thai princess

i don't usually like to write about a place unless i have a few photos because i think stories about food without pictures of that food is kind of boring and maybe also kind of pointless but you need to know about thai princess so i can't wait.

pictured here is the best penang curry i ever ate, which sadly is located in bangkok and not lansing, but the curry at thai princess comes close(ish)

this place is absolutely delicious.  it is one of the best thai restaurants i have tried not only in the lansing area but pretty much anywhere.  the first thing you will notice about this place is the awesome creative not just the basics menu.  sick of pad thai and massaman curry and spring rolls?  you are in the right place!  here are a few examples for you:

• Apple Avocado Salad: Shredded green apple with cashew nuts, avocado and red onion in spicy lime sauce
• Peanut Curry: Red curry with ground peanut, bamboo shoot, eggplant, string bean, snow peas, basil leaves
• Soft Shell Crab Garlic: Crispy soft-shell crab with garlic, mushroom and pepper
• Coconut Noodle: Sautéed thin noodle with coconut milk, bean sprout, onion, and scallion in yellow bean sauce

everything is prepared perfectly and they use a nice interesting authentic variety of vegetables.  i had the pad khee mao and it came with chinese broccoli, which i love and have never gotten in pad khee mao before.

the most insane garlic fried chicken which you can find not at thai princess but at soi polo, but i bet if thai princess made fried chicken it would be good

service is attentive and prompt.  one tiny complaint i have is that they did not ask how spicy i wanted my food and i didn't think to say and it came totally mild.  so make sure you tell them what you want.  even without spiciness it was still tasty.  oh and you are also going to have to ask for chopsticks if you want them.

the ambience is nice, the lighting is good and there are lots of pretty pieces of art and plants around.  the prices are comparable to any other thai place.

as for drinks, there is no alcohol and apparently lansing is not like cincinnati where you can just BYOB whenever it's not on the menu, so you are going to have to shotgun your singha in the parking lot.  they do have tea though.

the most ridiculous whole fish with lime and chili sauce that i ate in ko samui, which unfortunately is not thai princess, but as a consolation price thai princess does serve whole fish

one thing i am curious about which i am going to have to check out is whether you can get sticky rice with your meal.  they have a few desserts with sticky rice so i know they have it.  if i could get sticky rice with my curry i would crap myself with joy.