I have eaten at this Thai restaurant on Holly Street twice now. The first time the food seemed like decent thai food in a somewhat funky atmosphere. Honestly, I was so amused at the techno beats and tight shirts all the waiters were wearing that I barely noticed the food. It had the atmostphere of a hip gay hangout instead of an exotic thai house.
I did notice that no one I saw in the restaurant looked even faintly Thai. This was our first attempt at finding a thai place in bellingham since moving from Seattle, where all the great Thai places are obviously run by Thai people. So I overlooked the caucasian males in skin tight shirts, but wasn't thrilled enough to go back.
Fast forward to yesterday.... With a 2 inch coating of ice on the roads and a strong craving for thai food, I started calling around to see who was open. Jimmy's was the only one who answered the phones and I remembered reading that they had won "best takeout" in the one of those newspaper awards thingys.
We didn't have a menu, so I started by asking if they had "pad woonsen". WHAT? No, I don't think so" answered the guy on the phone. Ok, how about "Pad Prik King" (a thai staple) "Phad prik who?" he answered. Finally I just asked for something with meat and plenty of veggies. "Oh, you defnitely want the Holy Basil" he said. That sounded excellent to me since I love fresh basil. Yum.
My husband brought the food home and imagine my dismay when I opened up my Holy Basil and found absolutely no basil whatsoever. Oh no wait, are those little green flecks dried basil? Apparently so.
WHO THE HECK PUTS DRIED BASIL IN A DISH CALLED "HOLY BASIL"??????
Second of all, if they were out of basil, why on earth did he recommend that dish to me? The sauce tasted like chicken broth, soy sauce and red chili flakes. Boring Boring Boring.
Jimmy's, you get a huge, giant thumbsdown. (second only to Blue Fin Sushi)
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