Food Photo(s) Friday - Rice Bowl Cafe

I've been hearing such great things about this place. I heard it was kind of like Coco's. Jonhnny and I have been wanting to try it for so long. Last night we were stumped on where to go eat dinner and suddenly the light bulb went off in my head. LET'S GO TO RICE BOWL CAFE!

Rice Bowl Cafe
11220 N. Lamar Blvd
Austin, TX 78753

It's located right where Exotic Thai used to be right off of Lamar & Braker. Kind of wish it had a better location, but it seems business is still great even for a not-so-visible location. I asked my friend Peter what I should eat. He told me to get the green onion pancake, szechuan beef noodle soup, and mapo tofu. We got 2/3 on the list. 

Edamame

We also got the miso soup. Ehhh I think we would've been ohkay without the edamame and miso soup. The edamame was overcooked. Some pieces of the pod kept getting in my mouth and the miso soup was cold and bland.

Green Onion Pancake

A little too oily for my taste.

Pork on Rice w/ a Black Pepper Sauce

This was pretty good! I wish it had pickled veggies like Coco's though...

Szechuan Beef Noodle Soup

Made with an amazing broth that's packed with flavor, beef that's melt in your mouth tender, and delicious hand made noodles. AH! So glad Peter told us to try this. It was delicious!!!!

Even when Jonhnny was filled up to the max, he could NOT stop sipping the broth. 

I had to pull the bowl away from him. =P

Other than the miso soup and edamame malfunctions, I cannot wait to go back!!! =D

&& Like hubby always says... HAPPY EATINGS!!!!! =D

Wordless Wednesday - SoCo Fun

Trying out something new.. Wordless Wednesday. Got the idea from Miss Linda Nguyen =)

Ohkays no words starting... NOW! (captions on photos don't count I hope.. HEHE)

Food Photo(s) Friday - Tasty Thai

I am a HUGE lover of Thai food and one of my favorite dishes is pad Thai. My usual place is Madam Mam's, but a couple of weeks ago my hubs and I discovered Chang Thai (right in the Wal-Mart shopping center off of Parmer + IH-35). I noticed this restaurant changed their name a couple of times, so I wasn't sure if it was good or not. I checked out some Yelp reviews and thought I would give it a shot... Plus it's right by my house. I'm so glad that I gave this place a chance. 

Chang Thai

13000 N IH-35
Ste 200
Austin, TX 78753

My Pad Thai w/ Beef

(NO BEAN SPROUTS!!!) =P

Honey's Pad Thai Combo (Beef, Chicken, + Shrimp)

Here's the thing I love about Chang Thai: 

They have different options for the pad Thai. Honey got his with flat noodles (the ones that usually come with pad see ew) and an egg omelette on top. 

The flat noodles made the pad Thai much juicier and flavorful.

I would definitely recommend the flat noodles over the regular rice noodles.

Tom Yum Soup

Spicy & flavorful.. So delicious!

This place is definitely gonna be one of my go-to places for Thai food. Love it!

Happy eatings! =)