The best .... of my life
Tonight, J1 and I were joined by S1 for dinner at Thailand Cafe in the East Village. The restaurant specializes in Thai (fn1) and vegetarian food.
Among other things, we ordered the Vegetarian Duck Panang, which had a coconut curry with soy "duck" meat. fn2. It was extremely good -- a nice blend of dominant and subordinate flavors. fn3.
At one point, I wanted to comment on how tasty the fake duck was. As I was about to say "fake duck," I started to combine letters and sounds and thought up a GREAT short-hand for describing fake duck. It involves removing the first letter of one word and replacing it with the first letter of the other word to create a common slang term often considered inappropriate for family audiences.
But my point is that I had a great fakeduck at the Thailand Cafe tonight. In fact, I'd go out on a limb and say it was the best fakeduck I've ever had. fn4.
I highly recommend Thailand Cafe, regardless of whether you go there to get fakeducked or not. I dare say that the food was as good or better than what I had at Spice Market on Friday, and at about a quarter of the price. Sure, the atmosphere at Spice Market is great. But is it worth paying four times as much for food that isn't any better, and maybe is inferior, to what you could get in the East Village? Probably not.
1. I know. I wouldn't have guessed it from seeing the name either, so I thought I would make it clear to all my readers.
2. Should that be "duck" meat, duck "meat," or "duck meat"? Or maybe "duck" "meat." Whatever the case, the point is that it was fake meat designed to resemble duck.
3. This refers to part of our post-dinner conversation. The information I learned from S1 tonight has completely revolutionized the way I will taste and think about food in the future. However, it's probably the topic for another post.
4. Of course, it's the only fake duck I've ever had, so I don't have anything to compare it to. Regardless, it was really good.
Among other things, we ordered the Vegetarian Duck Panang, which had a coconut curry with soy "duck" meat. fn2. It was extremely good -- a nice blend of dominant and subordinate flavors. fn3.
At one point, I wanted to comment on how tasty the fake duck was. As I was about to say "fake duck," I started to combine letters and sounds and thought up a GREAT short-hand for describing fake duck. It involves removing the first letter of one word and replacing it with the first letter of the other word to create a common slang term often considered inappropriate for family audiences.
But my point is that I had a great fakeduck at the Thailand Cafe tonight. In fact, I'd go out on a limb and say it was the best fakeduck I've ever had. fn4.
I highly recommend Thailand Cafe, regardless of whether you go there to get fakeducked or not. I dare say that the food was as good or better than what I had at Spice Market on Friday, and at about a quarter of the price. Sure, the atmosphere at Spice Market is great. But is it worth paying four times as much for food that isn't any better, and maybe is inferior, to what you could get in the East Village? Probably not.
1. I know. I wouldn't have guessed it from seeing the name either, so I thought I would make it clear to all my readers.
2. Should that be "duck" meat, duck "meat," or "duck meat"? Or maybe "duck" "meat." Whatever the case, the point is that it was fake meat designed to resemble duck.
3. This refers to part of our post-dinner conversation. The information I learned from S1 tonight has completely revolutionized the way I will taste and think about food in the future. However, it's probably the topic for another post.
4. Of course, it's the only fake duck I've ever had, so I don't have anything to compare it to. Regardless, it was really good.
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