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It’s tasty.
It’s fresh.
It’s unique.
It’s inexpensive.
It’s chef-owned.
That chef is always at the stoves.
It’s good.
It’s good for you.
It’s as vegetarian or meat-centric as you want it to be.
It’s as spicy or tame as you desire.
It’s clean.
It’s charming.
It’s intimate.
It’s open all the time, i.e. throughout the day.
The service is unfailingly sweet and efficient.
It’s got food that isn’t fancy.
In fact, a lot of it looks like this:
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Here’s a typical conversation ELV often has with his fellow food writers when discussing Chinatown:
Food Writer #1 (puffed up with his usual arrogance): “Have you been to (name any place on or alongside Spring Mountain Road)? My Chinese friends come here all the time, and I consider it the best blah blah blah….”
ELV: “Yeah, I was there the week they opened, and hit it for lunch at least once a month.”
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Take a good look at the picture above. It represents the dining room at Chada Thai less than one hour into its official opening last Friday night.
You will notice that the room is almost empty. I predict this is one of the last times you will see such a sight.