Twenty Eight Restaurants

Great Thai food! Drunken noodle, pineapple fried rice, and crispy basil pork are all winners. The basil pork was surprisingly not spicy but the drunken noodle was (pineapple fried rice is good to take the heat off for a bit). We always do takeout, everything is packed really well for the drive home. Love this place.

For some insane reason, Thai restaurants in the greater Boston area all seem to think that if you don't want meat in your pad Thai, you must actually want them to add a ton of leftover vegetables from other dishes, so that what you get is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT from what you actually ordered! I've lived in four other states, where every Thai place I visited simply offered fried tofu as one of the protein options for all their dishes. Seemed like an obvious menu option. But since moving here, I have discovered that Thai restaurants around Boston think "vegetarian" means you absolutely love any and all vegetables and want them all added to every meal! In MA, I have to try my luck every time I order pad Thai, by requesting the chicken version then asking they substitute fried tofu in place of the chicken. It seems like a simple request, but only about half the time do they make it right. Well, last night Khao Hom Thai got it wrong for the last time. Pictured are all the vegetables they decided, on their own, to mix in with my pad Thai. I had to spend several frustrating minutes digging these out of my food. Broccoli, cabbage, carrots... even green beans??? What dish is this even supposed to BE anymore? If I'd wanted this, I probably would have ordered lo mein from a Chinese restaurant. In what world does this look or TASTE like pad Thai?