Tofu, the other meat.

Tofu. It's bland and tasteless in it's natural form. With the right ingredients, tofu can come to life.



I bought this tofu from the Korean Western Oriental Market on Spring Mountain and Valley View. It's deep fried tofu with Korean red chili paste. For $2.99 it's a good buy. The flavors matched really well. The tofu was firm with some saltiness. It's not the best deep fried tofu that I've ever eaten but for the price, it's not bad.

My favorite Thai restaurant is Pin Kaow located on Rainbow and Robindale. I eat here at least 4 times a month and sometimes twice in one week. The hubby and I used to go every Friday but we can't stand their Friday night "singer." The "singer" hurts my ears. He's like one of those people that try out on American Idol who thinks they are good but in reality they are toned deaf. Anyways, this blog is not about music. Let's just say, you've been warned. (I hope they don't read this and spit into my food. Remember, I'm your loyal loyal customer.) The restaurant is decorated in Thai style. There's an elephant head on one wall and a shrine of some Thai ancestors on another wall. It's comfortable and clean. The servers are always nice and continuously ready to refill your water. But we don't eat here 4 times a week for the ambiance, we come here for the food. The hubby's favorite dish is here is the Pad Kee Mao with fried tofu spicy- number 7. What brings this dish together is the basil with just the right amount of soy sauce. Most Thai restaurants carry this dish but Pin Kaow is really consistent and gets it just right 99% of the time. I do find that other Thai places makes Pad Kee Mao too greasy but not here. I usually order my all time favorite Thai Beef Salad spicy level 7 (the dressing on this salad makes me lick the plate and sometimes I really do! Ha!) but tonight I can't do beef. I've had too much beef in the past week. This girl is beefed out. Tonight, I ordered the Catfish delight. It's battered catfish fillets in a yummy thick sweet curry sauce (spicy number 8 tonight). It was really spicy tonight but oh so good. The curry here never fails to match the lightly salted fried fish fillet. This is definitely a must try dish.