
What's your week of the 15th like? Let's do it.
So I hit up Kebab and Curry over by you for the first time in about a billion years the other day. It was a quite tasty lunch. Their indian tea was great. Still not Pasand good, but quality items on the buffet for sure.
Also hit up Jasmine thai today in Plano. Had the garlic thai which was tasty but they totally ignored my request to make it spicy. Never could get the waiter's attention to bring me some chilies.
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