Ruthai Thai's

On the coldest day of the year (I'm not exaggerating), Tim and I walked down to Ruthai Thai's for dinner.  Tonight Leslie and Lydia and I walked down there for dinner.  The city was seriously on red alert when Tim and I showed up.  The city had shut down and the only people anywhere as far as the eye could see were the Thai transports at Ruthai Thai's.  We ate alone in the restaurant and our meal was specially prepared since the poor cook had NO ONE else to deal with.  It was so cold that night (but still warm on the inside) that I thought Ruthai Thai's was a great place.   Not the best Thai ever, but still in the top 20%.  We were the only people there and it tasted oh so good.

Tonight, not so much.  But, it's BYOB, which makes it at least 9 points better than anyplace else. (when you are intoxicicated, points are irrelevent).  So we had a great dinner, even though dinner was in and of itself, not so great.  The tofu was good.  I remember this from last time, but the noodles were slightly undercooked.  And, my favorite part of the evening;  Leslie asked for some Lime with her Pad Thai with Shrimp. The little waitress brought her out a bowl of rice.  And Leslie said, "no, a lime,"  so the waitress brought her out a knife.  So naturally, Leslie squeezed the knife over her pad thai to add a crisp and tart taste to her pad thai.

If I were starving and my refridgerator had exploded and I was out of powdered drink mixes and the only option I had for nourishment was Thai food, I would still most likely make the hike to Green Papaya before I would slide down the hill to Ruthai Thai....but like I said, Ruthai Thai's is BYOB...that's important.  Two bottles of wine important.  It's a toss up.

Is this that place?  B's review:

Chillness:  BYOB Chill.

Price: Cheap like a night out at Deja Vu's

Food Quality:  Variable, but the imaginary limes (knifes) are great.