195 Elm Street is a Thai restaurant once more

[ron_newman]

Palm Sugar Thai Cuisine has opened at what was most recently the site of Pulse Cafe. A banner says that everything will be 20% off this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

(Before it was Pulse, it was Joey's Thai Cafe, and before that it was another Thai place, Benjapon's.)

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[pakoo.livejournal.com]

I went there a couple days ago with my son and I was pleasantly surprised----I'm not really a fan of Thai and only went because he was interested. They have a great lunch special for under ten dollars where you get your choice of soup, meat, appetizer, salad, and entree. It comes in a little lunch box type plate with separate compartments. Everything was really fresh and cooked to order. If it hadn't been for my son, I probably never would have stepped in the place, but now I got a punch card to go back again :)

[lbmango.livejournal.com]

So, it's a Thai bento box? Weird.

[mals13.livejournal.com]

Went there the other night. I was pretty excited about trying the new Thai place in the area (Yummy Thai Cuisine on Mass Ave is the only other place in the near vicinity, and they really just aren't cutting it for me). I have a tendency to judge my restaurants by ordering my favorite Item the first visit and deciding if I like that plate, I'll probably be a fan of the rest of the fare on the menu. For Chinese food, that's Hot and Sour Soup. For Thai, it's Pad See Yu. This restaurant served up a pretty good plate of the stuff, but the tofu was really mushy inside. Still, it's better than Yummy Thai, and they deliver all day. Gonna have me some great lunches in my future :)
( I will mention, that my friend had the Pad Thai and it was extra peanutty, meaning the sauce itself, not the sprinkle of crushed nuts on top. So, if you don't mind that, then it's probably no big deal. And, well, it coulda just been that they put more in than normal by accident, won't really stop me from ordering again, though.)

[nurrynur.livejournal.com]

*blink**blink* I guess it depends on what you call "near vicinity".. Pulse/Joeys/whatever it is now is only another 5 or 6 minute walk from Porter Square, which has two Thai restaurants, plus a Korean restaurant that has some Thai food...

Sugar and Spice
Rod Dee is also on Mass Ave, next to Christopher's
Kaya is also in that same block

[mals13.livejournal.com]

I know of the places in Porter. Love Rod Dee, but they're not your typical Thai restaurant. I go there pretty often, but sometimes I'm just looking for the basics. I don't prefer Sugar and Rice (based on initial test w/ Pad See Yu), though I would still be inclined to visit and try other things.
So, not opposed to heading to Porter, but Davis is my preferred destination.

[ratheripped.livejournal.com]

There's also Tamarind House (on Mass Ave) near Porter, Lemon Thai on Highland Ave near the armory, and Pho n' Rice (Viet/Thai but the menu leans more toward Thai dishes). So while I'm glad not yet another retail space is empty and there wasn't a Thai place in Davis Sq proper it wasn't like the area was lacking for places to get decent Thai. It's a bit hard for me to get excited about this, but I'm always willing to give a new place a shot.