Cafe Talesai** is a crazy good Thai restaurant. Hubby is in love with their pad thai. I have fallen hard for the papaya salad.
Papaya Salad: Shredded green papaya, tomato, green beans, cashew nuts, in a chili-lime & garlic dressing.
Divine. I don't even like papaya regardless whether it's ripe or unripe. I was blown away by my intense love for this salad. Tart, crisp, harmonious papaya dancing in my mouth with this tangy, spicy and fresh dressing. I could eat this everyday.
I never understood how salads were meals. I've had salads at some awesome places on the East Coast. I'd almost always prefer something else than salad as a meal. But then I discovered salad in Los Angeles. It's a meal. Nothing plain or boring. The vegetables are so fresh and bursting with flavor. Salad everyday would be no more problem for me.
**I've only been to the Beverly Hills location. The other location does not have the papaya salad either.
I never understood how salads were meals. I've had salads at some awesome places on the East Coast. I'd almost always prefer something else than salad as a meal. But then I discovered salad in Los Angeles. It's a meal. Nothing plain or boring. The vegetables are so fresh and bursting with flavor. Salad everyday would be no more problem for me.
**I've only been to the Beverly Hills location. The other location does not have the papaya salad either.
1 comment:
salads can defly be a meal as long as you keep it interesting and varied and add enough "filling" ingredients. the key to a good salad for me is a lot of variety and the dressing of course. I've had a great papaya thai salad at a nyc thai place. i still dream about it from time to time and i usually dont' like papaya, either!
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