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As an fyi, I heard the other day that The Islands restaraunt is moving to Washington Avenue and Prospect from their current location of Washington between Eastern Parkway and Lincoln.
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Subject: udom
i got delivery from udom, and thought the udom basil with beef was great. the pad thai, dumpling, and spring roll were just ok though (but i liked the pad thai more when i reheated it the next day). then i went in for dinner. i had the chicken and shrimp dumplings with peanut sauce, the lemongrass tom yum, the stripe bass chili, and the spicy basil noodles, and it was awesome. really a great meal. the striped bass was cooked perfectly, and the noodles were amazingly delicious (and so cheap!). i really like the place. -
I just got delivery from Udom! (to Crown Heights) They delivered all the way to Kington & St. Johns for a $20 minimum. I can't say it's the best thai I've ever had, but the curries were quite good. I ordered: fresh spring rolls - decent, but below average with a hoisiny licoricey sauce papaya salad - good with a decent portion green curry with tofu - good, sweeter than average red curry with chicken - good and flavorful I am looking forward to ordering from them again!
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Went last night... Very greasy Pad Thai. I will try their garlic chicken next time. Decor looked cool from outside, but had some cheapish details inside... money would have been better spent on lighter cooking oils. Good service, and they gave a 20% discount for me and the lady as they are still doing the grand opening. Still though, it would only have been $25 for the two of us w/o the discount... I will prob. go back eventually...[
Mamacita said:
I <3 CTK
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We were delighted that a Thai placed opened in the neighborhood, and ordered on the second night they opened. The food was ok, however the portions were tiny. My husband ordered the pork chops...it was one small chop, and no veggies. Lemongrass has 3 and lots of veggies. We had friends over and when we opened up the order everyone just laughed at the portion sizes. We ended having to order additional Chinese. Please tell me this was an isolated incident, we really want to support local businesses.
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Subject: Neighborhood Thai
Last week, within the space of 7 days, I ate at Udom, Mango and Lemongrass. I thought Udom was okay. I had a chicken green curry dish and it was quite tasty. The sauce with the summer roll was unctuous. My kids had chicken pad thai and were happy with it. But then, they're kids. Looked pretty greasy to me. Few days later went to Mango, where my daughter again had pad thai and loved it. As always, was super sweet and heavy heavy heavy grease there. I enjoyed my ginger chicken -- not too sweet and nicely ginger-y. Also the cocktail was lovely. Couple of days later at Lemongrass with my other daughter, had my favorite Flamed Water Spinach -- soooo delicious, should have made a meal just out of that. Daughter ordered (what else) chicken pad thai and I was amazed at how huge the portions were at Lemongrass. Pad Thai was still sweet but not as greasy as at Mango or Udom. But the portions were by far the largest of the 3 restaurants and seemed meant for at least 2 people each. Udom and Mango have about same size portions, and they seemed modest but decent in size. -
we finally tried it tonight and agree with most of the previous posts. glad to have thai nearby, and it's not bad but wish it were better. what we had was definitely at least as good as the other park slope options although not nearly as good as lemongrass used to be in its day (before it changed owners or chefs or died of unknown causes). vegetable spring rolls were tasty but greasy. vegetable dumplings were fine, a bit doughy with no particularly discernible flavors inside, no better or worse than those from area chinese restaurants. pad thai was just fair: sauce was definitely too sweet and gluppy, noodles were overcooked and there were no ground peanuts or bean sprouts to mix in. i thought those were a standard part of the dish. the basil udom vegetables and tofu was, unlike the pad thai, flavorful but it too suffered from an overly thick sauce that muddied the flavors instead of, as good thai does, letting each one shine out. the jasmine tea came in small mugs with tea bags instead of a pot. the waitrons came back several times to offer to pour more lukewarm water in our mugs with the used tea bags, a lovely thought but not, unfortunately, the way to make tea. i've never been to thailand but i have to assume that's not the way they do it there. finally, the hip decor wouldn't have been worth commenting on if the food had been superb. but as it was, it stuck out as a case of misplaced priorities. i'd rather eat in a hole in the wall where someone knows how to cook than in a slick-looking place that's only fair. we'll be back. it's still as good as any thai in the neighborhood. but that's a sad commentary."Here's a little tip I would like to relate: Many fish bites if you got good bait."
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Subject: Udom Update?
We think that Udom might have gotten better recently. Has anyone else noticed a change? (We get delivery to Kingston near Atlantic.) We usually ask that spicy dishes be "very, very spicy" and lately the spice has been almost hot enough. Also, I think that the portions are quite a bit larger, too. I like their little corn cakes (appetizer menu) and the fried tofu was fine. I could still take or leave the dumplings. We don't think that the Pad Thai is great (ours has come with peanuts and sprouts, at least) but we really like the noodles with Chinese broccoli (pad see yue), and the red dried curry noodles (the curry has an odd, hard to describe except maybe as "musty" taste to it, but I like it more and more). The string beans (with the same dried curry sauce) and the ginger vegetables (mmm!) are both lovely. I've recently been really enjoying their mock duck salad - it's sweet (maybe just a tiny bit too sweet) and tangy and really yummy. A meat-eating friend recently had the green mussels and loved them, and really enjoyed his pad see yue (with beef), too. And of course, the people are all sweet and helpful. Has anyone else ordered lately and been happier than with past orders? We're so glad that they deliver to us! -
we just ordered a few days ago. no noticeable changes in my book. it wasn't bad, but the sauces were still too gluppy and sugary."Here's a little tip I would like to relate: Many fish bites if you got good bait."
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ok, i ordered from here tonight. the duck salad? not duck!! it's totally chicken. plus it tastes like it has cold italian spagetti sauce on it! why? ugh can it really be this hard to have good thai in brooklyn? i need to move back to queens.
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Zombie thread!
I jabbered with one of the restaurant workers tonight, she informed me that the staff recently marked this location's 6th Anniversary!
Congrats!
For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor. -
did someone say zombie?
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