Went up to 67 West restaurant in Doe Valley last night. It was crazy busy! Luckily Mel had her daughter and son-in-law in to help. Mel is amazing! She does all the cooking herself so don't plan to rush in, order, eat and get out quickly.
Mel's place, aka Monsoon according to her sign outside, is a local place with outstanding authentic Thai food made from fresh ingredients (in the summer she grows her own vegetables), cooked on a small 4 burner gas stove as you wait. And if she has had a large call in order as last night, you might wait an hour. But that's ok because this is a place where friends drop in and catching up is good; where if you sit at the counter you'll soon find yourself sharing some of the food.
For example, last night one of the other regulars was having Phad Thai so I told Mel just to make an extra batch and I'd have the same thing. He had ordered 6 egg rolls plus the Phad Thai. Now 1 of Mel's egg rolls is so good and rich that it is a meal in itself.
I started this post some weeks ago...wonder why I didn't send it? Maybe because I wanted to include a photo of Mel, but since I'm not on my home computer I don't have photos.
Observations on the world from the top of the Iron Mountain by the Innkeeper
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