Bangkok Gardens

172 York St, New Haven, CT

Atmosphere: like being outside without all that bothersome vitamin D.

We went here for lunch, so they were only seating in half of the restaurant. The area we sat in was pretty nondescript, except it was almost all glass. In the entrance way there was this really cool bamboo plant that was woven into it.

What was eaten:
Vegetable massaman curry
To drink:
Thai teatini

Vegetable massaman curry – Yum yum yum. Coconut milk and all the wonderful and mysterious things that make curry so great, with peanuts, onions, carrots, baby corn and mushrooms all mixed in. I’ve never been quite clear on the proper way to eat curry, but I just like to mix the rice into it, making it a giant mess, or like an ultra thick stew. Mushrooms aside, this was really good.

Thai teatini- I probably should have just gotten a regular Thai iced tea. It was good and it did actually taste like a Thai tea, but it was really strong and I couldn’t finish it. Like watching someone kick a puppy.


Overall:
Rotating wait staff- I know that restaurants have a high employee turnover rate, but come on. Through out the course of our meal, I don’t think the same person served us twice. Kinda like speed dating, but with food.
Value- Freakin cheap. Goddamn. A good friend of mine pointed out that at some places its actually cheaper to eat there than to grocery shop and cook for yourself. This is defiantly one of those places.
Veg selection- awesome. It’s always a good sign when I don’t know what to get because there is so much to choose from.