Friday, December 16, 2016

#94 - Tamarind - Sandy's synopsis


I have history with Tamarind. Back in my young days, where pride ruled over common sense, I came here and ordered take out for lunch. I asked for it to be thai-hot and they warned me - they said it was going to be very, very hot and asked if I was sure. And I said to them, "Yes I'm sure" while thinking to myself, "I'm Indian. I know what hot means, psssshh". 

I was a stupid idiot. They were not kidding, it was very very hot, I did not know what hot meant and I was schooled that day. I was so stubborn and proud that I ate the entire dish and then kissed my partner and it burned her lips. She felt that burn. And then my butt felt that burn for the next two days. 

This is definitely not to discourage you from coming. Their food is very, very good. This is to warn you that they mean real business with their spice. 

Suffice to say I ordered everything at their normal spice level this time.

As per the norm, we ordered some appetizers for the table - fried taro, fish cakes and something called crispy angel.

Fried Taro

Fish cakes

Crispy angel
These appetizers were simply amazing. These were the highlight of my evening (besides the company ofcourse. And watching my friend eat Thai-spicy food. That was fun too). I will eventually tell you what I had for my main course, but really, relish these appetizers if you go here. The fish cakes were my favourite, but the fried taro was awesome and the crispy angel (fried wonton) coming a close third.

For my main course I got the noodles with tamarind sauce and shrimp.


It was okay - a little too sweet for me personally. Not terrible though and I would go back to eat more fish cakes and perhaps try one of the other noodles or curries.

In conclusion, please go to Tamarind and order some fish cakes and fried taro but do not order it thai-hot unless you are serious about spice. 

Tamarind
117 South Street
Philadelphia PA 19147
215-925-2764


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