thai cuisine ii

best thai in albuquerque! my boyfriend and i showed up ten minutes before closing to order takeout. the server was welcoming and friendly... we ordered green curry and pineapple red curry. both were excellent and filling. i spent a month in thailand and have been searching for the good stuff here in the states. i would say that thai cuisine 2 is theplacefor authenticity. perfect spices and super strong flavor! i cant wait to try the lunch specials.

yummy. all too often i neglect the fact that i really love thai food and i don't eat this cuisine enough; well today reaffirmed how much i love thai. i have to admit from the outside thai cuisine ii looks almost downright scary but we can never judge by looks alone (well that is the outside.) inside it was a quaint littleplacenicely decorated, and the service was great! i ordered the thom kha soup which is hands down my favorite thai dish and was delighted when it came with rice (some other places charge you extra) although i excepted it to be a little hotter than what was described, i have to admit it was downright awesome. my friend who accompanied me ordered the pad thai which is a pretty standard suggestion of mine for someone who has never tried thai food. the pad thai was spot on as well as the fried tofu and the little eggrolls, well they were delicious. i really liked this restaurant and was very impressed with how wonderful the food was. thai cuisine ii is definitely worth trying!

when they say hot...... they mean thai cuisine ii..... theplaceis as delicious as the dishes.....
had lunch.... which starts with a cup of lemongrass soup that is so good i wanted to just stop there and order a quart. it just kept getting better with the ginger chicken but was really disappionted with how hot it was. i ordered medium and i tell ya what it was way hot even for my semi adventerous tastebuds.

the warm tapioca dessert... was oddly wonderful since my tongue was numb from the heat of my ginger chicken.


another trip is certainly in order.
the best thai in this part of town for sure...

thisplaceis amazing. the food has excellent spice. the flavor is bold and rich. those dishes come out piping hot and i always enjoy what i have. i recommend any offering that has those flavors you enjoy. time your as rush hour can have you waiting forever. good problem for the business, the only drawback for the customer.

come here for lunch. do yourself a favor and come here for lunch. the lunch specials are about the best deal i've ever seen in town. the food is always good. i'm not a huge fan of the strange dessert pudding that they give you but that's just a personal preference on my part. i've tried a couple of their curries, which are all fantastic. it's not really the busiestplacein the world, so you can always expect good service. i haven't been in for dinner though, because it don't really see the point when i can get such an amazing deal on lunch items.

good nob hill thai. i prefer this thaiplaceto thai orchid. the look of the outside of the restaurant could use a facelift. the inside is cute and clean. the thai food is delicious and consistently so. i usually get a thai curry with brown rice. i also love thisplacebecause they have sticky rice, despite being a little chewy or dry at the edges, it was a great treat.

excellent and charming. very authentic cuisine - having enjoyed thai cuisine at montgomery thought i'd give this one a try - and was very happy with the food, the generous portion, the freshness, taste and ambiance (surprise! inside a former what-was-it red a-frame joint) - had the tom kha khai -broth, herbs, chicken soup with lemongrass - side of jasmine (or brown) rice.
have had thai soup like this across the country from new york chicago san francisco - very authentic thai cooking. still like their thai cuisine i with the hard-working waitress on the west side, but when downtown its a great relief to have found a newplaceto go besides thai orchid.

my "go-to"placewhen in town. anytime i am in new mexico i have to stop and have lunch here. their lunch specials are huge for the price and i have never found a better pineapple curry anywhere, even though i keep looking. the dining area is small and they can get busy for lunch so get there early. the people working there are "real" and can help you pick out something good if you are new to thai! their thai ice tea is also nom nom nom.

just good food. really good simple thai food. nothing crazy, well priced and delicious. sticky rice for the win. not overpriced, mediocre and pretenious like someplacedown the street.

best food ever!. this is my absolute favoriteplaceto eat in the nob hill area! the food is so delicious and the little thai waiter is precious.

hot. i have had a hard time finding a thaiplacethat will meet my spicy needs. my search is over. very fresh and never disapointing. sorry thai house, you have been replaced.

must...resist.... i love thisplaceso much i ate there twice in one day...red curry for lunch (holy crap it's good) then the teriyaki chicken bowl for dinner (double holy crap!).

nuf said.

authentic and delish!!!. i moved back from southeast asia last year (after ten years) and am a lover of all things thai. thai cuisine ii was no exception. my friend had recommended we try this place, conveniently located near our house, and i am so thankful!!! thisplacewas amazing - in food, service, and food!!! try the homemade thai tea and coconut ice cream. it was our first time but we will be back...this week!!!

tom, yum yum!. my beautiful bride and i spent three weeks in thailand in 2000. we lived in portugal at the time and when we left the fragrant, delicate beauty of thailand, i brought as much packaged curry, dried coconut milk, a mortar and pestle and other thai essentials as i could pack in my luggage. (difficult to find exotic foodstuffs in portugal.) upon returning to portugal, i cooked thai food for two months straight, as i couldn't get enough of the flavors. i cooked thai every night until my wife said, "enough."
thus far, i can't get 'enough' of thai cuisine ii. i've eaten there three times in one week, an all-time record for me in oneplacefor such a short duration.
there are plenty of thai restaurants in our burg, none of which have come close to the flavors that i have longed for since that sweet, hot time in thailand. until i ventured into tc ii. if the journey of fine food begins when one walks through a door, then i know that the tcii journey will be pleasant, warm, inviting and full of surprises ... my first impression of this wonderful place. but, i wax poetic. the food. my first meal of the week was one of the unbelievably low-priced lunch specials ... i had the mussaman curry. simply delicious. fragrant. sweet. hot. delivering flavors that ping-ponged first from the left hemisphere of my brain then on to the right hemi. inviting me to continue on the journey. walk don't run. my friend ordered the pad khing (ginger chicken). it was different but equal to my dish with its heavenly scents and flavors. we finished the trip with fresh fruit and the coconut tapioca dessert included with the lunch special. something tells me that there are more surprises, more flavors, more discoveries ahead.
second visit with a client and friend two days later - i have the laab gai (chicken salad), one of my all time favorite thai meals. friend has the pad thai noodles. i told the owner, who waited on us, "... this is a test to see if your's can compare favorably to mine ..." i said this jokingly of course, knowing full well that the heart of thailand was beating strongly in this place, and my cooking, no matter how good, would never compare. there was zero comparison. lord or buddah, take me now. this is it. i'm there. i've lived. holy cow, this is good. my friends order, pad thai noodles - equally heavenly.
third trip on the path to nirvana, beautiful bride and i take a side road. i have the sen-mee noodles with the guew teaw soup. bride goes for the laab gai wondering if it's as good as mine ... she laughs, says nothing, eats. she knows it's better than mine, by a long, thai mile. we finish. sated. fond memories swirling. fond memories forming.

highly recommended.

a (nob hill) dream come true. i have a real passion for thai food. but while ive found a couple pretty decent thai restaurants in abq (thai tip being the best) there is really nothing close to my home that is worth mentioning (yes, that means you orchid thai). so when i saw that a new thai restaurant was opening a stones throw from my front door i was really......hopeful. we waited until they'd been open a couple weeks so they could work out the kinks and then decided it was time to give them a try.
the restaurant is housed in an old "a frame" wienerschnitzel location but they've done a real nice job making it their own. the interior is quite charming. i dare say, romantic even, with its kind lighting and simple buddhist decor sparsely spread throughout.
service was excellent throughout the meal, with both (who i assume to be) the owner making sure the dishes were up to snuff, and our waiter taking care of everything without a word from us. we were very pleased on that front.
we each tried one of the lunch specials, which are all served with lemongrass soup, rice and tapioca. most of them were $6.95, though my curry was $7.95. in addition to the soup we were also given a couple of small fried spring rolls with a delicious sweet & sour dipping sauce. tasty little morsels!!
our meals appeared shortly thereafter. the first thing i noticed that brought a smile to my face was that my red curry didnt show a hint of oiliness. it was also brimming with nice chunks of white chicken (places like orchid thai and bangkok cafe charge $3 extra for this "privilege") along with the usual bamboo shoots, sliced red pepper and zucchini. i asked for it spicy, and it was, without being lethal. it had a real savory flavor to it and all the veggies were crisp, as they should be.
my wife got the ginger chicken and she didnt speak to me for about 10 minutes. all her attention was devoted to her plate. thats another thing; the portions will certainly leave you wanting for nothing. my wife had to get a to-go box for the rest of hers and i might have too, had i been able to put down my fork for a minute. un/fortunately i was enjoying it all to much and devoured everything they put in front of me. next time i'll relax a little and take my time. the tapioca came at the end and it was a real treat, i'd never had any like it before. a fitting ending to a wonderful meal.
anyhow, thai cuisine ii is certainly a welcome and much needed addition to the neighborhood. i wouldnt be surprised if i dined there at least once a week from here on out. (especially since theyre open till 10 pm!)
a+. if youre not impressed by the "other" guys across the street i recommend you check thisplaceout. you'll be happy you did.

update 1/25
ive been back a few times now and have tried a variety of dishes. the massaman curry and the pad se ew were particularly delicious. my wife also really liked the kao niew moon (mango with sweet sticky rice in coconut milk!) i have not had anything close to a bad meal here. it truly is fantastic!