NYC 2 BIG D: Ginger Thai Express

Ginger Thai Express

http://www.gingerthai.net/
Rating: B

Location: 6300 Skillman st, Dallas, TX 75231

Category: Thai

Price: $

Favorites: BYOB with no cork fee! and Tom Yum Soup

Comments:
A friend of ours recently had a birthday and wanted everyone to celebrate it at Ginger Thai…..with wigs on! Yes, that’s right. We had a group of around 20-25 people and we all wore crazy wigs or a mustache, and I have to say it turned out to be really fun. We received quite a bit of attention from the few other customers that could eat in the small place, especially from the kiddos.

Chicken Satay

Now, Ginger Thai doesn’t look like much on the outside or in, but the prices are inexpensive, you can save more money by bringing your own alcohol, which our group definitely took advantage of, and the food isn’t half bad either. We started off with an order of Chicken Satay, Crab Cream Puffs, and Pork Steamed Dumplings. Between the three, my one complaint was the Peanut Dipping Sauce for the Chicken Satay looked like it came straight out of a jar of baby food. It wasn’t really appealing by sight or by taste, but the actual satay was nicely grilled and well flavored. The Cream Puffs were crispy on the outside and wonderfully creamy on the inside, which paired nicely with the sweet dipping sauce, and the Dumplings were quite delicious. For my entrée, I ordered the Tom Yum (Spicy Hot and Sour) Soup with Chicken. The broth was definitely was wonderfully fresh with hints of ginger aka. Galangal, lemongrass and cilantro, and they gave you big strips of delicious chicken in the soup. I would definitely order it again. On the other hand, my husband ordered the Chicken Pad Thai because that’s what he always orders at a Thai restaurant, and it was mediocre at best. It was just too sweet for my taste with hardly any flavor. I know that Pad Thai has about 20 ingredients in it, but all I could taste was that horrible baby food peanut butter in it. I wasn’t a fan. Overall, though, you got a good amount of bang for your buck, and BYOB is even better.