Thai Recipe, 404 E. Thompson Road, is (say it with me) in a strip mall and the storefront is so small you might miss it if you're not looking for it. The dining room is bigger than it looks from outside, thank Heaven, and it is very well-appointed with simple but elegant furniture and decoration. Simple but elegant describes the food, as well: For lunch I ordered Pad Thai (stir-fried rice noodles with scallions, bean sprouts, little bits of egg, and ground peanuts in peanut sauce) with pork, which was FANDAMTASTIC, and The Little Woman had Original Fried Rice with shrimp, which was soooo tasty I almost wish I'd ordered it instead. Both dishes came with elegantly presented Tom Yum soup, a spicy semi-clear broth with two little cubes of tofu and a leaf of cilantro floating in it, and a vegetable spring roll, both of which were incredibly flavorful. All that for $7.78 each!
They give you a choice of 4 spice levels: Mild, Medium, Hot, and Thai Hot. Hey, I love spicy food, so I ordered mine Hot, and it was right at that fine line between "Wow That's Tasty But Almost Too Hot" and "Where's The Damn' Milk Already!". I imagine if you order the Thai Hot they also give you the business card of a good plastic surgeon to repair your melted face.... Mau! (Sorry, I don't know any Thai words, so I stole that terrible Vietnamese line from The Deer Hunter.)
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