Aloy Aloy Cafe

Thai Express looked to be the first Thai restaurant in our immediate neighborhood, but it's more of the Panda Express of Thai food, so those wanting something authentic were not satisfied.  The Aloy Aloy Cafe provides a much needed contrast. 

I came in to try it out on a very busy Saturday.  The restaurant was quite busy at lunch, a good sign.  In fact, I think they were a bit understaffed for the amount of people they had.  The service ended up being somewhat relaxed, I spent about an hour there to have the lunch special and a dessert.

I ordered a lunch special, the Kee Mow All Day chicken, which is chicken with flat rice noodles, egg, peppers, onions, and basil.  This is one of the spicy items on the menu.  I ordered it mild, and it was all the spice I could handle.  I am somewhat more sensitive than average but not extremely so.  If you don't like spicy food I'd suggest avoiding the ones marked with a pepper altogether.  If you like spicy, this is your place.

The dish itself was delicious, well cooked noodles and a very flavorful sauce you could definitely taste through the spice.  It came with Tom Kha soup, a lemongrass and coconut soup with chicken and mushrooms.  Slight service issue as it didn't come out with the meal, but that was well handled.  I'm not a real fan of lemongrass and coconut, but this soup blended the flavors well so I actually ate a lot of it.

For a drink I had the Assam tea, a black tea with milk.  There was a lot of milk, it was sweet with just a hint of black tea bite.  I liked it, but a black tea fan might want more of that flavor.

I saved space for dessert and recommend you do that too.  I had the green tea fried ice cream, which is green tea ice cream inside a chocolate cake ball, coated with a thin batter and fried.  This is the best fried ice cream I've ever had.  The ice cream was pretty neutral in flavor, it went well with the cake, and the crust on the outside was delicious.  The coconut ice cream also comes recommended by the staff.

The decor is obviously not finished.  It's all in shades of gray so is not distracting, but there are a lot of different floor and wall treatments.  Looks like a DIY job but the furniture is very nice, so overall the setting is pleasant.  They had sports on one TV, and on another was a very low-key Chinese cooking show of some sort.  The bathroom (only one) was clean and ready.

If you like Thai food you really need to check this place out.

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