LEO/LHB: Thai comes to Fern Creek

[Robin Garr]

LEO's Eats with Louisville HotBytes.com
(Five Guys, Home Run, Conez and Coneyz)

With all due respect, the Fern Creek neighborhood has long been the kind of place where “ethnic” means barbecue or diner fare.

But the arrival last year of Sake Blue, one of the region’s top Japanese restaurants (LEO Weekly, April 8 ), changed that metric forever. Now add Thai to the mix with the opening of True Thai in the Glenmary Plaza shopping center just east of the Snyder.

Small but bright and attractively decorated, True Thai is operated, I’m told, by a former employee of Louisville’s Thai-Siam. A menu of about 30 standard Thai dishes is attractively priced with all dishes under $10. Stir-fry, noodle and fried-rice dishes are $8.95 for chicken, pork or tofu dishes; add a buck for seafood. Curries are $7.95 and $9.95.

Shrimp Pad Thai (pictured, $9.95) was well-made and flavorful, showing a proper contrast of soft rice noodles and still-crisp bean sprouts. Khow Pad (chicken fried rice, $8.95) came out as a stir-fry with steamed, not fried rice, but my wife liked it better that way. English is limited and service was more than a little “in the weeds” with only four tables, but the food and mood were just right. We’ll be back. —Robin Garr

Also published in LEO (read Kevin Gibson's Tequila Factory review and you'll find True Thai below), and on LouisvilleHotBytes.com.

True Thai
8125 Bardstown Road
231-1992
http://www.myspace.com/truethai_restaurant

There is always room for more good ethnic eats. Thanks for the write up.

Note that while not actually in Fern Creek, Las Gorditas and Dakshin are in the area as well. This movement of food options is great for that part of the county.

Thanks for the write-up, Robin, and drawing attention to the area.

Yes, thanks for the review. I live close to the place, but have yet to make it. Perhaps, I'll try this weekend after getting over this wretched allergy/flu/infection. I can't wait to taste food.

anyone know if they have garlic pepper chicken? that seems to be the only way i get hubby to try thai...