Comments on: Thai Tom (Seattle, WA)

By: Thai Tom 2011 Tournament « kennyw.com

Thai Tom 2011 Tournament « kennyw.com — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 06:14:11 +0000

[...] been almost five years since our original Thai Tom showdown, where Lauren and I methodically ran through a subjective set of face-offs across the [...]

By: Thai Tom 2011 Tournament « lawolf.net

Thai Tom 2011 Tournament « lawolf.net — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 05:13:15 +0000

[...] been almost five years since our original Thai Tom showdown, where Lauren and I methodically ran through a subjective set of face-offs across the [...]

By: Kenny

Kenny — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:21:59 +0000

@SinDonor: Thai Tom is definitely still around, come by next time you’re in Seattle!

By: kennyw.com » Blog Archive » Poon Restaurant (Phuket, Thailand)

kennyw.com » Blog Archive » Poon Restaurant (Phuket, Thailand) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:42:39 +0000

[...] and had a greater depth than most soy/oyster-based sauces. It was somewhat reminiscent of Thai Tom’s “#4”. He also showed us how to carve a [...]

By: Poon Restaurant (Phuket, Thailand) « lawolf.net

Poon Restaurant (Phuket, Thailand) « lawolf.net — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:21:06 +0000

[...] and had a greater depth than most soy/oyster-based sauces. It was somewhat reminiscent of Thai Tom’s “#4”. He also showed us how to carve a [...]

By: Kenny

Kenny — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:37:06 +0000

They definitely hit a low point in 2008-2009, but went I was there in September we had a great experience again

By: SinDonor

SinDonor — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:55:06 +0000

I heard some HORRIBLE news from a friend that Thai Tom has closed down!!!! WTF!!!! SAY IT AIN’T SO!!!!!

Oh well, looks like it’s back to Bangkok for me! Sawadeekap!

By: ron

ron — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:13:55 +0000

this place is a dirty dump, the staff is rude and could care less about you and your eating experience. Ever since Tom went into retirement the place has been going downhill and tonight, being made to move twice, was my last visit.

By: Saigon

Saigon — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:29:17 +0000

I love that you did a thai dish competition! Brilliant! I’d love to do this with the Garlic or Mango Wala from Bengal Tiger vs. every other dish on their menu, although I already feel like the wala’s would win. Showdown between the two dishes perhaps?

As for your query about where the name “The Ave” comes from, let me elucidate you.

Originally University of Washington campus was located in downtown Seattle on University Street. Some time later, UW got a large plot of land (where it currently is located). A huge endeavor took place to relocate whole buildings as well as pieces of buildings. For example, if you go to the UW campus the original 4 pillars of the first building (or something significant like that) are standing in a amphitheater-like space. Anyway, UW was moved, but it was decided that it should still have a University street so they came up with “University Way Ave” since Seattle prefers North-South bound streets to be called Avenues, but just having “ave” vs “st” wasn’t enough to separate the two names. Why “The Ave” specifically became the nickname is beyond me (maybe because it’s the “Ave” and not the “Street?”) but it was created with the intention to lessen confusion between the two at UW and downtown.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:43:56 +0000

Dude, I lived in Seattle 6 years back and was loving Thai Toms then. Great to hear the place is still putting out the best damn Thai outside of Thailand! The bracket idea is great although you can only assume an overall winner, not second or third, etc. place…