Friday, July 22, 2011

Seafood & Crawfish (Thien Thanh)

I don't know if Thien Thanh is trying to ride on Crawfish Shack's successful wave or not but it sure as dick seems like it. But is it working? Let's say they're about a year too late and a two dollar whore short. They're even too cheap to give it a real name.

I liked TT's Viet-noshery before they created this monstrosity... The grub wasn't out of this world but their pho, banh mi, bun and co'm were all acceptable when you're hungover as fuck. So, why the switch over to New Orleans chow? The food is borderline at best and will never have the following of the dedicated Crawfish Shack. They might as well switch back to the former because it's deader than dead up in this piece. Speaking of TT's, the scantily clad cute chick with the ginormous glorious rack of lamb is still there taking orders with the phone stuck to her head (how much fucking gossip can there be in her little world?). Thank God for all the mirrors in that joint, so I's can keep an eye or six on those magnificent Po'gals without looking obvious and desperate.

(Fried Platter of stuff- Skrimps, fish, fries and gumbo)

Too heavy on the cornmeal crust, the overly deep brown coloring and faint smell of Castrol meant only one thing- old oil. This ain't Dyer's fried burger is it? Gumbo was bland, lacked filé and too liquidity... Kinda like me 10 minutes later. Fries, no comment except... What can brown bag do for you?

(Skrimp Po'boy)

It was edible but the skrimp was a bit over fried and hard, the bread was fine (soft and crusty), and the filler was spot on, weeeee! It was as interesting as watching cow dung dry.

(Double Twouble- Just like the chick's Po'gals)


(Seafood Boil for One)

Decent deal for a good amount of grub but after a few bites you kinda wanna pawn it off to the hobos lurking nearby. The seasoning will be pretty spicy to most (as evident by the red lips and sniffling snotty honkers) but some of the ingredients were obviously frozen. Mussels were tough and chewy, crawfish were sub-standard size, king crab legs were thin and stringy, whole crab was decent and the corn and tater were mushy. Anyone who finishes this in one sitting will have a surprise...

Squirt.

1 Star.

5219 Buford Hwy
Doraville, GA 30340
(770) 676-0512

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