Dok Bua

Goddamn I love Thai food.  Ever since I first went to Khao Sarn I've been willing to try anything, but I'll be toning it down with some variety soon in the blog posts, you'll see.  Anyways, Dok Bua, this place is great.  Weird ass plates with some sort of lazy susan thing going on, with all of your food arranged in a circle with soup in the middle.  The price you really can't beat here.  Its cheap, under $10 and no matter what you get its going to be good from what i've heard.  Dok Bua is located on Harvard Street about a five minute walk from Coolidge Corner, look for the green awning.  Walking in this place is a legit Thai kitchen, everybody is on the move cooking and moving around, the smells are fucking fantastic.  From the menu I went with the chili chicken, combining two of my favorite things.  I had no idea how exactly they would combine the two things but I gave it a shot.  It also came with two sides that I had to pick from so I went with the trusty tom yum soup and a couple of roll-like things, I forget their exact name though.

Really nice stuff here.  Sweet and spicy dipping sauce on the side, some eggroll like things up top, my old friend the monolithic rice baseball makes another appearance.  A big bowl of tom yum soup in the middle, some cucumbers hanging out dangerously on the side, and then there's the chili chicken piled on at the bottom.  First off, I'm able to go ahead and compare the tom yum soup with that from Khao Sarn, and its pretty good, I'd say its a bit spicier but im not a big fan of the mushrooms and this one was way more mushroomy even though it was a bigger bowl of soup.  If you dig mushrooms then you'll be right at home here.  Moving on, those eggroll things were crunchy and that dipping sause was a great compliment.  The same can be said for the chili chicken.  I never imagined putting this in a blog so I kind of messed the shot up but the chicken was really tender and had a think chili encrusted outside.  Dip that in the sweet sauce on the side and that was crunchy and smooth.  Every time I've been here this is what i've ordered because its just that good.  So yea, Dok Bua, Thai Food, its been real.