With a sad heart I write that MInneapolis lost a landmark today.. well, it would have bean a landmark if it had bean open for 75-100 years, but alas, it was a landmark for me.. As I pulled out of the parking lot after visiting the comic book store and getting the new Ultimate X-men and the New Daredevil comic books, I noticed the lonely glass storefront windew covered in newspaper, the neon Open sign dark, nor forever until someone removes it to pack it into a moving truck to send it to Florida.. for those of you who don't kow what I am talking about, those that havn't partaken in a Friday night chatathon at the home of the best sweet and sour sauce in Minneapolis, the Thai Express restraunt appears to be closed. I was thinking what of this restraunt will I miss, well, the first thing that stood out from that restraunt the very first time I went on a reccomendation from the Comic Book Store owner was the incredibly friendly service.. Linda was always our waitress, she was always friendly and pleasant and knew us all. Knew what dishes we prefered and always made the evening a touch nicer, I will miss the way they knew that I liked my food really spicey and that I was a vegetarian and had Tofu instead of Chicken. They had this amazing sweet and sour sauce, if you can call it that, it came with the fried eggrolls, it was an orange based sauce with bits of orange in the sauce, I will also miss the coconut jello that they brought out for desert, and I will miss having a good restraunt just a mile from my house. So with a sad heart I say, farewell to the people of Thai express and I wish them well in their new life in florida.
Music Listened to: Fischer spooner, Daniel Ash, Karl Zero, Beatles, Jesus and Mary Chain, Rob Zombie, Ministry.
Food EAten: Home made pasta and marinara sauce.
MOral of the day: the loss of one restraunt means a vacency for another to take its place.
Posted by bilzabub at April 6, 2003 12:19 AMah, bugger. dang dang dang dang dang!!! that sucks. I loved that restaurant and the people. great food, great service, great prices. sadly missed already.
Posted by: jeremyw on April 6, 2003 01:30 PMConsidering how many restaurants in the cities suck and stay open, it really blows that this one is gone.
This place embodied everything I like about restuarants. This was a family run operation and like many of these, I am sure they worked long hard hours. That was never evident with Linda though and as you guys have both noted, the service was homey and friendly and personal. I am not much for fancy ambience either. Thai Express was the typical local strip mall looking joint, but it was what was inside that made it so special. The food was good to great, and being the one person in our regular gang that doesn't like my food spicy enough to melt trough the plate to cause a China syndrome, I appreciated that after going there a few times, I never had to remind Linda of that fact. She always remebered.
Dammit! NOW where are we going to go for our everyday Thai fix????
Posted by: jack on April 6, 2003 02:21 PM