I still owed Kathy and Cindy a lunch as part of their 2025 Christmas present and Pat (SIL) is still with us recovering from her knee replacement so we all went to lunch on this day. I’m sure you know that I watch Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives regularly and Guy frequently visits oriental restaurants. As I watch these restaurants, one of the things that always appeals to me is steamed dumplings but they are rare on restaurant menus around here. I recently discovered a Maryville restaurant simply named Thai Cuisine and since they had great reviews and dumplings on the menu, it became a must try.
The restaurant is located in a small strip mall in South
Maryville and this was our first visit to it.
Here we are getting ready to order. I can't believe how much I resemble my Dad in the shot.
Our first order was for the dumpling (Steamed or fried stuffed with ground shrimp, pork, and water chestnut served with light soy sauce) and the pot sticker (Pan-fried dumplings filled with chicken, cabbage, and green onions, served with a house dipping sauce) appetizers which came with five of each – perfect. Would you believe I forgot the pics but this was when we were finished 😊
As it turned out, the dumplings looked just like these from the web.
But I was looking for something more like these which I think may be the Chinese version.
And our pot stickers looked like these – I forgot to order fried.
For our meals, Cindy ordered a Papaya Salad And Spring Rolls (got no pic) and Pat ordered General Tso's Chicken - Fried breaded chicken sautéed in special sauce. Served with steamed broccoli and carrots. $18.95.
Kathy had the Cashew Nut Special With Chicken - Cashew nuts, onions, mushrooms, carrots, scallions, water chestnuts, bell peppers, snow peas, and special house sauce. $18.95
Bev’s choice was Kung Pao Chicken - Stir-fried with bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, peanuts, zucchini and special house sauce. $18.95
I may have eaten a curry dish one other time so I decided I needed to branch out and try one so I went with Massaman Curry (with chicken) - Massaman curry paste with broccoli, onions, bell peppers, potatoes, and peanuts. $19.95. Like many of their meals, I had my choice of several proteins to go in my dish.
We don’t eat much oriental food but I would go to Thai Cuisine again to have it.
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Have a
great day and thanks for stopping by Almost Heaven South.
Larry
8/5/26
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I love a good Thai curry. Did you like it? And sometimes they can be very spicy. Good to see a photo of Pat. Tell her I love her blouse = my favorite color and it looks good on her.
ReplyDeleteThat all looks pretty darned good!
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious! My daughter and I crave Thai food (especially panang curry and tom kha gai soup) when we are feeling under the weather.
ReplyDeleteI used to live in Maryville from 1999 to 2010-ish when I taught marketing at the Univ. of TN. It was a nice place, and growing. I had a lovely little house, but the commute to S.C. on the weekends got old and I left to teach at the U. of S.C. I had a tremendous time at U.T., but my lifestyle couldn't be sustained. I never ate at this restaurant, largely because I was too busy and always ate at home. Sounds delicious. Next to Italian , I love Thai the best! U.T. sent me to Thailand to teach 2 summers in a row and I was fortunate to eat the "real deal" and it's hotter than hell, but just the best ever! I've never, ever found any place in the States that prepares Tom Kah Gai (Coconut Chicken Soup) as good as it is in Bangkok!
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