Pea Soup Curry

OK. So after a long day of work and class, I decided to treat myself to some Thai food. My usual favorite place was closed, so I decided to give a new place a try that I had always been curious about...

Siam Basil

2161 Highway 35

Sea Girt, NJ

siambasil.com

I didn't have my camera with me because I'm not a fob like Eve, so unfortunately I don't have pictures for you. But, I can still tell you about it and give my humble but very correct opinion.

I ordered a Chicken Pad Se Ew and a Chicken Massaman curry.

Chicken Pad Se Ew is a stir-fried flat rice noodle dish. It's one of my all-time favorite Thai entrees, and it didn't disappoint here - it was still pretty delicious.

HOWEVER, the Chicken Massaman curry did disappoint. Chicken, potatoes, onions, and peanuts - the usual - which I order pretty much every time I go to a Thai restaurant. My boyfriend and I both agreed that the curry was too thick. Good Thai curry should be on the thinner side, like a broth almost, and it should be flavorful but delicate at the same time - even when it's spicy. The thickness of THIS curry really overpowered everything else. It was like pea soup consistency. If you don't mind that, then yeah, it's decent curry. But for me, that makes this place lose major points.

Dinner for 2: $27 no tip because we got take-out

Forks: 2.5 out of 5

Why did this place get such a blah score from me? Two reasons. One, 50% of my meal was not good. I still can't get over how thick that curry was. Two, I'm being biased. Now, I'm not saying this was a bad Thai restaurant. Because it isn't. And I'm not saying that you should compare places buuuuut, about 10-15 minutes up the road, there is a little gem called Bamboo Leaf in Bradley Beach. So, with a much better choice that close, there's really no excuse not to get better food. (Don't worry, blog is pending.)

Overall: I would only fork this place if Bamboo Leaf was closed and I was really in the mood for Thai. And even then, I would never order the curry again.

-Ling