My First Fine Thai Date

The first date that I ever paid for was my first date ever with my first girlfriend. We went to a Thai restaurant, the best Thai restaurant in LA, one of those fine dining restaurants in LA that offered authentic dishes you can only possibly taste in Thailand. We could’ve had the Thai food delivered to our place, but this was, after all, my first date with my first girlfriend, so I wanted it to be classy and romantic, and having Thai food delivery from this high-end LA restaurant didn’t sound too special. She told me she hasn’t tried Thai cuisine in LA yet, so I searched the fine dining pages and found one near our place and decided to go there later that week.

My girlfriend was so excited when I told her about our Thai fine dining plans. She was so excited, we rushed to the restaurant and sat around our table she just had to make the orders for us. The restaurant made a great effort to make our Thai fine dining experience to be as authentic as possible, with Asian furnishings and cutlery, and a largely Asian staff and, as we found out later, an Asian chef. The service was pleasantly fast, and the food was surprisingly good, and it was a great revelation to me that I actually appreciate spicy food.

We went across the course of authentic Thai fine dining cuisine, from Tom Yum Soup and Lemon Grass Rice with servings of Pad Thai and Nam Prik, which was this spicy chili paste served with vegetables. The servings were great, good enough for two, and we ate everything in between talking, and afterwards we ordered some Thai wine and drank to our fill in the romantic candle light.

As we were about to go home, I asked the staff how they prepared the food and my girlfriend and I were then allowed to tour the restaurant’s kitchen, and found all sorts of spices and ingredients that either made my mouth water or made my eyes sting. They use a lot of fish paste and shrimp paste, and curry powder that’s actually green. And I never saw so many rice cookers in my life, all steaming and cooking at the same time. My girlfriend and I were then treated to some pandan-flavored noodles in coconut milk.

My girlfriend and I went home with full stomachs and big smiles on our faces smelling of exotic spices and cooked rice and it was the happiest night of my life. I’ll never forget that night that we ate at what we thought was the best restaurant in LA. That wasn’t just a fine dining restaurant in LA. That was really a very memorable very enjoyable very eye-opening night, one that I’ll never forget.