I inquired about whether the tamarind sauce for the Three Flavors Fish was more sour or more sweet. When I was told that it was more sweet, I ordered the Spicy Beef Salad instead. The waitress now had an idea of what I liked and so she asked me if I'd like my beef salad more sour. I said yes enthusiastically, and then she asked if I'd like it more spicy. I answered in the affirmative to that one too. This spicy and sour salad consisted of grilled very thin beef slices with wedges of tomato and cucumber, thinly sliced red onion and carrot, and sprigs of cilantro. It was served on a bed of lettuce and dressed generously with lime juice and sweet and spicy chili sauce. It was a hot day, and I knew this salad would be refreshing even though I broke out into a sweat while eating it. But wait! I had it with a cold Beerlao Lager, one of my favorite Asian beers. When I'd eaten all the salad, there was still a good amount of dressing in the bottom of my takeout container, and the friend who introduced me to this Thai restaurant had some leftover brown rice. I put some of her rice into the sauce, and oh yeah! It was the Asian version of sopping up good sauce with bread.
Location: Thai Spoon, 802 W Colton Avenue, Suite B, Redlands, California. Date: May 7, 2021.
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AuthorChef Roland has been a legal resident of seven countries and has travelled in over thirty, documenting food along the way. He currently resides in the desert in Southern California. Categories
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