200 Buttercup Creek Blvd
331-3810
Dwight’s comments:
PooThai is a pleasant enough place, with friendly waitstaff (although the guy who waited on when we first came in looked suspiciously sleepy and suspiciously Austrailian). The decor isn’t too bad, either: it’s better looking on the inside than Thai Kitchen’s south or central locations. (Internal evidence led us to believe it used to be a steakhouse.)
But the food…well, the pad thai noodles reminded me of the ones my mother used when she made beef stroganoff, and the dish itself seemed strange tasting: somewhat beefy, which is odd for a chicken dish. PooThai’s larb with chicken (chopped chicken, roasted rice, lime juice, onions and cilantro) is pretty good, though. Ann Anonymous Diner found the Thai Shrimp Curry a little too soup-like for his taste, I think.
Lawrence did his usual, “This dish can not be too hot for me” routine, and was disappointed (both with the dish, and that, with a name like “PooThai”, he couldn’t get the larb tigger or pad eeyore). The tom ka gai soup was also good, as were the steamed dumplings we had as an appetizer.
It was a very pleasant birthday dinner, with +Rich, Terri, and Ann’s Friend showing up (as well as Lawrence and Ann); though I found the food not quite up to Thai Kitchen standards, the company made up for it. Thanks, gang.
But would I go back? Well, PooThai is way out in Cedar Park, a long way off my usual routes. If I was in the area, though, I’d like to try their pud grapow squid and perhaps the other noodle dishes.