Posted by lilith on November 8th, 2007
Good morning! I made a restaurant index manually, and it took me hours! Please enjoy!
One note: I will eventually attribute each review to the proper author. Right now, the reviews are all attributed to the author of the post they fall under. For example, if I wrote a brunch review as a post, and Thor posted a comment about a restaurant I did not mention, the link to Thor’s restaurant will still be attributed to me. I just wanted to get these posted! When you search for a restaurant on our site, it will search only the posts; a comment search must be done separately. This index is a composite of posts and comments…
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Posted by cocoNUT on October 21st, 2007
How else do you begin an amazing Friday evening? Thai food! I went out with a couple of friends to Cville’s Thai 99 restaurant on Jefferson Park Avenue. I had been told by many other cVillains that this was THE place for Thai food…naturally I was excited. Charlottesville surprises me in many ways…it’s a small town with a wannabe big-city food scene. Some places get it right and others do not. cVillains are very proud of their local establishments…although I find that sometimes being proud just because there are no other options doesn’t make sense. So I urge you villains to not turn a blind eye and really think if what you are eating and drinking is actually good.
There are a couple tell-tale signs of a good restaurant:
- Dedicated Queue: Thai 99 was packed…on a brisk Friday evening there was a crowd waiting outside of the restaurant for tables. Everyone around me couldn’t stop talking about how good the food was and why the queue was worth the wait. I had never been, but I was just as excited!
- Herb Garden: There is a tiny plot of land, well, a rectangle, in front of the restaurant where myriad Thai herbs grow. I saw Thai basil and lemongrass to name a few. If someone takes pride in growing their own garden for their restaurant, they usually care for their food just as much, if not more.
- Busy wait-staff: After the cold weather scared us inside, I was amazed by the flurry of food coming out of the kitchen…quick, this is good!
Unfortunately my tell-tale signs failed!
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Posted by cocoNUT on July 24th, 2007
Thai food is one of those things you can just eat forever and always love it. Its a damn shame it has recently become the new “it” food. This country has unfortunately been the victim of bad Chinese food for what it seems like centuries…Then Thai food came on the scene and tried to prove our views on Asian dining wrong. And so they succeeded. That being said, not all Thai food is equal. There is a beautiful establishment in the Belmont area called Pad Thai. It is run by a family: the wife cooks, the husband brings food to the tables, and the sons take orders. There is nothing better to see a family living the American dream, and the citizens of cville supporting it.
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