Message: | OK, I've lived less than 1/2 mile from the Thai American Express Cafe for like 3 years and never gave it a thought. In the last month or so, I've been in there 3 times, the first 2 times for Thai food. Last night I had a taste for a burger and remembering all the raving about their burger, I got it. I got it to go. I don't think the quality suffered too much from the 2 minute drive home/park/climb up the steps. Boy, did it smell good in the car. I was expecting miracles.
I got the burger platter which came with the "Works" burger, a salad and fries. First the burger: is it just me or is 3/4 lb of meat on a hamburger just obscene? It was literally an inch thick! It was overwhelming. Half the amount would have saved the experience. The onion/mushroom/garlic/black pepper saute that topped the meat was quite tasty on its own but was overpowered by the meat when eaten with the rest of the sandwich. I thought it could have used a little mustard or something tart in addition to the mayo. I guess I could have added it myself but didn't want to interrupt my burger experience combined with Basic Instinct on network TV with a trip to the fridge. And the alfalfa sprouts... I don't get it.
Now the salad. Or really the salad dressing. Strange little concoction of ingredients that I can't even begin to guess. Grated onion, perhaps?? It was tart and slightly spicy and overall, I guess I liked it. It was similar to some Japanese salad dressings I've had which were also equally mysterious to me.
Fries were... um, like fried strips of cardboard. What's going on there? It seemed like they'd been fried and fried and fried... and fried again. I was done after about 5 pieces. I kept hoping they would get better but they never did.
On the other hand, I think they make a decent pad thai. |