bangkok bistro thai restaurant & martini bar

saturday night a bunch of us went to try the new thai place in colonie ny, Bangkok Bistro. i was excited for this place since 1) i'm always craving thai & 2) i love martinis.

i had a bit of sugar-tummy going into dinner (i had a coffee icecream and vodka milkshake shortly before leaving), but by the time i sat down i was ready to go. i ordered the Thai Tea & Coconut martini, which i was secretly hoping tasted like a Green Tea & Ginger tini that i had once at The Point, but it tasted more like coconut, which was... OK. i'm a bit biased though b/c 1) i'm not a huge fan of coconut and 2) i had another drink burned into my memory (kind of like thinking you're sipping water but downing a big gulp of sprite). putting that aside, the drink in and of itself was very tasty.

we had the Crab Angels as an app, which were "crispy fried dumplings stuffed with cream cheese and marinated crab", served with plum sauce. these tasted like standard crab rangoons (which does mean absolutely delish), just cuter presentation. the plum sauce was a great little dip dip... it reminded me of the spicy wonton sauce from Yips which i am kindof in love with. for dinner i had the Red Curry (red curry paste in coconut milk, slowly cooked with bamboo shoots, carrots & bell peppers) with Lamb.

the curry is served normally with their 1-star (mild) spicy rating, so i asked them to bump it up a notch which they did and then some. it got to burny mouth/runny nose level and tappered off right before ear burn level (that's my limit... once the ear burn is on it the pain usually overshadows the taste), which was just right. it has a slight sweetness to it that helped round out the heat. that and a little rice with each bite.

in short, i'd pop it 6.5 stars ******~. would def go back, particularly for $4 martini wednesdays.