For some reason (I have my theories) Fairbanks has a disproportionate number of Thai restaurants for its size, and they are by and large good places to eat. Thai food is one of the areas in which Anchorage falls short.
We've been to several Thai places and all have their relative strengths and weaknesses. This past week we dined at a Thai restaurant in the the low rent neighborhood of Muldoon.
Housed, like so many ethnic restaurants in Alaska, in a former fastfood restaurant (likely a Pizza Hut in the pipeline days), Thai Village does a couple things really well, and some others just acceptably.
The service was great in the way a true family run restaurant can be; multi-generational, joking, and very slow. I like that, though.
The larb (beef salad) was average. It had a tang to it and crisp lettuce to wrap it with, but it wasn't dusted with rice flour the way I like. I would order it again, though. The pad thai was hot, which was a first in Anchorage, but it was also too sweet for my preferences. Where Thai Village scored was with the panang curry. It was the best I've had in a while, and makes Thai Village worth a stop if you want Thai food on the east side of town.
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