Flying Tiger Thai

Menu Items

8.4

Entree

Beef Pad See Ewe

Beef Pad See Ewe

★★★★☆ 1 review

8.3

Entree

Garlic Noodle

Garlic Noodle

★★★★☆ 1 review

Reviews

• ★★★★½ Beef Pad See Ewe Garlic Noodle Visited Jan 2, 2024

  Decent Thai Food, But Not The Flavor I was Hoping For

  I noticed this place on Google maps, and thinking I had tried nearly every Thai restaurant in town, I immediately browsed the few reviews that existed. A photo of the beef pad see ewe caught my attention and looked very promising, so I mentioned the place to a friend who happened to live nearby and was already making dinner plans with me.
  
  The menu had the basic Thai entrees, while offering a few new items I had not seen at other places, but once seated and browsing the menu, the garlic noodles caught my attention.
  
  I normally rank Thai restaurants by their beef pad Thai, and being this was my first visit I was hesitant to order something else, but we decided to skipped the pad Thai, and instead share some beef pad see ewe and garlic noodles.
  
  The food arrived after a short wait, maybe a little more than 10 minutes, and everything looked great. The portion of pad see ewe was large, and the amount of beef on the garlic noodles was very generous.
  
  We both took a few spoonful's of each and took our first taste. The pad see ewe was a bit different, but not odd. I've had similar pad see ewe at what was once named "The best Thai restaurant in America" Lotus of Siam in Las Vegas. Their pad see ewe had this same distinct seasoning, and after talking to that reastaurant, was told they import their spices from abroad. The noodles were coated in a powdery like seasoning that leaves them a bit gritty, but gives them this flavor. The flavor while decent, was lacking something, the main problem with the pad see ewe was that the noodles were clumping together.
  
  The garlic noodles were pretty good, but the garlic had a little bit of an odd flavor. The bowl was layered with noodles on top of large lettuce leafs, and topped with beef. The whole dish didnt taste like fresh pressed or diced garlic, but more like a garlic powder or maybe some kind of garlic paste. I wasn't sure what it was, but the flavor I feel, could have been better.
  
  We nearly finished both plates, which both were served in decent portions, but both left a little to be desired.
  
  The staff was very friendly, we spoke with them for a few minutes, and service was good. Food was fresh, portions were large, and prices were fair. But the food didnt deliver the flavors needed to grab a spot in my Best Food Anywhere lists.
  
  I may return to try the pad Thai, as Id like to add them to my pad Thai ranking. But as for the first visit, I feel the restaurant is promising, and may have something on the menu that is excellent, but the two items I tried so far were decent, but not fantastic.

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  — Paul