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Corinne and I ate at Angkor last night. It had been a while since we were there and I really enjoyed it. It was a Friday night, and not that many people were there and this surprised us because the food is so good!
The head waiter there is very nice and greeted us as usual - it's a very fancy place with decorative walls and wooden sculptures. The food is outstanding. We started our meal with crispy tofu squares followed up by the main course. I had the green curry noodles with tofu and Corinne had mixed vegetables with tofu in brown sauce. One thing about this place: there are beautiful orchids everywhere. We found out that the orchid on our table was actually fake, but it fooled us! I would go back here any time because the food was so good and the service was excellent.
Angkor
2350 Noblestown Rd
Pittsburgh, PA 15205
(412) 928-8424
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Posted by Mike at 12:05 AM | Comments (5)
Recently I have been talking about tofu a lot. I remember back in my early days of being a vegetarian when I severely hated tofu. The problem is tofu isn’t easy to make. Good tofu is uncommon, great tofu is exceedingly rare. So the most common tofu is not very good. I decided I should compile a list of my favorite places to get tofu. But not just the place to get it, because I’ve found even though one tofu dish maybe great another can be mediocre. So I am compiling a list of dishes and locations. I will update it as I find more. Also these are listed in no particular order, I consider them all of equal greatness.
1) the Quiet Storm (Pittsburgh) – Graham Street Tofu
2) the Quiet Storm (Pittsburgh) – Tofu Tenders (appetizer)
3) China Palace (Pittsburgh) – Sizziling Tofu
4) Angkor (Pittsburgh) – Crispy Tofu Triangles (appetizer)
5) Angkor (Pittsburgh) – Fresh spring rolls (appetizer)
6) Thai Gourmet (Pittsburgh) – Tao Hu Todd (appetizer)
7) Veggie Planet (Boston) - Tofu Scramble (brunch)
8) Sweet Basil & La Filipiniana (Pittsburgh) – Thai Pumpkin Tofu Curry (Special)
9) Chaya (Pittsburgh) – Tofu Teriyaki
10) Chaya (Pittsburgh) – Inari (Nigiri Sushi)
11) Pacific'O (Lahaina, Maui, HI) - Blackened Tofu
12) Teppanyaki Dan's (Lahaina, Maui, HI) - Teppan Tofu
Feel free to drop a comment listing your favorite tofu dish, or even a tofu related experience. This post will be on the Suggestions page. I will cross-reference it to the restaurants mentioned above also.
Also, check out the Los Angeles Tofu Festival webpage
Posted by Nate at 09:33 PM | Comments (11)
After reading Nate's entry about Angkor, I decided I needed to eat there ASAP. We made a trip there after doing some shopping out at Robinson this afternoon.
My first impression as we pulled up to the place was one of slight disappointment, to be honest. The restaurant is located in a strip of a handful of other businesses and it didn't look that impressive from the outside. It really just looked like a run-of-the-mill quickie restaurant.
When we went in, though, my thoughts changed. Angkor is decorated quite nicely, and has a lot of interesting Asian inspired art and sculptures. The tabletops are glass with white tablecloths. The prices, however, are very fair. I don't think any of the lunch entrees were more than $6.50, and that included a bowl of soup and a vegetable spring roll.
Like Nate mentioned, each of their variety of Thai and Cambodian dishes can be made vegetarian, or you can get them with your choice of meat. I decided on the vegetarian Phad Thai with tofu with Lemon Grass Soup. We also got an order of crispy tofu triangles as an appetizer, which were really just excellent. They were batter dipped and crunchy and just mmm! Everything else I had was also excellent. The entree portion wasn't too huge, but big enough that I had enough to take a small box home of leftovers.
At about $20 for all the food we got (two entrees, two bowls of soup, two spring rolls, and an appetizer), I have to say this place is a great deal. I only wish it was closer to where I live so I could go here more often. Nate mentioned that he thinks the owners also run a restaurant called Phnom Penh downtown, so I'll have to check it out sometime. If it is half as tasty as Angkor, it will be worth it!
Posted by Julie at 09:56 PM | Comments (0)
Angkor is a Thai and Cambodian restaurant in the Green Tree area. The inside of the restaurant is very nicely decorated, the place is sparkling clean, and it is generally very quiet. There is a row of orchids filling the front windows, apparently in the summer they bloom. I have eaten here several times, though never very often. As a result I am always faced with a dilemma. Should I order the vegetarian green curry noodles again? I go there so rarely that I am craving them any time I go in. I’m not much of a work area eater; I generally pack a lunch instead of going out. But when its cold out and I need a warm meal, Angkor is great. I have ordered their food for take out and brought it back to work in the past, and probably will again. The vegetarian options on the menu are fairly broad. It states that any entrée can be ordered vegetarian. Their lunch combos consist of a spring roll, a soup, and an entrée. They have vegetarian spring rolls and a vegetarian soup, Lemon Grass soup. They also make wonderful freshly rolled spring rolls that are not fried. When ordered with tofu, the other option is shrimp, and they are made with a delightful light almost spongy tofu that tastes fantastic. The food is excellent and a giant lunch will set you back $10 or less. By the way the green curry is fantastic. I can’t say that enough.
Posted by Nate at 07:19 PM | Comments (0)