Wednesday’s lunch was a disappointment. It took 25 minutes to get two simple lunch specials and there was only one other party of two in the restaurant. Worse, the meals were delivered separately, between five and 10 minutes apart, so my son had nearly finished...his pad Thai before I received my drunken noodles.
As for the food itself, nothing great. Both dishes were served without any accompaniment. The pad Thai did have a couple twigs of limp parsley, but it was the most uninteresting pad Thai we had tasted in years. Additionally, it was very wet, as if the chef had forgotten to drain the noodles that he had just cooked (perhaps the reason for the delay). At one point, my son’s feeding motion caused a tidal-wave of liquid in all directions, including his new thermal shirt and the dirty wall needing repair by the window. For me, the drunken noodles were okay as was the tofu, but the dish would have been a lot better with more vegetables.
Lunch prices were reasonable, but unlike other Thai restaurants, there was no soup, dumplings, eggrolls, or chicken satay skewer delivered before or with the meal. The only freebie that we did receive were the double bag of Chinese fortune cookies - something that made us wonder if Mekhong suffered from restaurant identity confusion syndrome. Your results may vary, but Cherry Wonderdog was not impressed.More