Lum Ka Naad Encino

Great place to have lunch. They have very affordable lunch specials that come with a bowl of Tom yum soup. It cost only 8.95 and it was so delicious. The amount of food and the price can't be beat. Parking can be a bit of a hassle if the lot is full but you can always find some street parking in and around the area. Overall great food, great service, and great prices.

I have always loved this restaurant. But tonight's meal was a disaster. I ordered Mee Krob, and it was awful. Like cotton candy. just piles and piles of sweet sticky noodles, hardly a ghost of protein. No schrim that I could find, just an awful dish. I would take it back and get something else, but I am on my way out of town -- no time to do the 20 minute drive to Encino.

We order the cat fish and it was to salty, we return the dish and the manager came back saying the dish wasn't salty for him, so we say well, for us it is. He said that how can we know if the other dishes were not salty. What kind of a question is that? I ask him if we can had a sample and he said no. So how can we know? He should know! I think it was rude and we are not coming back. I didn't like the food that much and less with that kind of actitud.

We also got the chicken Massamam curry--delicious. It's a spicy peanut-based curry. I've never had anything like it! The peanut flavor was subtle but strong, and the spice level was perfect. The chicken, after marinating in the curry, was the perfect meat to go with it. Everything was so flavorful and wonderful. My friend and I became super full about halfway through both dishes, but the two of us couldn't stop eating because the food was so good. We ended up killing all of it, LOL. We wished we had worn stretchy pants.

I sent my friends to this place with my warmest recommendations. I visit this restaurant often. I get very good feedback from my friends. The dishes they serve are great and the crew is attentive and cooperative. always when we visit this place we pass a delightful evening. I recommend this place with pleasure.