We walked a couple blocks to Bunrasa, in the Financial District, to give it a whirl for takeout on Friday night. We were the only people there. It was sad. We were also sad to see that the pub a couple doors down, the one about which we had long said "we should check that place out," closed earlier this month. As Pat pointed out, it must be so much more of a struggle for businesses down there since the end of the twin towers, but then we also wondered how that pub survived these ten years only to close its doors now. Tough times.
Anyway, we gave Bunrasa our business on Friday. We were going to order panang curry and green curry, but the lady behind the counter was a little distressed that we didn't want her pad thai, which she informed us was "five stars." So we went with green curry and pad thai. The curry was very spicy in a "hurts so good," take-a-bite-blow-your-nose kind of way. Good flavor, juicy shrimp, healthy vegetables. It was enough for two meals for me. The pad thai was really not five stars, in our humble opinions. Its flavor was not terribly compelling and Pat thought the chicken was a little dry.
I would go back to this place and try a few more options, especially given the proximity to our apartment and the pluckiness of the woman behind the counter.
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Just ordered from Bunrasa again, via Seamless, for pickup (very quick - 5-10 minutes). I got panang curry with tofu and vegetables (you can tell I feel guilt over not giving baby enough veggies). The quality of the vegetables was good, but the panang sauce was thin and didn't have much flavor (although I enjoyed its unusual spiciness).
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