I consider myself a Red Curry connoisseur. Seeking out great Thai restaurants all over the greater Houston area is a literally fulfilling hobby of mine. This was not my first trip to Thai Basil, while it was never one of my favorites, I never had any major complaints 'til now. My party and I ordered a few dishes to share. One was Red Curry Chicken. As soon as it came out we new something wasn't quite right. It looked like extra thick and chunky potato soup sprinkled with paprika for color. So what? My party and I are adventurous eaters so we three each took a small spoonful to taste. Lets just say, sometimes you should just take things at face value. It not only looked like potato soup but it tasted like they popped open a can of Campbell's cream of potato and threw in some small slivers of chicken, great big chunks of carrots and zucchini. I have never sent anything back to the kitchen in my life but this was disgusting. We politely asked to send it back, explaining that it just didn't taste anything like red curry and we would be happy to order another dish. Our waitress came back a few minutes later and said that the manager could not credit us at all for the dish because we ate more than half. Not only was that untrue, it was insulting. Its not about the money, we were more than willing to spend the difference on a new dish but the manager was not concerned with retaining long term customers, he was only interested in making a quick buck. I don't believe in making a scene or putting on a show for the other customers. We calmly asked to speak with the manager. The manager came to our table and we tried to explain our dining experience, ofcourse it was all to no avail since his English was worse than his chef's Red Curry!
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