Coronavirus Delivery Review
I gotta be honest, this one has me rethinking everything. Delivery is convenient, but often adds disappointment to the food quality. Ordering out is so expensive, and stings when you're a pretty good cook. This might be my last review for awhile, haha.
And sorry to pile on the brutality, but if I had received this food as it was during a dine-in experience, I'd totally give it two stars, maybe even one, depending on the service.
It's a rainy night, toward the end of the long week that opened with a heavy duty snowstorm. I was looking for pure comfort. The reviews gave me hope, but I feel betrayed! But maybe it's an off night for the establishment? I have had plenty of Thai food but went with the basics tonight: Pad Thai, and Thai wonton soup.
I know there are lots of ridiculous fees associated with the online ordering service, which inflated my $25 order to closer to $40 with the tip, but I was astonished by the small bag of goods handed over by my delivery man. The delivery fees are not the fault of Thai Ginger, but still: $17.50 for a small container of noodles and $7 for a pint of wonton soup, especially considering the poor quality of both, has left me mad at myself for not popping into the grocery store on my way home from work. At least I can reuse the containers, I suppose. Sigh.
The one good comment I have: the soup's broth was phenomenal. Worthy of a star, on its own. It was complex and flavorful. I liked the bits of bok choy and cilantro in it too. I took a few pictures of the soup before I ate it and it was definitely photogenic, but it quickly deteriorated: the outer wrappers broke apart, disintegrating into the soup, leaving the wretched chicken balls perversely exposed. The balls were unappealing to behold, and even worse to ingest. They lacked seasoning and were dense and rubbery, and had I not been filled with remorse by my wasted money and sad meal, I should have tossed one chicken ball against the floor because I'm sure it would have bounced as high as the Super Ball I had as a kid. Slightly chicken flavored rubber bouncy balls sunken in an otherwise tasty broth. Not worth $7.50.
And the Pad Thai crushed my soul. I was hungry and so looking forward to a bit of spicy sweet carby goodness, but it was as bland tasting as my picture of it is bland looking. I thought maybe I hadn't stirred it well enough, so I gave it a mix, and took another bite, taking care to grab a little chicken and bean sprout with the noodles, but alas, it was joyless, and the chicken may has well have been filet of tractor trailer tire blowout. So. Much. Chew. And the rest was texture-less mush. The nuts and sprouts added very little interest at all. Boo.
So here I am, writing a harsh review, but knowing how fortunate I am to be in this position. I have money to have someone prepare and fetch my food. I have experience which gives me insight into what good food should taste like. I have power and internet and my soul isn't really crushed because of a bad meal. But I'm going to use this knowledge to hunker down and stop wasting my money! Thanks Thai Ginger!