We really enjoy Thai food so when we heard a new Thai place was coming to town at 499 Central Ave in Dover NH we knew we had to stop in sooner than later. One afternoon while we were out doing some Christmas shopping we decided to stop in for lunch. We were greeted and seated very quickly with water and soda coming soon after.
We decided to start with the fried calamari, this is served with sweet and sour sauce. Both Jim and I really liked the light crispy coating on the outside but were sad to find the calamari over cooked and chewy, if you have ever cooked calamari you know there is a fine line between cooked and over cooked it happens in a matter of seconds. There are very few places that really cook fried calamari well. Needless to say the start of lunch was slightly disappointing but we were not done yet.
For my main course I chose one of thier speciality items, Orange Chicken (as seen in the top picture) ($14.50) this is a crispy chicken stir fry with orange sauce and steamed vegetables served over white rice. The chicken was very crispy with a bright orange sauce garnished with fresh sliced orange slices, the veggies were steamed beautifully still a little crisp just the way I like them. The portion sizes are pretty big as there was no way I could finish but who doesn’t like some to take home? Am I right?
Jim ordered one of his favorite Thai dishes, Pad Thai made with rice noodles and sautéed with egg, ground peanut, scallions, red onion , sweet radish and bean sprouts. Jim enjoyed his dish and cleaned his plate, no take out for him! Over all both of our main dishes were very good.
One thing we did learn while there is that all of the dishes are prepared fresh as they are ordered, we did not have to wait long for our food but if it was really busy I could understand a bit of wait time. We also really liked that thier menu was very clearly marked with the heat levels of each dish along with vegetarian and gluten free options. For anyone with diet restrictions this is an easy menu to read and make decisions.
There are lots of great menu choices from appetizers right through the desserts! Soups salads, lots of curry dishes along with speciality fried rice and if you can’t decide they have combination plates too! Although we did not have dessert they have some delicious ones to chose from. Sweet rice with mango, everyone’s favorite fried ice cream of maybe fried banana’s with or without ice cream. Those all sound like a great way to end to a meal.
If you are passing through downtown Dover NH check out Thai Taste! You can find them on Facebook and a full menu on their website.
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