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17 Oct 2007 | suburbs, thai | 0 Comments

I had jury duty on Tuesday. It was excruciating. I haven’t slept well lately, and I’ve been extra hungry. And they didn’t excuse us for lunch until 1PM. I was dying. I was in Delco court, so I was in Media. Luckily, State Street in downtown Media has tons of dining choices. I ended up at La Na Thai French Cuisine. They lured me in with their lunch special sign.

I picked the lemongrass soup (tom yum) and the som tum (or at least I think that’s what it was called) which was basically a shredded cabbage salad. I haven’t been eating too many fresh fruits or veggies lately, so I picked that over some kind of fried roll. The soup was just fine and the salad was really good. Very crunchy. It had a sweet and sour fish sauce based dressing, and I tried my darndest to not get any of the sauce on me, but I probably did get some of it on my shirt. And I probably stank like fish sauce for the rest of the day. But I didn’t care, I was only going back to sitting in the jury room.

I got the drunken noodles as my entree. I’ve said before, it’s what I usually order any time I eat thai food. It’s always a solid choice and I know I like it. It was pretty darn spicy. It had two little chili peppers on the menu, and they were quite deserving. In general, the food was just fine. Nothing spectacular, but good and inexpensive. The service was so so. The restaurant itself is fairly small, with tragic tablecloths and a really bad faux paint job. For the price, it’s a good choice for lunch while suffering through jury duty.

La Na Thai French Cuisine

33 W State St

Media, PA

610-892-7787

15 Oct 2007 | grilling, work | 0 Comments

Last Friday was the last week of the season where Chef Donald graced us with his grilling prowess. Sadness. This is truly the end of summer. For his last meal, he made hawaiian chicken. It was delicious, and had pineapples in it. I loved every bit of it.

I even took some home for dinner and it reheated itself beautifully. I don’t know what he put it in, I never know what he puts in his lunches, but I just loved it. And I will miss him every Friday until next summer. Bye bye Chef Donald, you have no idea how much my stomach will miss you!

14 Oct 2007 | cooking, mexican, seafood | 1 Comment

M and I are doing something completely cool this October – glassblowing class. And yes, it is just about as cool as it sounds. Before our first class last week, she fed me fish tacos. She made everything from scratch, from a Bon Appetit recipe. It’s all totally beyond me. She used frozen tilapia from trader joe’s and marinated it in some kind of milk with a little hot sauce thrown in.

She also prepared some sliced avocados, fresh pico de gallo, pickled red onions, and some kind of mayonnaise based cream sauce. She dredged the fish in flour and fried them up. Look, she even has really fancy pans.

Put it all together with warmed tortillas, and it was a delicious feast. I’ve never actually had fish tacos before, but I totally loved them. I love fish, I love tacos, so I don’t know why I’d never eaten them before. I’d make these myself were I a better cooker than an eater!