Thai Style has closed, but remains a Thai Restaurant, the location of Sab-E-Lee, East
Welcome to mmm-yoso!!!, the blog about food. There have been some issues with Typepad (the blogging tool) this weekend and I apologize if things do not look the same. I am still blogging about things I have eaten.
Hi again. Cathy here. Kirk is still in Thailand and e-mailing me almost daily and I must admit I am not only envious, but *craving* Thai-spiced foods daily (when I am not craving Italian or Mexican spiced foods, anyhow).
I know people are critical of Thai food in San Diego and I am now reiterating that I blog about the taste of the food and if I like it or not.
Thai Style has been in Santee for about a year now, having moved from its El Cajon Boulevard at 70th location, where it had been a mainstay for many years. This makes it the second Thai restaurant in this East County city. Run by a very nice family- Joe, the husband (from the Lanna area of Northern Thailand) and His wife, Kham (from Laos), striving to make good quality Thai foods available for East county residents.
The interior of this location is much larger than the old place, with seating for at least 46 people.
The interior is nicely decorated and there are two televisions inside, neither of which have been on when I have come here to eat in or take out.
Of course I always get hot tea to drink and here it is bagged jasmine.
We started out this dinner with Som Tum -papaya salad made with tomatoes, garlic, chili and lime juice, topped with peanuts. ($7.95). Of course you are asked what spice level you would like (1-5) and The Mister is having some issues with peppers of late and we asked for a "2" and it was still too hot for him and right on the edge of not being able to taste all of the ingredients for me. 
I ordered the chicken larb (also at a level 2) ($8.95) and this was excellent, made with green and red onion, cilantro, mint, rice powder, chili and lime juice and served with a small cabbage wedge.
The Mister played it safe for himself and ordered the Rad Nah with beef ($8.95) -pan fried rice noodles with carrots, broccoli, garlic and a black bean based gravy.
The wide rice noodles were just a touch pan fried and slightly crispy and very nice. The sauce was excellent and complimented the beef.
I had to get the panang curry, because I really like it here.
A very rich, slightly sweet and spicy coconut based curry sauce with green beans, carrots, red and green bell peppers and basil.
Served with rice, of course.
There is a lunch menu, Mon-Fri served from 11a.m.-3 p.m. which are served with soup, a fried vegetable wonton, salad and rice (or noodles when appropriate) with prices from $7.95-$10.95
Thai Style Restaurant 9159 Mission Gorge Road Santee 92071 (619)328-1568
Lunch M-F 11-3, Dinner Mon-Fri 5-9 Sat Noon-9 closed Sunday website