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Thursday, December 2, 2010

Two-Block Radius / Chow Your New Favorite Curry Shack

Posted by Dominic Holden on Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 12:52 PM

This did not exist yesterday:

It’s the new menu at Thai Curry Simple on Capitol Hill (the first shockingly delicious/affordable TCS is in Chinatown), which is opening today in the shack at 12th Avenue and East Madison Street. To start, it’ll be open on weekdays from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and on weekend nights from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., says co-owner Mark Pinkaow.

Originally, it was going to be serve all veggie food, but Pinkaow says they were bombarded with meat requests so they tossed in some animal stuffs. But the menu could change.

The basics: The curries are made of freshly mashed spices from Thailand; you get your choice of brown rice or jasmine rice; outside of the shack are a few of TCS's signature birdhouses; Mark and co-owner Picha are the nicest humans on the planet; and YAY!

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Yes!

Posted by jnonymous on December 2, 2010 at 12:54 PM

Little places like that make life a little bit better.

Posted by Dougsf on December 2, 2010 at 1:00 PM

I'll second that the owners are some of the nicest people you will ever meet.

Posted by john cocktosin on December 2, 2010 at 1:07 PM

A thousand times yes. I wish there was one near me. The only drawback to this that I can see is that Mark can't be in both restaurants at the same time.

If they are offering a wide rice noodle one instead of rice, HIT THAT.

Posted by Fnarf

on December 2, 2010 at 1:07 PM

totally psyched as i love the chinatown v.1 of TCS.

one request is that we all stop writing the word YAY! over it.

Posted by birdy num num on December 2, 2010 at 1:15 PM

2 p.m. is too early to close dammit

Posted by benjammin509 on December 2, 2010 at 1:24 PM

those hours are fucking stupid.

get with Portland cart time.

Posted by fuck that shit on December 2, 2010 at 1:25 PM

Isn't the lot it's sitting on going to get razed for condos or something? Or is that on hold indefinitely, like the rest...

Posted by yelahneb

on December 2, 2010 at 1:34 PM

Anyone know the corn starch status of their curries? I love curry, but hate that many (possibly needlessly) include something I am allergic to.

Posted by itchy scratchy on December 2, 2010 at 1:35 PM

Tucking into the green curry tofu right now; Very, very good!

Posted by orange&black on December 2, 2010 at 1:41 PM

I still love Qazi's in Fremont. Nice people, great food.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on December 2, 2010 at 1:49 PM

To eat veggie curry is to live a joyless life. Sacrifice a chicken, and you have a feast to inspire dancing.

Posted by eclexia on December 2, 2010 at 2:57 PM

The hours at the C.T. location are crazy also. I like to think that they need lots of time to pound those spices in to curry.

Posted by jnonymous on December 2, 2010 at 3:03 PM

Just what we need... more Thai food.

Posted by DOUG.

on December 2, 2010 at 4:22 PM

You know, I've been to the ID location twice with high hopes, but I just didn't find the food there that good. It's definitely a good deal and you get a good amount of food for your money. But both times, I wasn't compelled to finish it, not because I was full, but because it just had kind of a weird flavor to me.

Who knows, maybe it's actually more authentically Thai than all the other Thai curry I've had in Seattle for the last 18 years. I just know that I didn't really like either the Panang or Massamun. That said, I'll probably still try a few other ones, because it is a really good deal, I do like the concept, and I really want to like the food. I just can't quite understand at this point why this place has been so well regarded (beyond its style and the price of the food).

Posted by j-lon on December 3, 2010 at 10:16 AM

I just now had their green chicken curry, from their ID location. And it was fantastic. Brown rice made it nice and chewy. Better like it hot, however, because that's the way it comes.

Posted by Citizen R on December 3, 2010 at 1:44 PM