Saturday, November 22, 2008

Dinner -- 11/18/08

Bangkok Royal Restaurant
215 S. University Parks Dr.
Waco, TX 76701

254.757.2741

5:30 -6:35 PM

$$

Ramona: Won ton soup (shrimp and ground pork in clear broth), Pad see eew (chicken, stir-fried rice, noodles, broccoli, and egg, with house sauce, hot jasmine tea

Jim: Tom Yum Goong soup (lemon grass, shrimp, galanga, raffir leaves, mushrooms, tomato, cilantro, lime juice), Pineapple fried rice with chicken, Thai tea

Shared: Green tea ice cream

We have out favorites at this excellent, intimate little restaurant, but we both went to new horizons for this visit.

Ramona's won ton soup was a bit different from the regular recipes at our favorite Chinese restaurants. Instead of the large noodles, pieces of shrimp and pork were floating in a delicious broth. Jim tried a new kind of soup, which the server promised was not too spicy, and it wasn't.
It turned out to be just a bit spicy -- perfect!

The dishes we selected were also new and also wonderful. We can now add Bangkok Royal to the list of restaurants that have never served us a bad meal. Jim's pineapple fried rice was also steamy and delicious. Chunks of chicken were spread throughout.

The green tea ice cream had a really interesting taste -- surprise, just like green tea. It was refreshing in it delicacy after a delicate meal.

-Jim

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