Article 877 of pgh.food: Path: fs7.ece.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu!pitt.edu!tmkst11 Newsgroups: pgh.food Subject: House of Siam Message-ID: <3947@blue.cis.pitt.edu> From: tmkst11+@pitt.edu (Timothy M Keane) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 93 21:51:34 EST Sender: news+@pitt.edu Distribution: pgh Organization: University of Pittsburgh Originator: tmkst11@unixd3.cis.pitt.edu Lines: 15 I recently went to House of Siam in Squirrel Hill and found it to be a pleasant surprise. The prices were your standard Oriental $7 - $9, but the food was very good. It's the first restaurant I've gone to around here that actually made the food very spicy when I asked for it. Even then, the waitress asked me what I would like on a scale of 1 to 10. When I said ten, she told me I should probably get nine because I wouldn't be able to handle ten. I insisted on ten, but who knows? she may have gone back to the kitchen and put in a nine. Overall, I thought the food was very good and the prices reasonable. The green curry and cashew chicken (granted, it's not Thai, but it's good really spicy) were worth trying. Article 875 of pgh.food: Newsgroups: pgh.food Path: fs7.ece.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!tygar From: tygar+@cs.cmu.edu (Doug Tygar) Subject: Re: Siamese Kitchen Message-ID: Sender: news@cs.cmu.edu (Usenet News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: tygar.trust.cs.cmu.edu Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon References: Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1993 21:59:07 -0500 Lines: 10 In article Peter Glen Berger writes: >It was good. Not as good as some people seem to be saying, but good. > >The soups were superb: the basil eggplant was cooked in way too much oil. Actually, I think that this dish is always cooked in large amounts of oil. For those who are interested in an eggplant and oil joke, look in the "Joy of Cooking" in the section "About Eggplant or Aubergine." Article 870 of pgh.food: Organization: Sponsored account, School Of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Path: fs7.ece.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!ab1j+ Newsgroups: pgh.food Message-ID: Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1993 21:49:02 -0500 From: Andrew Denny Brown Subject: Re: Siamese Kitchen In-Reply-To: Another vote for Siamese Kitchen! I have eaten Thai food in many cities, and this place makes all the others seem mediocre. Our party had the lamb curry, chicken with cashews, and pad thai noodles. All were excellent, especially the chicken and lamb. We also had fried tofu, which was excellent, but the spring rolls were merely average. The prices were very reasonable as well. Andy Brown MAYA Design Group 2100 Wharton St. Pittsburgh, PA 15203 Article 868 of pgh.food: Newsgroups: pgh.food Path: fs7.ece.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!tygar From: tygar+@TYGAR.TRUST.CS.CMU.EDU (Doug Tygar) Subject: Siamese Kitchen Message-ID: Originator: tygar@TYGAR.TRUST.CS.CMU.EDU Sender: news@cs.cmu.edu (Usenet News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: tygar.trust.cs.cmu.edu Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1993 00:23:05 -0500 Lines: 19 I've eaten in Thai restaurants in a half-dozen different countries and I must say that the new Thai restaurant in Sq. Hill, Siamese Kitchen, is among the best Thai restaurants that I have seen outside of Thailand. It is absolutely amazing to me that such an unpretentious mild-mannered restaurant in Pittsburgh could be so good. Both the Thai and the "farang" waiters are polite and unintrusive, the portions are enormous (when I order a lemonade, they bring me an entire pitcher!) and attractively presented without being cute. They are able to make special orders and have a large vegetarian selection. The interior decoration and ambience is somewhat lacking, but this is made up by the high quality of the food. It is one of only three Thai restaurants I've been to outside of Thailand have made one of my favorite dishes: basil eggplant. (One of the others is a fabulous place in Crystal City, Viginia -- but that restaurant serves the diplomatic crowd from Washington DC.) I've been to the Siamese Kitchen twice -- and it is certainly possible that the place may go downhill -- but for now, I'm very happy! To: Michael Witbrock Cc: Subject: House of Siam (was Siam (something) ) -=-=-=-= Enter your text below this line (don't delete this line) =-=-=-=- I went to the aforementioned Siam (something) which has "House of Siam" on its menu. (I believe it is related to the restaurant of same name, but different venue, located on McNight Road.) In any case, there were 13 of us so we were able to sample a good portion of the menu (although by no means ALL of it!) 9 of us shared 7 dishes which didn't all get finished. 6 dishes probably would have been enough. Total cost per person was $9.50 incl. tax and tip. As compared to other oriental restaurants in the area, this is a very good cost/performance ratio. Particulary good (to me meaning spicy AND flavorful): - Beef Salad tangy, spicy beef strips on bed of lettuce and other stuff - Galangal/Coconut Soup Served in flaming pot. Not overly coconut-flavored, but with strong and spicy galangal (relative of ginger, sometimes called Laos) taste. (Get a pot for 4-5 people or a bowl for 1.) - Squid in Basil and Garlic Sauce A favorite Thai flavor for me. The squid was *slightly* overdone (chewy) however, although it's rare for it to be done well. - Ginger Beef I'm a ginger fanatic and liked this dish. As far as I'm concerned it could have had even more ginger!! There were more, but I can't remember them all. Enjoy! howard