I made a pit stop at the southwest corner of 84th Street SW and Mukilteo Speedway on a Wednesday evening. There were three restaurants in the lot: Mexican, Chinese, and Thai. Because I hadn't had Thai food the longest, I ended up choosing the Thai restaurant, which was creatively named Mukilteo Thai.
As I walked in, I saw a man eating by himself to the left. To the right were two Thai women dressed in black sitting at the far table. They both immediately got up to greet me, and that's how I knew they were working the restaurant. They presented me with a menu so large I took an eon to decide what I wanted. They were pretty patient with me, but one of them must have had their patience broken when she offered some advice. She didn't have perfect English, but it wasn't hard to understand her, even though we did have a few slip ups here and there. I wanted to order more than one dish, but it was hard for me to tell how much was too much. She asked me how many calories I was shooting for and what types of dishes I was considering.
After some discussion, she told me to take the menu down to one of the chairs by the front door and come back up when I made my decision.
After a few more minutes, I finally decided (initially) on the full appetizer plate, duck curry, and the Mukilteo Thai noodles. She didn't really like my choice mainly because the full appetizer plate was all fried, and the other dishes had rather thick ingredients (e.g. coconut milk) that would have pushed the calorie counter over my proposed limit. I decided to swap out the full appetizer plate for an order of spring rolls.
It was only about a 10 to 15 minute wait before my food was presented to me in a tightly tied plastic bag. I had asked for an itemized receipt, and they presented me with my receipt listing what I ordered...except the Spring Rolls showed up as A1. It wasn't clear to me what A1 was (steak sauce???), so I had them write down "Spring rolls" on the receipt.
I will admit...I was being incredibly fussy that night, so I have to give them a lot of credit for dealing with a rather difficult customer like myself. Compared to their counterparts at other restaurants I've been to, they were still quite far from the best I've seen.
As for the food, it was great! Except one problem: the curry didn't come with rice! Oops! That was my bad! I must have overlooked the small text in the menu that said "we suggest ordering rice to go with this dish". Welp...as a result, I had to improvise and use my curry as a dipping sauce for the spring rolls. Not wanting to mix my curry with the noodles, I ended up with a lot of liquid at the end of my meal. Ever try eating a few nachos when you have a ton of nacho cheese left, and you don't want to waste the nacho cheese? Yeah...that was me right there with the curry.
But, on the other hand, if I did order steamed rice, it would have been excessive. I was full after eating all that!
Also, there was a bone in my duck curry. No biggie. It was easy to see, and I just simply took it out. The noodles were pretty good too! However, next time I get noodles from a Thai restaurant, I'll be sure to go for one of my favorite dishes of all time: Pad Thai. I liked the Mukilteo noodles as it was a nice deviation from Pad Thai, but I still much prefer the latter.
Overall, Mukilteo Thai is a great Thai restaurant! It's pretty easy to miss if you are driving on Mukilteo Speedway. If you see a Brooklyn Bros Pizzeria, the Mukilteo Thai restaurant is on the other side of 84th Street SW. Definitely recommend! Next time I'm up here, I'll have to see how good their Pad Thai really is! read more