Editor Pick
Malee
- April 26, 2001
- Rated 4 of 5 by
food&fun from Truckee, California
We learned about this restaurant in the San Francisco Chronicle's listing of best inexpensive restaurants. As it is located adjoining a chain motel, we never would have considered it otherwise. We've been there twice for lunch and once for dinner, and it has quickly become a favorite. The menu featured both Thai and Vietnamese dishes. We always order the Thai eggplant salad, which combines chunks of stewed eggplant and lettuce with very firm crumbles of tofu in a spicy dressing that probably features lime juice and Thai fish sauce. The pad Thai, a bellwether for Thai restaurants, is more heavily sauced and a little sweeter than usual, but nevertheless very good. We ordered the "seafood" version of it on our most recent visit and were very pleased with the generous amount of mussels, scallops and shrimp it contained. We had ordered prik king, a Thai curry dish made with green beans and were pleasantly surprised that instead of the green beans listed on the menu, it was made with snap peas, which were in season. We've had the green bean version here and the edible pea pod version was even better than the traditional preparation. Only the chicken with cashew nuts disappointed; the flavors were too mild and the chicken was dry. Craning our necks to see what other tables had, we were impressed with the appetizer plate featuring a variety of spring rolls and vegetable rolls. The pho (Vietnamese beef and noodle soup) also looked very good. Open for lunch and dinner daily.
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