King of Thai

Authentic Thai food can be found all over, but the trick is finding the one at a great price and with a great taste, “King of Thai” in San Francisco, California has both!  With various locations in the San Francisco area you’re sure to bump into one to try out some items from their wide variety of dishes.

I’m a huge fan of Thai food and on a cold San Francisco day it was the perfect place to escape from the cold and warm up with some of their spices.  I shared a few items with a friend to try out a few things.  We had one of their soups, a pad thai, and a meat dish.

The soup we tried was called ‘Tom Kha Gai,” and combined a variety of spices and ingredients.  It was a Thai style sour soup with sliced chicken, coconut milk, mushrooms, white onions, glangal, and lemongrass.  The flavors all mixed perfectly together, I’m not a huge fan of spicy food mainly for the fact that I can’t handle it so adding in the coconut milk and lemongrass helped to make it mild but still gave it a little bit of a kick.  This soup was served in a big size bowl which was more than enough to split between two people and only came out to be $6.50.

We of course had to get a plate of their Pad Thai as well.  Theirs included a stir fried small rice noodle, shrimp, cooked egg, ground peanuts, tofu, and bean sprouts with red paprika powder and lime juice.  Pad Thai is one of my favorite things to have and every restaurant prepares theirs differently and gives you a different taste.  This one was exceptionally cooked and it was nice to see their kitchen out in the open on how they prepared it.  This also came to a low cost of $6.50 and the quantity size gave us enough to take home.

The meat dish we had was their version of cashew chicken, and with their it gave more flavor than the overpowering cashew taste that many dishes seem to present.  This included pieces of chicken mixed with cashews, their sauce, a mixture of various bell peppers and onions.  What made this dish nice as well is that they included steamed white rice with it without the additional cost at most places.

King of Thai definitely lived up to its name and gained another loyal customer.  If you ever find yourself in the San Francisco area look around to see if you bump into a restaurant and indulge in their flavorful and affordable dishes.

http://kingofthainoodlehouse.com

 

Soup All Day

Berkeley, California is home to one of the most well known UC’s in California, but it is also home to a delicious soup shop right by the campus.  The small soup shop “San Francisco Soup Company,” offers customers numerous options of soups to choose from.  Along with the soups customers are able to add on toppings to mix in as well as a slice of bread or a roll to pair with their soup of choice.  If you’re not too into soup they also have a selection of sandwiches and salads to choose from or you can get them to enjoy on the side with your soup.

The soup that I decided to recently try was the chicken tortilla soup, I also added in some onions, cheese, and tortilla chips as well as a slice of their rustic bread.  This soup had just the right amount of spice to it to not over power the creamy taste from the cheese.  The soups are stored in separate warming pots for employees to serve up when ordered keeping them warm and fresh all day.  The soup I got ended up keeping me full all day and came to a low cost of $6.  Great for a cold day or just to enjoy as a quick meal.

http://www.sfsoupco.com