Bangkok Jam

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Bangkok Jam (this one not this one) is at the top of Solano, right at the corner of MLK It's door calls it Michelin recommended and they do take out. Which is good because we didn't want to take the baby to a restaurant at 9pm.

Pad Thai (with beef) $8.95

Of course when visiting a Thai restaurant for the first time one must order pad thai. How else can one compare it to every other Thai restaurant one has visited?

It was very good. The only thing the baby ate in fact (noodles only). We now know that Baby A loves pad thai.

For my taste, not enough bits of peanut and the beef and tofu were notably overcooked, but overall a perfectly passable pad thai. Nothing much else to say about it. It was pretty average and we have certainly had better pad thai. If we go back, we won;t be ordering pad thai again, unless Baby A is with us.

Bangkok Street Dish: Ginger Dish (with chicken) $8.95

This is a ginger-lover's dream. This might pack the best ginger punch of any non-candy, non-straight ginger food I've ever eaten. And it's good too. I enjoyed the pleasant ginger-y burning it left in my mouth. It had chicken, carrots, green beans, onion, ginger slices and mushrooms in a gingery sauce (not creamy). The chicken was cooked just right, very tender. Better than the pad thai, more interesting, more fun to eat.

Pumpkin Lover (special) $9.25

This looked rather currylike but was not a curry (says Theric; Lady Steed says yes it did so have a curry flavor to it). It too was much more fun and interesting and tasty than the pad thai. Lady Steed is learning she loves Thai foods featuring squash. It also had chicken and other vegetables. The sauce was creamy. Plus there was basil--it was delicious!

The Rice

White was normal. Brown tasted normal but looked purple, not brown. The brown rice we make at home is always brown so purple rice was surprising but also very pretty.

Conclusion

The dishes came together into a nice meal. We would certainly eat there again, but probably won't for some time. We've still got a lot of places left to try.

Oh, Solano. Thou art so crowded with restaurants.