Monday, January 23, 2012

Rice & Spice Thai (Ft. Belvoir)

After eating noodles at ChinaTown Express, the noodle craving got bigger. We (M and L) remembered that there was a Thai place near Olympians. After seeing good enough ratings on Yelp, we thought, "why not" and went to check it out.

Blah blah...no one in the restaurant...blah blah...not great seats...blah blah...average menu. The point is the food was pretty dang good.

M has the Lard Da w/chicken (stir-fried with rice noodles and Chinese broccoli in gravy). Quite tasty and they'll spice it up to the level you desire. Be warned they put a lot of gravy in this, so it's more like thai chicken with wide noodles in gravy soup. The food is better than it sounds, but it's a little off-putting on first glance.

L has the Rice & Spice Noodles, which we both agree looked and tasted like Pad Thai over lettuce(?!?).  Really good, though. Not spicy, though I'm sure they'd be happy to oblige.

Anyways, the wide noodles. If you've had Thai wide noodles, you think you know what you're in for. But these wide noodles are best described like this: lasagna sized noodles bathed in a tasty broth. They are relatively uncut, so you get this super-large "noodles" mixed with yumminess. The wide noodles are fantastic, and we both know we don't generally prefer/like wide noodles.

Cost
$$

Cleanliness
Clean.

Service
Good, but we were the only ones...

Pluses 
Good noodles, esp. for wide noodles
Large portions (we could split a plate)

Minuses
No music or anything in the restaurant
Little atmosphere

Overall value
Worthwhile.

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