TAP Thai

It had been a year since I’ve dined at TAP, time sure does fly.

My friend and I were hungry, but not famished, we just wanted something simple, and ordered one dish each.

My friend had a beer and the penang chicken curry, with rice. There was enough leftover she got an additional side of rice to take home, and have for a lunch the next day. Their penang is tangy and mildy spicy, which slowly creeps up on you.

I had the Thai iced tea with lime, which I LOVE at TAP, more than the creamy Thai iced tea. So refreshing. And for food, I had the green papaya salad which comes with shredded carrot, peanuts, green beans, and there’s also a side of coconut rice. The papaya salad is light and crunchy and flavorful, but let me tell you, some of those green beans in the dish are not green beans, they are Thai chiles. Oh man. I mistook one of the chiles to be a green bean and it was woe to me for the rest of the meal. I cried, it was that hot. And it never let up. I couldn’t even finish my food. But I did get it wrapped up to go, where I was able to eat it for lunch the following day. But only after pulling out every damn green bean in case one happened to be another chile. I’m a wimp.

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TAP Thai
2611 De La Vina
Santa Barbara, CA 93105