Fave in the hood...NOT! - Osha Thai Kitchen

i've been told that baby photos of me look, well, like i'm a fat chinese baby.  i would not be surprised since there have historically been alot of chinese in cuba, where my family lived.  perhaps that is also why i have such a penchant for far eastern cuisine in all its forms.  regardless of the reason, it is rare, if not completely unknown, that i don't like an asian restaurant so this one stands out for having the distinct (dis)honor of holding that title.  more's the pity since it is close to home and within delivery range; but Osha Thai Kitchen was a big disappointment from beginning to end.  because the food was culprit there's absolutely no other reason to go since, as i always say when someone counters "but the place was beautiful"...you can't eat the decor.  the long and the short of it, and there really is no reason to be elaborate in my gastronomic displeasure (why bother? there's little pleasure in bile).  the j-dumplings were stale and tasteless, the spring rolls were dense and disgustingly peppery, and the calamari was tough (what else can you say once the calamari is tough?); but because i was still hungry, disdain of appetizers will do that, i had the chicken with pineapple and ginger.  ...the chicken was tough, the ginger lacking and the pineapple bland (like eating water chestnuts type of bland).  i'm sure that pineapple would have preferred to have wound up in the bin than suffer the dis-honor of that dish.  it was the sort of gustatory disgust that makes you want to take the cook outside and kick him 'til he bleeds.   life is too short to have bad food.  go somewhere else...go on, git!

kittichai

it is probably a thai word which means "i'm too sexy for you", and rightly so. the soho restaurant by the same name is so cool, its hot; so in it could be impossible to get into and so sexy i think i just came writting this. ok, so i liked it, you get the idea; but really, the place is beautiful and unfortunately trendy. kinda like i describe the hamptons..."love the place, hate the people". stylish alcoves where small to midsize groups can dine in relative seclusion; red, orange and yellow fabric colored walls uplit for drama and style; a ceiling simulating bamboo screens; dim spot lighting on the tables; a large pool with floating candles that tumble against each other and clink lightly together, and a flawless, and beautiful staff that seems to appear and disappear as if from nowhere to make sure your service is perfect. oh, and by the way, the food doesn't suck. if you could eat the presentation it might just taste as wonderful as the food actually does. they are currently participating in restaurant week and have extended this menu to march 31st; but they also have a prix fixe brunch on saturdays AND sundays. take advantage folks!