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Sripraphai First Timer
Posted: 10:31 am, August 28th, 2009 in Eating in Other Areas of NYC
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Ooh! Yes!
Shrimp cakes for sure.
I liked the crispy catfish salad a lot as well.
Mee krob (but you need one order per 2 people!)Otherwise, everything I've tried there has mostly been good (except the fried calamari): http://feistyfoodie.blogspot.com/search?q=sripraphai
Good stuff, I've been kind of craving that since I had a bad experience on Monday at another Thai place. Enjoy!!!
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thanks for the response! im looking forward to dinner tonight and will definitely try some of your suggestions.
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Definitely... let me know how you like the place or if you eat anything amazing that I must try as well :)
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just read the link you posted. im drooling over my keyboard!
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What did you end up having??? I love their drunken noodles. Soooo tasty
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we ordered all of Yvo's recommendations above: the shrimp cakes, catfish salad, mee krob, as well as the drunken noodles and whole snapper with chili, garlic and basil.
my friends loved the shrimp cakes. i thought they were just okay. the catfish salad was a bit of a disappointment to us all b/c we expected more catfish. when the dish came out we all kinda dug around the salad and looked at leach other like "where's the catfish?" i LOVED the mee krob. my friend put it best when she called it "noodle candy". i really enjoyed the whole snapper but was also disappointed with the drunken noodles. what's with putting grape tomatoes in there? i mean, it didnt taste bad but that threw me off a bit. we also had the
all in all it was a great meal but i wouldnt say it was the best thai i'd ever had. even so, i'd go back for more, especially since i didnt get to try any of the curries.
yvo, thanks again for the recommendations!
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There's such an extensive menu that it's really easy to go back a million times (ummm, my math isn't so good) and never have the same meal twice :)
Sorry you didn't like the catfish salad! I s'pose it's a bit of a misnomer, even though there's catfish, it's deepfried so crispy it's really just crispy stuff at the bottom of the salad. But glad you had a good time and enjoyed the food & my other rec's :)
Oh, and the mee krob - you can totally buy a little box of it next to the dessert fridge, just without the shrimp or bean sprouts. Mmm, I keep meaning to go back and do that and experiment with what else to top it with or mix it with! Maybe I'll head there this weekend...
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this place hasnt been good since 1995. i've gone back so many times because so many people rave. but its done. sadly. try Zaab Thai instead. or Upi Jaya for Indonesian. sripraphai is such a good example of foodie culture blindly liking what their supposed to. i dont find any joy in being a curmudgeon either. try it. but you've been warned. Note the ketchup added to pad thai...Yikes!!
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Where is Zaab Thai and Upi Jaya?
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My love for Sripraphai isn't blind at all. It's not always quite as excellent as it used to be, especially not the drunken noodles, and especially not at busy times (like Fri. and Sat. nights) but it's usually still great, and very similar to what you'll find in Thailand. (Though obviously not everything is as sparklingly fresh.) Generally you should avoid the noodle dishes, which are their weak point -- although I don't remember the mee krob.
The crispy watercress salad is amazing. So are the other salads. The curries are great.
My visits to Zabb did not impress me quite so much. Also, some people prefer Ayada Thai but I didn't think their food was quite as multilayered and complex as Sripraphai either, although it was very good.
Upi Jaya (Indonesian) is good too. It's at 76-04 Woodside Avenue in Elmhurst, Queens, bordering Jackson Hts.
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Rinda - if you like spicy Thai food/northern Thai food, I hear Zabb is where it's at - it's also in Jackson Heights but I'm not sure where exactly because I can't tolerate super spicy food, so I have never been. If you really like spicy Thai I would also suggest Chao Thai in Elmhurst on Whitney & Broadway... They don't know what 'mild' means, which I learned the hard way. I've heard it's authentic but I can't attest to that, being neither Thai nor having ever visited Thailand.
I reiterate that if it tastes good... I'll eat it. I'm not crazy about authenticity because nothing is authentic anymore - food, culture, cuisine, they all evolve together, a bit faster usually when you bring it to a new country where it has to adapt to what's available, but even in its own country, change happens.
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I've heard numerous good things about this Thai restaurant and have never had the chance to make it out there to Woodside. That's all about to change tonight as I'm planning a food trip with a few friends (also all Sripraphai virgins). I was wondering if you wonderful MLers would recommend a few "must-have" dishes at this place. Thanks!