by John R. » Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:23 pm
Well, I tried their green and red curry dishes........and they were prepared well. They were also tasteless. Not to hurt feelings but they are probably on the lower level of thai curry in Louisville. This is only for curry though ..........and the appetizer which was also tasteless and boring. Shrimp packages. They were fried perfectly but it was a fried shrimp, no more, no less. They had a sweet sauce with cucumber and onion that helped it but it was...eh but fried perfectly.
Back to the curry though. I was totally underwhelmed. It had no balance between curry heat and sweet. If I didn't know what I was getting I would have never guessed, thai curry. There was very little curry flavor. The green looked like Campbells cream of broccolli, which is never a good sign. The red looked good but was bland. Little flavor and the heat was good for them not asking how spicy we wanted it.
Since I find myself a bit of a thai curry expert or lack of expertise, I will give you my best thai curry in Louisville list.
1. Thai Smile 5 - All of them are good. Good balance and lots of different veggies. Drawback is they are very close in taste to one another. Very subtle differences but there are differences.
2. Mai's thai - Mai's thai is hit and miss. More hit than miss so they are second, a very distant second.
3. Sala thai - I almost put them in the same category as Mai's. When they are on they are smoking when they are off, it is awful.
4. Thai taste - They are really close to Sala and I have seen some of the same workers there which brings up the flag that they might be the same.
5. Lemongrass - They aren't bad when they get it right. No taste when they get it wrong.
5. Simply Thai - It's a "thai" with Lemongrass (Brdtwn rd) Granted I have only been there once but I did have half of their curry menu and only their curry and one appetizer. There is room to move up but considering thai smile blows away all of the competition Lance Armstrong style, I may never go back to this place.
7. Thai Siam - It is not very good and a waste of money considering above.
Consistency is a big thing for me. Thai smile is constant. Mai's, Sala, and taste can be off from time to time. Lemongrass is unpredictable. Simply thai is consistent from the two dishes we had but still very bland. Who knows what to expect from Siam.
Basically to be pithy, Simply thai is simply not even close to thai smile 5 in the curry category. For my tastes, that is my opinion. I don't mind disagreements. I will eat stuff even if it is not cool or trendy, means, more for me. Not talking about anyone specifically but I tend to find that people only have an opinion after there has been some kind of group consensus. I take that back. I do want people to like it so they stay in business, so that I don't have to come to some kind of agreement for them to give me their secrets so that I may prepare it myself.
Last edited by John R. on Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:24 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Seriously, make the trip to Preston for their Curry. The only thing I would warn about is the possibility that it might "MIGHT" be too sweet for those who don't like spicy. You need the spicy for the balance and they MAY not back off on the sweet if you get mild spice. Then again they may. I don't know, I get only spicy.
