During the 10-year period that I lived in Vincennes, IN, I always heard about this restaurant, but I never made it there before I moved to Kentucky. This is partially because Fort Branch is more than 30 minutes away from where I lived, and also due to the fact that you have to call in your order in advance.
I was in Princeton, IN, for business this week, and I finally had an opportunity to visit this establishment, so here is my second restaurant review (first one done last year…).
- Restaurant: Thai Chow Oriental Foods
- Location: 726 County 800 S, Fort Branch, IN 47648
(812) 753-3878 - Genre: Thai / Asian
- Setting: Casual
- Price: Under $10
Like I mentioned, it is highly recommended that you call in your order. We planned to go there for lunch and called in around 11AM. They told us to “come in at noon”. This unorthodox business practice adds to its novelty, but if you are on a time constraint, I wouldn’t recommend eating there.
Chuck (my co-worker and lunch mate for the day) and I arrived at this little shack off Coal Mine Road in Fort Branch.
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| what? this is a restaurant? |
Not really an inviting building at a glance… actually, if it weren’t for the reputation, I would not even THINK about checking it out. I mean, it’s a pole barn with a restaurant sign on it… It’s beyond me how it has established itself as a reputable restaurant…
Going through the little door on the side, I found a minimally decorated concrete pad dining room with seating for about 30 guests. It’s kept clean and tidy. Kitchen is manned by the owner lady and her son. They welcomed us by saying “Chicken Pad Thai and Stir fry, right? Coming right out!”
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| Simple and tidy dining room… guess better than a big cluttered room… |
We were lucky that there were only 2 other customers before us. I hear that the place is packed sometimes and you would have to wait for a long time (like 40 min) before your food would come out… after the specified time provided by the restaurant. Our food came out almost immediately after we sat down.
My tolerance for spiciness is pretty low, and I was worried that the food would be too spicy, as Thai food is known (by me, anyway) as spicy. The chicken pad Thai was not spicy at all!
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| Chicken Pad Thai! Yummy! |
I thoroughly enjoyed the food. Chuck’s stir fry looked pretty good, too, and I will have to try that when I come back in the future. Perhaps, after I try their Thai curry…
They don’t take credit cards… cash only. That’s another inconvenient factor for me… I’m a plastic guy. Good thing I had some cash on me because of my big win from the previous night at the casino (a whopping $12. yay…)
Verdict: LOVE the food. but not so convenient. It does have a high novelty factor that overcomes the inconvenience. Recommended if you are in the neighborhood and not constrained by schedule.
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