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Pad Thai at Thai Time

Pad Thai at Thai Time on Highland Street in Worcester, MA

Pad Thai at Thai Time on Highland Street in Worcester, MA

The day before the foodies and I met at Thai Time on Highland Street I made Pad Thai at home out of a boxed kit. Therefore, I considered myself an expert on Pad Thai and selected it with no hesitation. The options for added protein included chicken, shrimp or…both! I went for both, although I’m pretty sure there were only two shrimps, which was disappointing. The Pad Thai was stir-fried with rice noodles, egg, scallions, bean sprouts, and ground peanuts. This plate was piled high and so delicious looking that it’s photograph wound up as a featured image in the article highlighting the Worcester Foodies on MassLive. After focusing very hard to not drop the plate as it was handed to me across the table, I dove in. I actually completely missed an entire conversation at the table while I reflected on scallions. I love scallions. There were many fresh scallions in my Pad Thai. There was also a good amount of sweet, flavorful sauce covering the thin rice noodles. The dish was not spicy at all, and looking back, I do regret not testing out a few of the six hot sauces that were brought to my companions. I definitely would not have ordered the Fiery Pad Thai, but a tiny saltiness and kick would have made the dish even better. I completely cleaned my plate down to the bean sprouts, and then I even finished off those. I would absolutely return to Thai Time to try more dishes, as my choice was well balanced, well cooked, and full of fresh ingredients.

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Hu Tieu My Tho

Hu Tieu My Tho from Dalat on Park Avenue in Worcester, MA

Hu Tieu My Tho from Dalat on Park Avenue in Worcester, MA

Located on Park Ave in Worcester Dalat is a small place situated right on Park Avenue. The atmosphere is pretty nonexistent but what they lack in atmosphere they make up for in their food and outstanding service.  Our server spoke excellent English and was very knowledgeable about the menu items. In fact she had all the numbers memorized but appropriately responded back after I gave her my corresponding number with a short description of what I really ordered so as not to have any mistakes.

My husband and I chose an appetizer to share from the menu that sounded interesting. We chose “Goi Sua Tom” This was a salad of chicken and shredded cabbage with a very light vinegar type dressing. It was nicely sized to share and was a refreshing start to our meal.

For my meal I chose the “Seafood Noodle Soup” It had some crazy Vietnamese name called “Hu Tieu My Tho” That I can’t even begin to attempt to reproduce with my American accent. It was delicious however and came with a side of bean sprouts. I added several squirts of Sriracha sauce to mine to add a little bit of spice and found it to be very healthy with clear noodles and well filled with seafood including shrimp, fish cake slices, crabmeat and fish balls. I was only mildly disappointed to find my crabmeat of the “imitation variety;” I shouldn’t have expected real crabmeat but a girl can dream.

I would recommend this place to my friends and I would like to come back some time and try other items on the menu.