After a nice morning at June Lake we headed north to our next stop; the town of Tahoma on the western shores of Lake Tahoe. We had never been in this area before, driving up the 395 into Nevada, then onto the 756 and then the 207, onto the 50, passing familiar names like Bally's and Harrah's, Casino's right before crossing back into California. It's quite busy, strangely reminding me of a shoreside "downtown Vegas". With all the chains; well, I won't complain too much as we did stop at Whole Foods for a few things, before heading back out. Right before the split of highways called "the Y", where the 50 will split to the 89 was our lunch destination. After dealing with the burgers and such, I had selected a Thai Restaurant named My Thai. To be perfectly honest, based on what I had seen driving thru South Lake Tahoe, I wasn't very confident about lunch.
The place opens at 11am for lunch and we had arrived and found parking in the small lot just after 11. We had made good time from June Lake; just 2-1/2 hours!
We walked in and were warmly greeted and taken to a table.
The place was decorated in what I would call a very stereotypical Thai way. The location and decor set off all those internal "alarms" and we were worried about how our lunch would turn out. In the end, we had nothing to worry about. The items on the menu had a wide range; everything from Cream Cheese Rangoon to Orange Chicken to Crying Tiger to a Kobe Beef version of Crying Tiger priced at $155! One of those places that seems to be trying to please everyone?
It seems that this was going to be an interesting meal……
We started off with the "Sunny Beef" ($16.95), which I figured would be a version of Neua Dad Deow. This was actually pretty good.
The beef was chewy, but not hard, not overly salty, nice savory fish sauce tones; the dipping sauce was slightly spicy, acidic, with some sweetness. This was decent; and even better the next day!
The weakest dish of the meal was the Larb ($16.95). Yet this still featured a generous amount of roasted rice powder, which added a nice nuttiness.
A bit more mealy then we like, but it wasn't bland by any means. We had gotten everything at a heat level of "7" and I have to say, this had a good amount of spice. Nothing amazing, but still better than what I thought I'd get.
The flavor of the Basil Duck ($22.95) was quite good.
Even though the portion size wasn't especially generous; the spice, anise tones, savory dish sauce, and sweet tones came thru clearly. The duck was basically skin and fat, which worked just fine for us. This went well with rice.
We had ordered the Lao Style Papaya Salad ($19.95) just out of curiosity, and it was indeed legit.
From the funky, savory salted crab, to the deeply fermented savory tones, to the pretty hot chilies, this was very spicy and refreshing. Even better than versions we've had here in San Diego! To make things even more fun, this was served with pork rinds!
Overall, a satisfying meal, very friendly and warm service. A nice surprise for us!
My Thai Cuisine
2108 Lake Tahoe Blvd.
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
Which turned out to be true…at least for me. Man, look at all that pork! The pork was nicely seasoned; though, at least for me, I'm all about proportion and balance of flavor and frankly, this was just too much pork, and where's the jamon? And the bread was just not up to the task as it got really mushy plus all of the pork muted the pickles. And was there even mustard on this….I do like a good counter-point to the rich pork. Still, if you want a very porky sandwich, here it is….. It's just not the kind of Cubano I enjoy.
This was much better than what we'd had here during our previous visit. Though still a bit short in the sour sausage department, the rice had a good ratio of crisp to regular rice. Each bite had a nice variation of textures. We could even make out a hint of coconut, though it was still quite mild in terms of spice.
Though it looked over-baked, the exterior wasn't flakey and crisp. The interior was on the doughy-bready-chewy side and the croissant, in my opinion really lacked butteriness. This was mediocre at best and was the same as what I'd had before from their stand. Well, at least they're consistent, right?
But the Missus cut into it and took a bite and made a face. She made me have a taste. The crust was doughy, gummy, and lacking in crispness. It was on the thick side. The filling was too sweet for my taste as well.
It was soft and doughy, lacking in that flaky-crispness that I enjoy. I'm not sure why they call this a "Butter Croissant" as sorely needed more butter flavor. The interior was a bit too "moist" for my taste as well. 
It was quite interesting, the skin was separated; the one's that were fattier were on the upper and left hand side; these were crisp with a creamy finish. The skin on the right were more crisp. The leftover skin with fat heated up super well in the air fryer later! The meat was slightly gamey and earthy. All of this went so well with the perfectly made tender, but up to the task pancakes. Which also heated up well using my microwave tortilla warmer.
We saved the two legs for home and they crisped up perfectly. This was so delici-yoso once you create your little "roll-up". In fact, the Missus said this was better than what we'd had at 
I walked up to the counter, the place had just opened, but there seemed to be a couple of folks waiting for their orders already. The young man working was really nice, though he looked a bit overwhelmed. I took a look at the menu….even though the portions looked pretty large, I went and ordered the Mix Katsu Combo ($19.99), which included both pork and chicken katsu and curry. 
The katsu had not been fried evenly and there were some darkly colored spots, the texture of the panko was kind of mealy, at least the breading wasn't separating from the proteins, but it was easy to tell which was the pork and chicken. The pork was on the left; it was thicker, had a more spongy texture, but was fairly tender, if a bit on the dry side. The seasoning was one dimensional being quite salty. The chicken on the right side was thinner, dry, and chewy. It was also quite salty. I'd take the pork any day of the week.
I'm pretty sure the curry had been made with "cubes", it had a nice spice, but was barely lukewarm….and I was eating in the food court. It was quite gloppy and was also on the salty side. Dipping the katsu in this was just too much sodium for me.
Way back when 
Man, that plate looked kinda sparse? So, going down things, the bi was missing the roasted rice powder which would give it a wonderful nuttiness; the one slice of Tan Hu Ky was dry and flavorless. This would be the common theme of the meal, as the "cha" the pork -egg "cake" was dry and bland. The meats were dry and tough; you get the point, right?
Good lord, this was greasy, and rubbery, there were like three shrimp, it was terrible.