Restaurant review: Thai X-ing

I went to a Thai restaurant here in DC on Sunday night that I've been wanting to try for a long time, so I thought I'd break my long no-posting spell with a new type of post: a restaurant review!

Thai X-ing is a home-cooked-style Thai restaurant in the Shaw area of DC (http://www.thaix-ing.com/). The restaurant itself fits into some of the themes of this blog, mainly the idea of seeking out interesting and novel food experiences (seen in this prior post), since Thai X-ing is definitely one of those places not just to get something to eat but to have a food experience.

The restaurant is located in a row house that I believe the owners live in the top floor of. It definitely (and uniquely - I can't say I've been to a restaurant with the same feel) has the feel of being in someone's home. We sat in the first floor, where there were only three tables, all of which were unmatched and set right up against each other.

Magical entrance:

 

But really the main star is the food. I love Thai food, and went to Thailand for work in November, and this is probably the best Thai food I've had in DC. The downside is that you don't choose the dishes you eat (we went to the vegetarian night, which is Sunday, but I believe each night is a fixed menu). 

You will be very happily stuffed - for the vegetarian night, we ate spring rolls, green mango (I think) salad, and lemongrass soup for the first course, pumpkin curry (their specialty I believe) along with mushroom and tofu curries for the second course, Pad See Ew (again, I think) with some kind of green vegetable after that, and then sticky rice with mangoes for dessert. 

All of it was delicious. I was particularly impressed with the lemongrass and tofu soup, mushroom and tofu curries, and green mango salad. All of them had really complex and interesting flavors, and, not that I'm an expert, but everything tasted really authentic.

You might spend less if you were to out to another Thai restaurant and just ordered one entree (the meal is $30 or $40 per person, depending on group size), but the up side is that Thai X-ing is BYOB, so you are at least not spending a lot on wine or beer. And the other up side is that it's worth it.

In conclusion, go! It's a meal you won't soon forget.