indochina seafood & satay bar

the indochine is the best around even in seattle. we have enjoyed this restaurant for many years and we have never ever had a bad plate. always had top-notch service. their spring rolls coconut shrimp appetizers are delightful. along with their lemongrass chicken and the summer basil salad are one of our most favorite to order. anything on themenuis excellent you won't go around there you can order. you can order how spicy you would like your dish to be one through five and it's always right on target.

dish: drunken beef noodles place: indochine asian dining lounge, tacoma (on pacific ave.) price: $13.95 on the plate: from the menu: "tender marinated beef, rice noodles, bamboo shoots, onions, and bell peppers are sautéed with thai basil and dressed in sweet soy sauce and rice wine." from the photo, you can see that there's also broccoli in the dish. supporting cast: nothing, but you can ask for some sort of chili if you'd like to spice it up. what to do: just eat. noodling around: drunken noodles (phad kee mao) is one of those all-too-common dishes found on virtually every thai restaurant's menu, usually just below the phad thai-as is the case at indochine. i was actually leaning toward the spicy siamese noodles, as themenudescribes it as a "vivid indochine original," but the server talked me out of it, promoting the drunken noodles as the fan favorite. i'm a sucker for broad rice noodles, which i find comforting in a preparation like this, stir-fried nice and soft. they absorb a