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Montague Street, the main shopping and dining drag in Brooklyn Heights has long been known as a drag when it comes to its restaurant scene.
In stark contrast, Smith Street sings its haute (hot) cuisine siren's song and Brooklyn Heights residents follow to sup at dining establishments which vary from Zagat fave The Grocery and lauded contemporary American Chestnut to Thai top spot Tuk Tuk and late-night French bistro Bar Tabac.
So, it was with great pleasure that Gothamist spied a new - rather hip - addition to Montague Street's paltry collection of restaurants: Thai 101. The restaurant's interior is trendier than anything else on the strip, featuring a blend of austere ultra modern elements with a selection of Asian antiquities.
Unfortunately, the night that Gothamist paid call, the place was packed. Could Montague have finally found a foodie haunt worth crowing about? The crowd was a good sign - but ultimately it comes down to the food. Not willing to wait for a table, three dishes were selected and a take-out order was placed.
The appetizer of Goong Kra-Bok ($7), two spring rolls of a sort, encasing succulent jumbo shrimp and shitake mushrooms, wasn't exactly authentic - but addictive. The crunch of the spring roll skin combined with the juicy shrimp, rich woody mushrooms and the sweet chile dipping sauce was a winner. The salad course, Yum Pla Muk Tod ($7), consisting of a few green leaves, watercress and crispy fried calamari in a fresh lime soy dressing was also quite tasty - but at this point Gothamist maxxed out on the "fried" quotient.
As a grand finale we decided to really put Thai 101 through its paces and order the penultimate Thai noodle dish: Pad Thai ($8 veg/$10 chicken/$15 jumbo shrimp). Expecting the usual gloppy tamarind mess that usually passes for Pad Thai, it was refreshing to get a dish that wasn't sickly sweet. Yet, it just didn't set Gothamist's tastebuds aflutter. Something was missing. What could it be? Oh, yes: flavor.
Still, two out of three ain't bad. And, by Gothamist's count that equation gets you to 101 - Thai 101 that is.
Thai 101
101 Montague Street (btwn. Henry & Hicks)
Brooklyn Heights
(718) 237-2594
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If Pad Thai is the penultimate noodle dish, what's last?
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=penultimate
There's another, I guess the original, Thai 101 on Myrtle Avenue in Fort Greene. Pretty decent.
Mea culpa on the addition of "pen" in front of ultimate. Clearly, I need to refer to my dictionary more often, when I "pen" these articles.
Also worth a look on Montague is "The Greens," a vegan Chinese place. Simple decor, ordinary service, and the menu is hit or miss... but some of the dishes are totally amazing. The General Tso's soy gluten is tremendous enough to make you forget you're eating something called "soy gluten." If i could only get them to put it on some chicken, it'd be heavenly.
I can never understand why Vegan food costs more than dishes with meat in them. Does anyone feel a little ticked off with them prices?
i don't know what it tasted like, but goong krabok is a well-known, very much authentic dish in thailand. was its execution was un-authentic?
I had recently a dinner at Thai 101 with a great disappointed feeling in many aspects including a food,service and extra charge on the gratuity. I had a high expectation when it was reinnovating couple months ago. I thought Thai 101 would perhapes bring the neighborhood a better Thai food and excitment. Thai 101 cheats to its qaulity by having over price with no value meals,no friendly service and badly tasted. I won't go there again for sure as well as my friends.
Please put the menu on your website