boon boon cafe

i had lunch at boon boon cafe with my son zack yesterday, and i can't stop thinking about how much i enjoyed the food. the cuisine is mostly thai, but they offer some items from other cultures too, such as indian samosas, korean chicken wings, and spaghetti and meatballs (really!). on the boon boon cafe website, there is a vegetarian menu, although they don't have a separate vegetarian menu in the actual restaurant. what their restaurant menu says is that vegetarian substitutes are available. if you know in advance that you'll be going to boon boon cafe, you may want to print out the vegetarian menu and take it with you. i asked about fishsaucein their curries and was told that all of them contain fishsauceexcept the yellow curry. so instead of curry, i decided to order the prik khing chicken, with tofu substituted for the chicken. in addition to the tofu, this dish consisted of green beans, onions, bell peppers, carrots, and broccoli in asauceof dry red chili paste, served with

a friend and i came here for dinner after studying at the uc davis med school library. it was actually kinda perfect, i had a craving for noodles and this place was so close. so the location is kinda sketch and there is parking in the back, but i probably wouldn’t walk here. sad isnt it? i’m scared to walk around certain areas surrounding the hospital i work at? no big deal. fried tofu appetizer lame! so i saw that they have a happy hour and i wanted to order an appetizer but in order to enjoy the appetizers half off, you need to order a drink. we looked through the drink menu (but we had plans to study after dinner) and decided that it was just cheaper to order the regular priced appetizer. i was glad we got this. it was pretty good and crunchy but little lacking in flavor unless you dipped it in the sauce. pad thai the pad thai was decent. i asked for thai hot and got disappointed. i was adding srirachasauceto my noodles. the noodle