Last Saturday we had dinner with my uncle & family at a Thai restaurant in Summit, NJ appropriately named Summit Thai Cuisine. They haven't been to that place before either, so we decided to venture in for a taste. Not sure what it is with Thai food though, it reminds me of Chinese food a lot yet I rarely turn down Thai.
Beef Satay - One of the 3 appetizers we ordered. Not exactly sure what the white sauce on the satay is exactly...maybe yogurt...but there wasn't much flavor at all; it didn't do anything for me. The beef itself was not bad, not too stiff but still had a chewy texture. Who could resist the peanut sauce!
Fried Calamari - Since my little cousin Brandon loves crunchy food, we ordered another one of these appetizers. Ironically, he only likes the outside breading. He also likes the sweet chili sauce even though he said it was spicy, he kept eating it and compensated by drinking lots of apple juice. The calamari tasted good, mainly because it wasn't heavily seasoned, and the sweet chili sauce was a nice change from the usual marinara sauce that other places serve with calamari.
Web Roll - I saw the name on the small "Special" stand while walking into the restaurant and wanted to ask about it. The waitress said it's similar to spring rolls, except that the wrapping is made from taro, and that did it for me. My uncle said it reminded him of the 芋角 (Taro "dumplings") that dimsum places serve, which is sort of true. The crunchiness of the wrapping prompted Brandon to want more of it, but he refused to eat any when the 2nd serving came out.
Lad Na - When I scanned through the menu, I didn't find this noodle dish anywhere! When I asked the waitress, she said we can order it. I felt like such an "insider" ordering something off-the-menu! The noodle dish was made the way I remember having @ Thai Kitchen in Bridgewater...with Chinese Broccoli, flat noodles, chicken, beans, and brown sauce. Our nickname for this dish is "soupy noodles" for the excess amount of sauce present in this dish. I think this is the favorite thing I'd like to order when I go to a Thai restaurant...rather than the usual "Pad Thai".
Holy Basil Red Snapper - We had the option of ordering a filet or the whole fish, of course we went for the whole fish! The sauce was a sweet chili garlic sauce poured over the fish after it was fried whole, skin and bone attached! It's always good to exercise caution when eating whole fish or else you can easily choke on bones. The fish itself wasn't seasoned, and the sauce was not overpowering.
Peanut Chicken - Like I said earlier, who can resist the peanut sauce??? Even my aunt tasted the chicken even though she could have potentially had an allergic reaction. Good thing there wasn't any! The chicken was surprisingly juicy for a piece of chicken breast!
Green curry with beef - We ordered this mild (as opposed to spicy) and even though it didn't look green for Green Curry, this was probably our favorite dish of the night. The strips of bamboo shoots, peppers, string beans, and beef with the slight hint of coconut milk in the curry went so well with the white rice that we finished it within minutes!
Soft Shell Crab - Served with garlic sauce, I think I still preferred my parents' softshell crab in panko breadcrumb more. Not that this wasn't good, but everyone only got half a crab!
The dinner was a success! For 4 adults and 1 child, we ended up ordering FIVE appetizers and FIVE entrees and finished everything!!! We either are BIG eaters and was starving to death, or the portion sizes were small...maybe it was a combination of both?
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