RIN Thai

A quick review of my lunch yesterday at RIN Thai:
DO go for the lunch specials. Really, go. $8 gets you an appetizer and an entree big enough to make two meals. Seriously, I had my leftovers for lunch today. The chicken prik khing was excellent. The pineapple fried rice was excellent. The sangria ($20 for a pitcher) was really really excellent.
DO go to the bathroom, whether you need to go or not. It's cooler than the dining room. And the dining room's pretty cool. Think pebbles, Buddhas, and fountains.
DON'T order the steamed vegetable dumpling appetizer. It was so overcooked it fell apart in my chopsticks before I'd lifted it 2 inches off the plate. And then it was nearly flavorless. I was not amused. But seriously, the sangria's awesome.

RIN Thai
265 W 23rd St (Btwn 7th & 8th Ave)
(212) 675-2988
www.menupages.com/restaurants/rin/

Not For Vegetarians

This guy ate a different animal's meat every week for a year, from cow (boring) to scorpions (less boring) to python (pretty neat). As of writing I've tried 14 or his 52 critters, plus whatever was in that Namibian Biltong (aka unspecifiedwild game jerky) I tried once in college - "ingredients may include springbok, kudu, wildebeest..." This may set off a quest a la my strange and unusual fruits obsession - I'll keep you posted.