Comments on: Hopefully Dee Daa Balanced Thai Will Work Out the Kinks http://midtownlunch.com/2011/02/28/hopefully-dee-daa-balanced-thai-will-work-out-the-kinks/ Food Adventures for Your Urban Lunch Hour Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:02:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Xerlic http://midtownlunch.com/2011/02/28/hopefully-dee-daa-balanced-thai-will-work-out-the-kinks/comment-page-1/#comment-243333 Xerlic Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:59:03 +0000 http://midtownlunch.com/?p=27211#comment-243333 I was looking forward to this place opening since it would mean I wouldn't have to walk the 10 blocks to Thai Paradise. I finally tried it after giving it a couple weeks to let the new place rush die down, and ordered Chicken Masaman and I guess what is supposed to be Tom Kha Gai (Coconut milk soup). First off, I wouldn't get soup to go. I typically like to bring my food back to my desk, and in the 2 block walk back to my office the bottom of the soup container was wet and dripping. The containers they use seem to be made of some kind of recycled cardboard, so maybe they don't hold up that well. The soup was OK, but nothing memorable. A bit watery and honestly it kind of reminded me of an instant soup. The potatos in the chicken dish were crunchy and some of the pieces of chicken were really dry and tough. Other than that it was OK. I might go back if it wasn't for the price. For almost 11 bucks, you can get the lunch special at Thai Talent which also comes with a free drink. And they have Khao Soi. Dee Daa is closer to my office, but I think I'd rather walk and get a more satisfying lunch. I was looking forward to this place opening since it would mean I wouldn’t have to walk the 10 blocks to Thai Paradise. I finally tried it after giving it a couple weeks to let the new place rush die down, and ordered Chicken Masaman and I guess what is supposed to be Tom Kha Gai (Coconut milk soup).

First off, I wouldn’t get soup to go. I typically like to bring my food back to my desk, and in the 2 block walk back to my office the bottom of the soup container was wet and dripping. The containers they use seem to be made of some kind of recycled cardboard, so maybe they don’t hold up that well.

The soup was OK, but nothing memorable. A bit watery and honestly it kind of reminded me of an instant soup. The potatos in the chicken dish were crunchy and some of the pieces of chicken were really dry and tough. Other than that it was OK.

I might go back if it wasn’t for the price. For almost 11 bucks, you can get the lunch special at Thai Talent which also comes with a free drink. And they have Khao Soi. Dee Daa is closer to my office, but I think I’d rather walk and get a more satisfying lunch.

]]> By: wayne http://midtownlunch.com/2011/02/28/hopefully-dee-daa-balanced-thai-will-work-out-the-kinks/comment-page-1/#comment-243164 wayne Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:24:16 +0000 http://midtownlunch.com/?p=27211#comment-243164 That facade looks like the entry portal of the Stonecutters Lodge Prepare for the Paddling of the Swollen Ass That facade looks like the entry portal of the Stonecutters Lodge

Prepare for the Paddling of the Swollen Ass

]]> By: damara http://midtownlunch.com/2011/02/28/hopefully-dee-daa-balanced-thai-will-work-out-the-kinks/comment-page-1/#comment-243163 damara Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:20:47 +0000 http://midtownlunch.com/?p=27211#comment-243163 I really wanted to like them, but the portions are small and the prices are high (considering what you get). I got the drunken noodle which was good, and the salad, which was fine, but tiny. Pure Thai Shophouse is SO much better. I really wanted to like them, but the portions are small and the prices are high (considering what you get). I got the drunken noodle which was good, and the salad, which was fine, but tiny. Pure Thai Shophouse is SO much better.

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