Thai is usually a spring-summer kind of thing for us. But, upon returning from our trip "home", the Missus was craving some Thai food. We thought it would be nice to do some takeout from Soi 30th. We'd place our order then take a walk and pick-up our takeout on the way back to the car. Man, Soi 30th was pretty busy, but as usual the folks working were quite nice. We placed our order, then went for a short walk before circling back to pick up our food which was ready as I walked thru the shop's doors.
We got back positively famished and unpacked our order.
Something struck us right away, one of dishes was missing an ingredient, the dishes didn't seem as fragrant as what we'd had befor.
The Larb Moo Krob has always been a favorite of mine, but this was really disappointing.
I ordered this spicy but it was really mild, it lacked rice powder which adds a nice nutty flavor to the dish. The pork was hard and tough, not good eats. Man, this was really dry overall and it lacked savory tones....almost like they forgot the fish sauce.
After the larb, I was kind of worried about the Chinese Broccoli (gai lan) with Pork Belly.
This was a shade better than the larb, at least it had a bit more heat to it. The gailan was crisp and nicely stir fried. The pork belly suffered the same fate as the previous dish; it was hard. We were left wondering what was going on with the usually crisp and tasty pork belly.
The last item we ordered was the Chicken with Holy Basil.
Well, the first thing the Missus said when I opened this was "where's the fried egg"? We had ordered and paid for the "fried egg option" but they forgot to put it in this dish. Bummer. And I wasn't about to drive all the way back to 30th street for a $1.75 egg. This dish needed more basil and the overall texture was on the greasy side. At least the chicken wasn't hard and dry as we'd experienced before.
This meal left us scratching our heads, as a whole we had enjoyed our meals from Soi 30th, so we weren't quite sure what was going on here. Perhaps it was just a bad day, but going oh-fer-three is not good.
Soi 30th
3442 30th St.
San Diego, CA 92104
bummer
Posted by: kat | Monday, 27 March 2023 at 03:31 PM
Yeah, we were really disappointed Kat!
Posted by: Kirk | Monday, 27 March 2023 at 04:10 PM
Sad to see you were disappointed. We live just a couple of blocks from Soi and love their Tom Kha soup with chicken and the Drunken Noodles. They have been consistent for us. Hopefully, that was just a bad night.
Posted by: cathy | Wednesday, 29 March 2023 at 05:09 PM
We were really disappointed Cathy. I'm hoping it was a one-off....
Posted by: Kirk | Thursday, 30 March 2023 at 06:48 AM
Bummer. Hopefully just an off night.
Posted by: Junichi | Thursday, 30 March 2023 at 01:37 PM
I hope so too Junichi!
Posted by: Kirk | Thursday, 30 March 2023 at 04:10 PM