Once a week I have lunch with my friend Joolz. Joolz is a quality mama, a real mama, and keeps it real, and weekly we go Thai one on at Mam's, Austin's finest Thai restaurant. Our most favorite waiter in the history of restaurant dining is at Mam's. His name is Will and he is sorry that he hasn't been able to use those free improv tickets I gave him.
Recently, Mam's has started putting oogies in the mixed soy sauce, but only oogies that Joolz can taste. I think it tastes just fine, but she says that she tastes horse in their food, so we've been trying other places. Horse-flavored oogies are strictly a Thai import.
Even when we try other places, they are usually Asian places. Like Zen or Bansai. So today we tried Ming's, the new place on the Drag. It's an odd place. They spent a lot of money on swanky seating, but served the food on styro plates. The food is nothing to write home about: cheap, salty, MSG-laden takeout crap.
The best part of lunch today, aside from the loveliness that is time spent with Joolz, was when I was waiting outside of Ming's and who should pull up in his car and say hi to me but WILL! Will asked me what I was doing, loitering in front of a Chinese restaurant during lunch time and I told him coyly, "oh, nothing..." but he knew. HE KNEW, especially when Julie appeared and started screaming and running away from ol' Will.
Will gives us a special kind of sugar. None of that at Ming's. I like Mam's better. They have real plates.
Posted by Zerd at May 11, 2007 04:06 PMI found out its cause they have to get a permit and a bunch of money to put a vent in so they can put in a dishwasher.
Mam's. Its where its at.