Run, don’t walk. I am so glad the ‘hipster truck’ trend that has been happening in NYC has made its way to Philly. Every day I find myself with the same couple of options for lunch: Cheesesteak, Egg Sandwich, Meatball, etc. Sure I could get Chinese food or something, but now I have a much more awesome alternative. I LOVE mash-ups of food styles, and Coup de Taco’s mash-up of the Mexican taco format with ingredients from other ethnicities of food lead to an amazing cross-over. Continue reading →
So I ended up returning to Wondee, this time armed with the knowledge of the ‘Secret Thai Menu’. Our server came over to hand us menus and I said “I hear you have a secret menu.” so she returned with a tiny plastic stand with about 12 dishes on the ‘Secret Thai Menu’. I was reading it over and still almost made the mistake of skipping out on it. When my server came over I asked for a suggestion off it. My requirements were that it was spicy and that it had meat so she pointed me in the direction of the Yum Moo Yang. It was described as a Spicy Pork Salad. I told her that “I’d like it spicy”.
Chalk one more up in the success list. After my poor outing to Chili Thai I was determined to get redemption for Midtown cheap Thai food. Wondee has a $6.95 Lunch Special menu which is obviously cheaper than a lot of the surrounding Thai places with $7.95 offerings.
When I saw that there was a lunch special for $6 with a meat-filled main dish, salad, and spring roll I was to say the least quite intrigued. I walk into this tiny 6-table storefront and decided to order the Pad Kee Mao (which has the little chili pepper sign to indicate that it is spicy). I told the girl that they could make it Medium to Spicy.
I met up with a buddy from home and his girlfriend near where he lives in Hell’s Kitchen. We ate dinner at a Thai place called Pam Real. I was happily surprised with the food that we found here. I had a tough time choosing what I wanted to get here because many of the dishes sounded fantastic, but after talking to the waiter about a couple of the dishes I was considering I was convinced to try the Crispy Pork with Basil. It was described as double cooked crispy pork sauteed with fresh basil, chili and sweet bell pepper.