Beet It

Day #3 in the Slope - tonight we tried out a place called Beet, a Thai restaurant on 7th Avenue. We had an interesting appetizer called a Golden Puff. The menu describes it as "crispy stuffed with minced chicken, potatoes, curry powder and onion". It was really good and different. For our entree we shared the Sweet Massaman Curry with chicken. It was a little too spicy for our liking but next time we go back we will simply ask them to turn down the spiciness a bit.

Okay, to confess, we really want them to do the mild curry chicken the way we are used to having at a favorite place we had in Chicago. It's akin to somebody asking a new boyfriend/girlfriend to act more like his/her ex. You know, it goes something like this: "Do you think you could wear your hair back and put on these glasses? Thanks. That reminds me of my old girlfriend." C'mon, am I the only who remembers when Alex (Michael J. Fox) asks new flame Lauren (Courtney Cox) to look/act more like old flame Ellen (Tracy Pollan) in Family Ties?

Along the same lines, we would like to respectfully suggest that the people at Beet use sweet potatoes (instead of regular potatoes), add some peas, and remove the onions and peppers from its mild curry chicken dish. C'mon, Beet, do it for us.