Mai Thai - Highly Recommended
6 King Street, Alexandria, VA
Phone: (703) 548-0600
I'm a big fan of Thai food and when it's on, I'm definitely on cloud 9. Our friend's Wei-Yi and Eric took us here and it was definitely so damn on. Thai food is odd to me where most Thai food is decent, but it's rare to find great Thai food. Mai Thai was definitely in the great Thai food category. Overall, I give the restaurant an 82/100.
Our Menu
TOM KA GAI **
Slices of chicken breast in coconut milk soup with galangal, lemon grass, mushroom, kaffir-lime leaves, and lime juice.
Huge flavor. Creamy, sour, sweet, slightly spicy, and huge floral notes of cilantro, lemongrass and kefir lime. Great soup and one of the best Tom Ka Gai's I've ever had.
VEGGIE SPRING ROLLS *
Crispy veggie rolls served with a mild spicy sauce.
Your basic spring roll. Crispy without being too oily and the filling had decent flavor.
GREEN CURRY **
Choices of chicken, beef, or shrimp in a mild green curry coconut broth with eggplant, bamboo shoots, string beans, red pepper, and basil leaves.
Similar flavors to the Tom Ka Gai soup. Pretty f'n spectacular stuff hitting all the familiar thai notes - salty, creamy, spicy, and slightly sweet. The fish sauce was pretty aggressive, but I actually dug it a lot. The veggies were perfectly cooked as well - crisp enough to add textural contrast.
PAD THAI *
Thin rice noodles stir-fried with chicken, sliced red bean curd, crushed peanuts, bean sprouts, scallions, and egg in tamarind sauce.
Pretty decent pad thai. Texture of the noodle was decent and the flavor was pretty good.
Slices of chicken breast in coconut milk soup with galangal, lemon grass, mushroom, kaffir-lime leaves, and lime juice.
Huge flavor. Creamy, sour, sweet, slightly spicy, and huge floral notes of cilantro, lemongrass and kefir lime. Great soup and one of the best Tom Ka Gai's I've ever had.
VEGGIE SPRING ROLLS *
Crispy veggie rolls served with a mild spicy sauce.
Your basic spring roll. Crispy without being too oily and the filling had decent flavor.
GREEN CURRY **
Choices of chicken, beef, or shrimp in a mild green curry coconut broth with eggplant, bamboo shoots, string beans, red pepper, and basil leaves.
Similar flavors to the Tom Ka Gai soup. Pretty f'n spectacular stuff hitting all the familiar thai notes - salty, creamy, spicy, and slightly sweet. The fish sauce was pretty aggressive, but I actually dug it a lot. The veggies were perfectly cooked as well - crisp enough to add textural contrast.
PAD THAI *
Thin rice noodles stir-fried with chicken, sliced red bean curd, crushed peanuts, bean sprouts, scallions, and egg in tamarind sauce.
Pretty decent pad thai. Texture of the noodle was decent and the flavor was pretty good.
Rating System
--- What the F - in a bad way * Good ** Great *** What the F – in a good way
Overall Restaurant Experience (82/100)
- Food (8.4/10) – Great Thai food and they're not scared to show the real Thai flavors with the intense fish sauce and the nice spice.
- Service (8.0/10) – Waitress was very nice and the food came out pretty quickly.
- Atmosphere (8.0/10) – Contemporary looking Asian place with bright chairs and darker wood tables. The second floor overlooks the Potamic river and it'll probably be a spectacular view during the summer. Got there at 1pm on Sunday and it was pretty empty. There were only two to three other families there.
- Price (N/A) – Like our Baltimore lunch, our friends were ninja payers so I didn't see the bill. It looked like the menu is quite reasonable though.
If I'm ever in the area again, I'd definitely want to stop by for a second visit. Drunken noodles is my favorite Thai dish and I've heard the ones at Mai Thai are solid...
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