New Thai on Washington / St. Marks - Udom - NOW OPEN!

Damn, I already made dinner for tonight.:evil:

I'm definitely ordering from them tomorrow!

I just ordered from them (with no menu, but they were nice about making recommendations over the phone). I'll report back after dinner on:
Pad Kee Mao (with beef)
Panang Curry (with chicken)
Udom Basil (with squid)

Can't wait...

It was about in the same league as most of the Park Slope Thai places, maybe a bit better than Lemongrass, for example. The delivery person was extremely nice and proud of his restaurant (albeit perplexed about how I could possibly have heard about it). The Udom Basil with squid was very flavorful, and lived up to it's name with a lot of basil. Surprisingly for delivery, the squid was tender. The Pad Kee Mao was not spicy enough and a little too sweet, and the beef was somewhat tough, but the overall flavor of the noodles was nice. The Penang curry chicken was also a bit too sweet and not spicy enough, but at least wasn't the cornstarchy glop that a lot of the local places are dishing up. The chicken was also a little dry.
So overall, I'm glad to have a local Thai option for when I need a Thai fix. It's certainly no Sripraphai, but it's no worse than the Park Slope options, and since I'd rather support a place on Washington, I'll definitely order from them again in the future. Also, they did just open, and the food may get better once they get things fully ironed out. One other factor: it's cheaper than the Park Slope places. The Udom Basil was the most expensive item at $12. The other dishes were $8. The non-noodle dishes came with small containers of jasmine rice. And for now, there's a 10% discount on delivery (20% on eat-in).

Nothing spells gentrification like Thai restaurants. I cant wait to try it myself.

We ordered from them last night, and yeah, the sentiment is pretty much the same - we thought that it was better than Mango, the delivery guy was super nice and the prices were good.

I had the noodles with basil (I forget the actual name) and chicken - good flavor, I thought that it could have been a little more spicy, but it was still better than any of the noodle dishes that I've had at Mango. The wife had the sauteed sweet and sour dish, said that it was solidly better than the similar dish at Mango, but that the rice was slightly undercooked. Overall, very solid on their second day of business.

Went there and picked up dinner last night. What everyone else said. I'll be back.

theindecisionpigeon wrote: in hindsight, i'm realizing since this is on the crown heights side of washington, maybe it should get a linky in the crown heights forum too?

mods - your call, thanks!

Great idea! I just posted a link to this thread on the CH board to let anyone who only reads that board know about it.

I stopped in on Thursday evening and got takeout. Like others have said, what I had (chicken panang curry) was yummy, and fresh, and the interior of the place is cute. The staff was super-nice as well. It's good to have yet another option in the neighborhood, and they have a pretty extensive menu so it'll be fun to check out some of their other offerings. Yay!

I can confidently report that this place has the best Thai-style food within a 2 block radius of my home. Also, the adhesive tape around the doors adds a certain authenticity to the decor, as does the almost-chipmunk tinkly Christmas muzak they were playing this evening.

Whatchuwant wrote: [quote=SevenOneEighty]re: Gentrification:


I'm always happy when PS loses a little business to PH.
Can't explain why.

See.....It's this little street called Flatbush.....

Yea, but that's 2 full avenues away from me and a 15 minute walk to boot...and I still have to actually mingle with PSlopers their strollers and yuppie larvae.

This place is is actually "in" my hood and they deliver to my door.

So more accurately, I should have said, I'm happy when PSlopers lose a little business to PH. I had no choice but to go to PS for Thai for the last 3 years - until this week. Park Slope never comes in to the equation. the more that happens, the more I like it.

Its about time CH had some more Thai love too.

SevenOneEighty wrote: [quote=Whatchuwant][quote=SevenOneEighty]re: Gentrification:


I'm always happy when PS loses a little business to PH.
Can't explain why.

See.....It's this little street called Flatbush.....

Yea, but that's 2 full avenues away from me and a 15 minute walk to boot...and I still have to actually mingle with PSlopers their strollers and yuppie larvae.

This place is is actually "in" my hood and they deliver to my door.

So more accurately, I should have said, I'm happy when PSlopers lose a little business to PH. I had no choice but to go to PS for Thai for the last 3 years - until this week. Park Slope never comes in to the equation. the more that happens, the more I like it.

Its about time CH had some more Thai love too.

I hear you, totally. PSlopers, although nice people all around, have had it really good for many years. I feel like those of us on this side of the Flat Bush Av appreciate the growth and new commerce more than the jaded-"what-ANOTHER-Thai-place-on-7th Av"-Slopers.

And while I'm very pleased this new place is in PH, especially on Washington Ave which so desperately needs more dining options, it's still a bit of a trek for those of us on the south side of the parkway. Long walk is even longer in cold weather...

ok- you have a point....but you have SUSHI.

I have to preface this post with the sentiments that we are THRILLED to have a new take-out/dine-in spot close to the crib....that said;

Roomie and I just got our take-out.
It took an hour- but they called to tell us the delivery guy (wow- he really is as nice as they say!) got mixed up----he blamed it on the computer...

Pad Thai was awful. I really can't believe my fellow posters comments that it's good. However! Maybe I've been eating jacked up pad thai this whole time???

We DIDN'T get the curry puffs that we ordered but did get a side of plain white rice.

I ordered the grass noodles with chicken---we got chicken fried rice, which I have to say was awesome, but for $7?

Delivery guy told us that due to the lateness he was only charging us half- which Roomie told him to not worry about it, we were just happy he was there. We countered this with a substantial tip. (like they say- he was just so damn NICE)

Roomie called them once we inspected the contents- they were super nice and super apologetic, and since it was past closing time (at that point) we insisted they not worry about fixing the problem then and there. They took his number and the next time we call our puffs and grass noodles will be on the house.

We'll order from there again (not because of the freebie)- I'm really pulling for them, and I really think that maybe the buzz has gotten around and its very well possible that they were slammed tonight. The woman on the phone mentioned that tonight was their Grand Opening and that the order was 10% (initially) off.

So, did any of you go there tonight? Was it crazy busy?

'Grass' noodle is a cool misspelling, isn't it

we ate in last night, and i'll join the chorus of "it was okay"s.

the good: attentive, sweet waitstaff. both appetizers: fried spring rolls and steamed chicken/shrimp dumplings with a peanut dipping sauce (especially the dumplings). squid. location.

the not so good: all 3 entrees' cloying sauces. (we had green curry, "spicy"(HA) basil noodles, and pad thai.)

i think we may consider making a meal of appetizers next time.