Friday, September 19, 2014

Ubon Thai Kitchen

This small Thai restaurant at 24631 Crenshaw Blvd. #J  in Torrance is a "must try" place for either lunch or dinner.  I have been here numerous times and just never had the time to blog about it.


Though I have not tried everything on the menu and would like to, I can't seem to order something different as the best dishes so far are the ones I keep ordering. Let me start by telling you that you have to order the Panang Curry with your choice of meat (chicken, pork, beef, tofu, mock chicken?). We always order the chicken. Panang is made with creamy coconut Panang curry with bell peppers and kaffir-lime leaf. I don't like curry and I don't like coconut BUT, the coconut milk with curry is heavenly especially all over white rice. I prefer the sauce to be thicker; luckily I had a little Ziploc of instant food thickener in my purse (left over from dinner with my husband a few days ago), so I added some to the sauce and Voila.....the perfect consistency!


The other dish that goes well with the Panang is the Crispy Lemongrass Chicken which is deep fried marinated chicken with lemongrass and coconut milk served with a side of mixed greens. Forget the mixed greens which by the way you will have to ask for a dressing as it comes fully naked. The chicken is nice and crispy; you will have to ask for extra sauce as the sauce they furnish is only good for 2-3 pieces of chicken.


If there are more than 2 of you, might as well order the Crab Fried Rice and the Phat Thai. Both are delicious. They have a variety of drinks that looked interesting and will have to try next time. We once had the Sticky Rice with Mango but that is seasonal and I guess, September is not the season for mangoes.


You arrive at Ubon hungry and you leave full and happy. Ubon is a few doors from IHOP in the the same center where Home Depot and Home Goods are located.

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